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Worthy Park Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 45 2021
Three years old and it punches like something far older. Worthy Park's funky, ester-heavy distillate gets full-maturation in a PX sherry cask, so you get glue and tropical banana up front, then raisins, date sweetness, cookie dough and dark chocolate. Most tasters are won over fast — one calls it "a fantastic young rum." The recurring gripe: at nearly 60%, the alcohol isn't always tucked in neatly.
- High-ester funk
- Rich PX fruit
- Big flavor, young
+10
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How does Worthy Park Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 45 2021 taste?
Aggregated from 37 community reviews.
Funky young Worthy Park in a PX cask Lots of love for a 3-year-old: funky WP esters meeting rich PX raisin-and-cookie sweetness. The main split is the heat — some find the alcohol well-integrated, others say it's sharp and needs long airing.
Fans of high-ester Jamaican funk who like a sherry-cask twist
Anyone sensitive to high ABV or sharp young spirit
How is Worthy Park Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 45 2021 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.5 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 94% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Boletus
The intense PX cask enriches the ester-driven, fruity Worthy Park distillate with a good dose of oak and especially a rich raisin and date sweetness along with caramel and chocolate aromas. It's really very tasty, although the sweetness that builds up with every sip almost becomes a bit too much for me in the mouth.
Review by Dr.Django
The description is just like the rum's taste: short and crisp. Great stuff! The cask here takes a considerable part of the rum in a love-hate relationship and lets it go again to be funky. A bit like the Song of Ice and Fire. If you like the young Jamaica S.B.S bottlings, you'll love this one! It's simply fun! Thanks for the sample @Alex_K
Review by Galli33
Boo... My opinion of this rum is split... On the one hand, a delicious Worthy Park Extreme with lots of power and great fruity notes, cookie dough, peach etc., but on the other hand, a very alcoholic nose and not well-balanced alcohol. The sherry cask harmonizes very well with the WPE. PLV is TOP! Whether I'll get myself a bottle... questionable🤔
Review by zabo
In today's comparison test, I poured myself three different Worthy Park and took a closer look at a distillery that I consider to be rather neglected. In the glass were the RX20540, RX16339 and RX8876. In my opinion, the finish of the RumClub dominates a little and, unlike the others, gives the rum the most sweetness. The Wild Parrot has the most power in the glass, which I really liked. The Thompson comes across as the most boring of the three. But all in all, none of them were really bad.
Review by Jakob
Wow. Bin wirklich beeindruckt, wieviel Geschmack in drei Jahre alten Rum stattfinden kann. Schon an der Nase geht es direkt in die Vollen, Früchte satt, Holz, dunkle Gewürze, dahinter Milchsäure und Tee. Am Gaumen dann erfrischend intensiv, ohne zu würzig, bissig oder anderweitig einseitig zu werden. Das Worthy Park-Profil gefiel mir schon länger und ich erinnere mich an einige tolle Releases zurück, deren Niveau jedoch im Zuge der letzten Releases in meinen Augen nicht mehr ganz erreicht wurde. Umso spannender, dass hier ein derart junger Rum aus - zumindest für Worthy Park noch - ungewöhnlicher Lagerung im Sherry-Fass daherkommt und so überzeugt. Tolle Auswahl, tolles Release, das macht richtig Spass!
Review by Timo Groeger
Wow, this is terrific for a 3-year-old. Has a beautiful nose consisting of esters and alcohol. Also very spicy. Young wood and tropical fruit are added on the palate. Really a top rum.
Review by Thunderbird
For the first time in a long time, a WP that is quite funky. The high esters and the finish suit it well. However, it is still somewhat impetuous and unbalanced. However, the approach is promising and with a little more ageing time, something great could emerge
Review by Nivius
Probably the C<>H among the ... it tastes very much like Worthy Park :P - and with the Tigershark the best WP I've had in my glass so far - the Worthypark iced tea note, together with 1000g/hl esters in sherry cask full maturation delivers an extremely cool result here, at a price-pleasure ratio that I last had with the young NewYarmouths from RumArtesanal or the 2005 Chairmas blend. Before I had this rum in my glass, I really didn't expect much, as the last WP releases were rather average to boring, but this is really great stuff. And even the alcohol is extremely well integrated for just under 60% and such a young rum - I've recently had +20 year old rums that lacked far more complexity and were more fizzy. Very nice to get another great rum at a price from back then (and hence the 9 points).
