Dead Reckoning Rum Diamond The Black Pit (EHP <VSG> PM) 2016
For curious explorers, this 50% Diamond Demerara is a rich, sweet-leaning sipper with caramel, dark dried fruits and gentle oak. RumX members love its smooth, oily mouthfeel and easy sipping despite the strength.
The community says- Sweet dried fruits
- Smooth at 50%
- But: Limited availability
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The look inside the bottle
How does Dead Reckoning Rum Diamond The Black Pit (EHP <VSG> PM) 2016 taste?
Aggregated from 6 community reviews.
Sweet, smooth Demerara crowd-pleaser Highly praised Demerara with sweet dried fruits, caramel and soft oak. Smooth, oily and easy to sip at 50%, delivering impressive enjoyment without big complexity.
Those who enjoy sweet, smooth Demeraras (think El Dorado style) and want a slightly higher-ABV, richer, limited independent bottling.
Drinkers who prefer very dry, complex, challenging rums or who dislike noticeable sweetness in their glass.
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4 of 6 left detailed tasting impressions
How is Dead Reckoning Rum Diamond The Black Pit (EHP <VSG> PM) 2016 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.9 sits in the “Very good” band. 100% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Community voices
What does the community say?
100% rate it 8 or higher. 5 selected write-ups from 6 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Jack M
Great rum! The nose is dominated by dates/ prunes/ raisin notes which are followed up by some sweetness (marmalade). The palate is both sweet and smoky. It has the dried fruits, wood, leather and licorice. The finish is sweet and oaky.
Review by paulgi86
Well this is bittersweet - this tastes like DDL (what I imagine a high ABV version of El Dorado 12 to taste like) Caramel, Demerara sugar and toffee like sweetness but with more dark red fruit notes coming out to play This has opened up nicely! I can actually smell different notes and most of them carry over to the palate - feels thick and oily in the mouth Just a shame this sold out practically as it launched - if anyone has bought this, don’t keep it to sell on! Open it and you’ll forever thank yourself you got own and try this little cracker. Not quite 9/10 or above but damn close
Review by Leslie Haigh
Very good port mount rum Taste of dark chocolate Fresh roasted coffee caramel Vanilla toffee and raisins The rum is 5 years tropical age bourbon cask 1 years Australian dry age muscat cask 50% Avb Very nice rum only 66 bottles available to the uk rum club Excellent
Review by Scottyg
Very suttle flavours of fruit and sweet. Easy sipping and not very complex but flavours are there. Finishes with a cola taste and feel on the tongue. Smooth and no after burn.
Review by skamaria
This is the best Guyanese rum I have had. It is smooth, sweet and sips easy. It is wild that I do not see it talked about so much.
Expert reviews
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →Instead for comparison focus on my reviews of past Velier bottlings and other Independently bottled Demerara. A comparison with those old Velier Demerara bottlings may seem a little like hyperbole. So I won’t say that. I’ll just give it 5 stars instead. It really is that good!
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Market value
Avg. community purchase price 123 €
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Details about Dead Reckoning Rum Diamond The Black Pit (EHP <VSG> PM) 2016
A rum from Guyana, bottled by Dead Reckoning Rum, at 50%.
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Community purchases
8 bottles logged by the RumX community.
A drinker & collector.
25% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
8 purchased · 6 tasted · 1 wishlist · as of
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