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Sansibar New Yarmouth Rare Old Jamaican Rum (DeinWhisky.de) 1994
Toasted coconut, roasted wood and caramel lead here, with banana, coffee, cocoa and warm spice underneath. This is a 30-year-old New Yarmouth from 1994, and three decades in oak show — several tasters call it dark, heavy and woody, "leicht zu trinken" at 55.8% but tannic and a touch bitter late. One reviewer notes it needs time to rest before the bitterness settles.
The community says- Toasted coconut
- Easy at 55.8%
- But: Woody, tannic finish
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How does Sansibar New Yarmouth Rare Old Jamaican Rum (DeinWhisky.de) 1994 taste?
Aggregated from 31 community reviews.
Woody, coconut-heavy 30-year Jamaican sipper Well-liked old New Yarmouth: coconut, roasted wood and spice, easy to sip for the strength. The catch is a woody, tannic, slightly bitter finish some feel has passed its peak.
Fans of old, wood-forward Jamaican rum
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How is Sansibar New Yarmouth Rare Old Jamaican Rum (DeinWhisky.de) 1994 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.5 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 →
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13% rate it between 6 and 8. 12 selected write-ups from 31 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Serge
Decent NY94 with typical notes and more on the roasty side, but also a lot of "green" ... a nice nutty bitter note on the palate that goes well with coconut, banana and caramel. For me in the midfield ... not a top performer but not a total failure either. The Vintage has simply already reached its zenith
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, toasted coconut and roasted wood notes with caramel, biscuits, macaroons and pastry, dried apricots and raisins, banana, some nail polish, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, there is a strong barrel impact with coffee, hazelnuts, roasted almonds, spices like cinnamon, vanilla, yellow fruits, metallic patina. 8,6:On the palate, the attack is dry, slightly sweet and buttery with Demerara sugar, roasted wood notes like butterscotch, cocoa, leather, coffee and pastry, spicy with cinnamon, vanilla and nutmeg, salty and fruity with toasted coconut, peaches, banana, cherry, citrus and dried fruits, as the molasses is a bit minty. 8,5:The finish is medium long, dry and tannic, musty, with similar notes as on the palate, but less balanced.
Review by Thunderbird
Another, but older 1994 New Yarmouth. The nose has the familiar markers and I still like it best here. On the palate, the influence of the cask is already very noticeable, but in combination with the spicy component, it's still okay. The finish is borderline for me as far as the now bitter cask taste is concerned. The bottling is still just very good, but has obviously passed its zenith
Review by Johannes
Excellent and typical NY94, which becomes an easy sipper due to its low alcohol content! Really good! But if you're looking for a board like the RA, you've certainly come to the wrong place.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Leckerer alter New Yarmouth und der zusammen mit dem FRC für mich bis dato älteste. Insgesamt schon eher sehr auf der holzigen Seite, dunkel, schwer und würzig. Banane und Kokosnuss sind vorhanden aber werden von getoastetem Eichenfass, Kardamom, kräftigem Mokka, Zimt und etwas Minze ergänzt. Lecker und preislich in Ordnung aber wird nicht mein Lieblings 94er NY!😅 Insgesamt ist er mir etwas zu adstringierend und bitter, holzig wenn auch ausgewogen und gut trinkbar. Meine Erwartungen waren aber höher.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6747 05.05.2026 Speed hiking done and wife picked up from work. Time for some samples and some Trance Tracks on Spotify. A pretty nice rum with an OK price tag the age considered. An intense and fruity rum with some funk, caramel, spices and nicely balanced roasted wood. Needs to rest for a while or it will have some bitterness to it.
Review by Timo Groeger
Und weiter geht die Reise. Richtig starker New Yarmouth. Sehr viel Kokosnuss und Vanille in der Nase, außerdem etwas Holz. Am Gaumen recht viel Kokosnuss, etwas Zucker, aber auch Röstigkeit dank Kaffee und Kakao.
Review by Banana Joe
Unfortunately, I'm a little disappointed here. All in all, a nice rum, but I'm used to more from the other 94 NY bottlings. I think there would have been more here with more %. But maybe it also needs more time to breathe. I'll have to taste it again in peace. What I like is the walnut note in the finish.
Review by Felix Reiber
Hier habe ich einen sehr geschmeidigen und runden NY 1994. Die Nase ist äußerst gefällig und rund. Ich habe Vanille, Kokosnuss, Holz, Karamell und tropische Früchte. Dann kommen angenehme Noten von gerösteten Mandeln und Trockenfrüchten hervor. Eine sehr harmonische Nase. Am Gaumen kommen zunächst Demerarazucker, Fassnoten, Kokosnuss und Leder zum Vorschein. Dann folgen neben Banane auch Kaffee, Eiche, Kakao, Röstnoten und eine schöne Würze. Der sanfte und mittellange Abgang hat Fassnoten, Kokosnuss, Holz, Zimt und geröstete Nüsse. Dann klingt das Finale mit Mokka, Kardamom und tropischen Früchten aus. Die 30 Jahre Reifung machen diesen Rum leicht zu trinken, auch wenn das Finish eine leichte Schärfe hat. Ich finde ihn gut. Danke an @BananaJoe für das leckere Sample 😃
Review by Michael Schou
04-04-2025 - Rate 8.9 Classic NW. Love the nose. Missing s little on the plate. 55,8% is a bit to low. 25-10-2025 - Rate 8.9 Had it in a blind setup with 4 other 1994 New Yarmouth’s. This one was the least favorit of the 5. To low ABV.
Review by Martin Švojgr
And what do we have here? The popular NY1994 again, this time 30 years old. Smells nice, nice coconut, wood, tropical fruit. The taste is lower alcohol, more woodiness, coconut still present but a little overpowered by the wood, as if to suggest the rum wanted out of the cask earlier. The finish starts to lack flavours, leaving vanilla, wood and strength of alcohol.
Review by Tim Reiber
Hier muss ich mich dem treffendem Kommentar von Thunderbird anschließen. Aromen wie Demerarazucker, Kokosnuss, Eiche und scharfe Gewürze erstrecken sich von der Nase bis zum Abgang. Durch die lange Lagerung wird der 94er stellenweise gefällig und rund, welche ihn aber auch sehr holzig macht. Tee und Lebkuchengewürze lenken davon ab. Hätte das Destillat ein paar Ester, wäre das ganze wahrscheinlich eine richtige Geschichte geworden.
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Expert review by RumRock
Read full review →New Yarmouth 30 Years Rare Old Jamaican Rum je rum pro chvíle, kdy máte čas posadit se a rum opravdu číst. Nabízí typický charakter New Yarmouth 94, kokos, banán, tropické ovoce a technické tóny, zabalený do třicetiletého zrání v sudu po bourbonu. Dřevo tu hraje velmi důležitou roli a někdy je na hraně dominance, ale pořád nechává prostor ovoci a koření.
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Details about Sansibar New Yarmouth Rare Old Jamaican Rum (DeinWhisky.de) 1994
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Sansibar, at 55,8%.
Community purchases
4 bottles logged by 4 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
4 purchased · 31 tasted · 5 wishlist · as of
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