Review by Master P
This cask surprised me enormously from the first second in the glass. The intensity of the high ester rum in combination with the very fresh oak cask and the sweetness of the PX sherry are excellent here. Only the alcohol is not perfectly integrated, but the price speaks for itself. I'll have to make another correction to where I opened my bottle now, very tasty.
Review by Johannes
Funky ester glue and alcohol on the nose, the esters are surprisingly round on the palate due to the sherry cask, cookie dough. Really fun!
Review by Banana Joe
Beautiful young WP. Makes a real impression on the nose, WP can be High Esther. Unfortunately not quite as convincing on the palate as on the nose. Alcohol could be a little better integrated. But a nice rum for the price. But I wouldn't need a bottle right now.
Review by Christian Rudt
In der Nase sehr fruchtig etwas zu viel Alkohol ist spürbar und natürlich kommt bei diesem drei Jahre Jungen Rum das PX Fass auch ordentlich durch. Am Gaumen gewinnt das Destillat erstmal die Oberhand und rückt den Sherry Einfluss klar zurück. Die tropischen Früchte dominieren etwas rotfruchtige Sherry süße kämpft verzweifelt dagegen an. Im Finale verwirbelt das ganze noch einmal mehr und je nachdem welche Geschmacksnerven gerade getroffen werden liegt Mal Destillat mal Fass vorne. Ein großartiger Rum👏
Review by Mirco
Worthy Park und nur 3 Jahre. Nicht wirklich, vielversprechend für mich. Was man hier jedoch erhält ist erstaunlich! Power, Fruchtester, gepaart mit Gewürzen und schönem Holz. Abgang dunkler Zucker/Karamell.
Review by F.L.O.
Toller WP. Ester trifft auf Pflaume und andere Früchte. Dazu eine ganz ganz minimal dreckige Note in Geschmack. Der Alkohol ist sehr gut eingebunden. Daily sipper, zum mixen fast zu schade. Schönes Teil
Review by Johnny Rumcask
Nase sehr stechend alkoholisch, was sich erst nach langer Standzeit verbessert. Dazu Noten von Keksteig und roten Früchten. Im Mund ein ähnliches Bild: Alkohol ist sehr schlecht eingebunden, die Sherryreifung kann nur die ärgsten Kanten des jungen Destillats überdecken. Das WP Profil kommt immer wieder durch die Sherrynoten (rote Früchte, Rosinen etc.) durch, aber das Ganze ist viel zu scharf alkoholisch . Langer Abgang, nach längerer Standzeit auch eine leichte Bitternote, die aber nicht unangenehm ist.
Review by Mentalo
Die Lagerung im Pedro Ximenez Fass hat dem jungen Rum von Worthy Park erstaunlich gut getan. Macht ihn deutlich zugänglicher mit schöner Fruchtnote, aber überlagert den Rum nicht komplett. Nett, aber mehr auch nicht.
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
Dieser Rum gefällt mir echt sehr gut.. wirklich ein sehr intensiver Worthy Park der bereits in der Nase viele Frucht Noten hat welche man auch im Geschmack merkt wie zum Beispiel Bananen. Dazu ein höherer Ester Anteil
Review by Peder Frits Nielsen
A fantastic young rum - so much funk and taste
Review by Stan Hardy
Gemischte Gefühle. Funky fruchtig, Marmelade und Keks, Holz, aber auch scharf, trocken und etwas bitter. Recht komplex für so einen jungen Jamaikaner. Langer Abgang, aber Alkohol ist nicht gut eingebunden
Review by RumSpatz88
Wahnsinn, mein bisher teuerster Rum. Mit der Alkohol stärke auch mein bisher stärkstes Pferd im Stall. Geschmack ist genau so wie ich es mir vorgestellt habe. Irgendwie ein Wagemut PX gemischt mit einem Hampden Esther Jamaica Rum. Sehr intensiv. Habe ihm im Tastingglas erstmal 20 min bei Zimmer Temperatur atmen lassen. Dann ist er auch nicht so bissig. Leckeres Teil mit viel Aroma und Kraft. Bin zufrieden.
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Details about Worthy Park Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 45 2021
A rum from Jamaica, bottled by Spirit of Rum, at 59,8%.
Community purchases
70 bottles logged by 45 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
22% opened, 7 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Worthy Park Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 45 2021?
Community paid €52–€72.
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+6 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months.
70 purchased · 38 tasted · 48 wishlist · as of
About the Worthy Park distillery
The Worthy Park distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Worthy Park have been reviewed 5,596 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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