Joh. Eggers Sohn & Co. Eggers Original Alter Echter Batavia Arrac
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Sip this neat at 58% and it hits like a "St. Lucia daiquiri" — one taster's words — big, oily and unmistakably arrack. Iodine and smoke lead, then peach, orange peel, butterscotch and overripe yellow fruit, with saffron and green pepper on the vegetal side. Several members call it one of the better arracks they've tried; a few find the finish turns soapy and dirty.
The community says- Oily complex body
- Peach & orange peel
- But: Strong iodine note
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How does Joh. Eggers Sohn & Co. Eggers Original Alter Echter Batavia Arrac taste?
Summarized by AI from 12 community reviews.
Oily, iodine-heavy Batavia arrack for the curious Regarded by fans as an arrack that finally drinks like a proper rum, loud and oily. The catch: iodine and a dirty finish split the room, and it's strong.
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newcomers put off by iodine and heat
Style & occasion: Sipping neat
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Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful positive review
This is how Batavia Arrack should taste. Green pepper, saffron, rose petals, orange blossoms, burnt sugar, overripe papaya, mandarin peel and bitter orange, incense, and a generally very pleasant, very intense, complex and oily mouthfeel!
Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful mixed review
7:On the nose, there are citrus fruits like lime and mandarine, tropical fruits, sweet with roasted wood notes like butterscotch, biscuits, burnt sugar, chocolate, spicy, smoky, vegetal with green peppers, flowery with rose, joined with orange peel and raisins, peaches. 7,1:On the palate, the attack is medicinal with iodine, fruity with mandarine, orange peel, later yellow, marmelade like, vegetal with saffran, green peppers, flowery, sweet with roasted wood notes like burnt sugar, caramel, spicy vanilla, smoky, burnt with BBQ, bacon notes, salty. 6,7:The finish is medium long, medicinal, bitter, burnt, smoky, spicy with allspice, vegetal with saffran, flowery with rose, sweet with burnt sugar.The fruits are fermented, overripe.
Review by Timo Groeger
Auch wirklich okay dieser Arrac. Sehr feuchtige Nase, Pfirsich ist erkennbar, außerdem Limette und Orangenschale, sowie leicht röstig. Am Gaumen dann doch recht rauchig, wieder Orangenschale sowie etwas Vanille. Nochmals danke an Artur, dieses Set probieren zu dürfen :-)
Review by zabo
Once again an outstanding tasting that Artur organized superbly. Many thanks for the introduction to the world of Arra(c)ks. The blends are truly a challenge for the taste buds. But what really surprised me was this BASF bottling. My deepest respect for the time and effort that is always put into it. A real honor to be able to participate in such tastings again and again.
Review by cigares
Arra(c)k 2.0 tasting by Artur. A rum nose at last! Lively, lemony, with a hint of sweetness (cookies) and candy. Varnished wood. The entry is intense with yellow fruit, apple, lemon zest, overripe fruit, saffron and iodine. The finish is moderately long, with woody bitterness. The saffron and spices are more pronounced. At last, a rum-like arrack.
Review by Mirco
Arrac(k)-Tasting 2.0 by Artur. An exciting tasting journey with an impressive range of styles and profiles. Everything from smoky to fruity to spicy was represented – sometimes a bit unbalanced, sometimes surprisingly round. Especially some bottlings showed a lot of character and depth and stayed in memory. A format that’s really fun. Thanks Artur for the opportunity! 😊
Review by Leo Krüper
Very expressive iodine note. Too much dirt towards the end.
Review by Alex1981
Jodine, peach, yellow fruit, dirty. I like it! Arra(c)k Attack 2.0 tasting with Artur all over the place, from really nasty blends to surprisingly good examples, everything included. Great journey to this spirit completely unknown to me until now.
Review by Johannes
Arrack 2.0 @Artur: Initially fruity, iodine, unfortunately a bit soapy and musty on the finish.
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Details about Joh. Eggers Sohn & Co. Eggers Original Alter Echter Batavia Arrac
A rum from Indonesia, bottled by Joh. Eggers Sohn & Co., at 58%.
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