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Distilia Long Pond Jamaican Rum (Horses) 1983
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Sipped slowly and given air, this 38-year Long Pond opens gentle: ripe mango, pineapple and banana, soft esters, a little marzipan. Then the palate surprises with smoke, roasted meat and dry tobacco, plus allspice heat, all held in check. The finish runs very long. Softer and more elegant than a Hampden funk-bomb, with an earthy, almost peaty edge several tasters flagged.
The community says- Ripe tropical fruit
- Long smoky finish
- Elegant, controlled esters
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How does Distilia Long Pond Jamaican Rum (Horses) 1983 taste?
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Old Long Pond: ripe fruit, smoke, tobacco Nearly everyone rates it a great old Long Pond: gentle tropical esters up front, a surprising smoky-tobacco palate, endless finish. A couple wondered about odd cask/whisky influence, but most call it superb.
Aroma profileExperienced drinkers into old, refined Jamaican pot-still rum
Anyone wanting loud Hampden funk or an everyday bottle
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkyMature & oakySipping neat
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Review by Skyfly
At this price, it should offer something, and it does! From nose to finish, tropical and dried fruits harmonize excellently with each other. The cask is perfectly integrated so that wood is noticeable, but only very subtly. The wood is accompanied by spices, allspice, nuts and a little chocolate; in varying degrees from nose to finish. The sweetness is provided by a pleasant caramel note, which tastes like crème brulee on the palate. Great cinema!
Review by TheJona'Spirits
👃 A nose dominated above all by sweet esters magnified by time. The deliciousness of honeycomb, vanilla pastry cream, flambéed and candied pineapple brioche, crystallized honey. Then, aromas escape from a basket of tropical fruits dominated by Victoria pineapple, ripe banana, mango, and papaya. Subtly spicy and vanilla woodiness, hardwood furniture polish, varnish & light solvents, dry tobacco smoke, and dusty furniture. Balance, finesse, and elegance characterize this nose. 😋 Esters, of course, sweet but sufficiently funky. Tropical fruits cut into small cubes, caramelized with butter in a pan. Flavors as creamy as ever, with roasted almond pastries. Mild spices on exotic peppers, a little Espelette pepper, pink peppercorns, dried vanilla, candle wax. Then, the finish becomes herbaceous, almost peaty, with meaty notes, dried and salted meat, very dry tobacco. A complex, evolving palate with a surprising finish. ⛳ Long, warm, comforting, pleasantly drying. Dried pineapple, a hint of candied sugar cane, spices, long tobacco leaves, a touch of saddle leather. 🏆 A very old Jamaican rum, sublime from start to finish. Elegance, great complexity, a subtle blend of controlled sweet esters, candied rather than overripe fruit, delicacies and slightly peaty and meaty notes that add even more depth. It's a shame the price is so high.
Review by Julien Ries
The nose brings quite soft esters, with a juice of well-ripened exotic fruits (mango, passion fruit, pineapple) but not rotten or fermented like you might find in funkier Jamaicans. The wood is present but surprisingly, it doesn’t mark the juice too much despite its great age. Some mild spices come through (Sichuan pepper). The palate slaps with its extremely smoky side, of roasted meat and smoked flavors. It’s very surprising compared to the nose. Well-dried tobacco also invades the taste buds, with quite a bit of spiciness (allspice). However, everything is controlled, less wild than a Hampden. The endless finish brings comfort of pineapple, roast, and tobacco, but without haunting the palate to the point of nausea as can happen with high-ester rums.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#6149 28.12.2025 Last online tasting if the year with the guys. It's been a great year, probably one if the craziest one's ever 🥰 Met many new run friends both online and in person, travelled a lot Germany, Belgium, France and Sweden. Next year should be a bit more tranquil I hope, because I have a ton of samples 🙃 Nose Fresh, medium intense, light wood, fruity, overripe, banana, light marzipan, earthy, light herbs. Palate Oily, wood, fruity, overripe, cinnamon, medium spicy, light marzipan, light nutts, faint tannins. Finish Very long and warm, wood, faint tannins, medium dry, fruity, light citrus, banana. Empty glass Citrus, light chocolate, faint caramel, light nutts, cinnamon.
Review by Johannes
Fruity start with light esters from Hampden and spiciness from Long Pond, a bit thin but round, more marzipan as it progresses, slight peaty/smoky notes on the finish. Reminds me a bit of the Long Pond 1941 with fewer herbs. Great!
Review by Leo Krüper
The rum is relatively shallow for its age. The alcohol is well integrated with a slight sweetness. There is a hint of spiciness at the back. Could be a strange cask with whisky influences. Or the rum is somewhat overblended. The price is abnormal, but understandable given the age.
Review by Jakob
Long Pond 1983, the third - fascinating what treasures Distilia has dug up here. The “Horses” release was bottled on the same day as the bottling for the Pirates series; accordingly, the rum is 38 years old, as it was already taken from the cask in 2022. The sister release “Vane” had already set the bar very high and creates anticipation for me - not to mention the Sins. Accordingly, for my tasting, all three Distilia Long Ponds from 1983 were poured into glasses in parallel. The nose of the Horses release is immediately fantastic, rich tropical fruits, heavy caramel sweetness, the age is only recognizable by the remarkable balance - magnificent. On the palate, the rum is a bit crisper than the exceptional release for the Sins series, the latter bottling pulls along all aromas only in nuances, but still clearly reaches even higher registers, as everything is a bit more complex and yet perfectly harmonious. But that is criticism at the highest level - the Horses also lets the tropical fruits shine wonderfully, the mouth is flooded with pineapple, mango, papaya, peach, lime, joined by caramel, vanilla oak and light spice notes. What stands out compared to both Sins and the sister release “Vane” is an earthy-peaty note in the finish. An aroma I have noticed quite often in very long-aged rums. On the one hand, it's special that I can't find this aroma in the Vane, on the other hand, it's a welcome unique feature for the release, which fits perfectly in quality into the trilogy of excellent 1983 Long Ponds.
Review by SaibotZtar
WOW. I am blown away!! What an amazing rum!! Nose Incredibly complex with esters, pineapple, mango, papaya, banana, and delicious fruit esters... mild wood note, very harmonious. Palate Oily sweet... wonderfully balanced again with pineapple, papaya, banana, and esters... paired with a touch of wood that perfectly rounds it off. If it weren’t so expensive... what a Mai Tai that would be 💥💥 ... one of the best Long Pond rums I’ve tried so far...
Review by Julien Huitel 🇫🇷
Tasted after 2 days at Whisky live Paris! A fitting end to this 2025 edition! Quite a discreet nose, needs to be opened up! A good hour at least for it to begin to reveal itself. Rather fine, elegant profile, we find the Jamaican profile with some esters, but quite discreet.
Review by Johannes
Amazing Long Pond! On the nose I would have guessed Hampden. On the palate then more Long Pond with a good portion of wood and a nice complexity. Reminds me a bit of the Long Pond 1941 with less herbs. Great!
Review by Volkmar Weber
Identisches Cask wie RX12843. Am selben Tag aus dem Fass geholt, dann drei Jahre in Demijohn geparkt. Unterschied nicht messbar oder vielleicht Einbildung/Tagesform. Absolute Granate. Erste Nase - Hampden Funk. Im Mund dann aber eindeutig Long Pond, raffiniert und super komplex. Nicht zu schnell trinken, der Sauerstoff tut ihm gut. Immer neue Nuancen, eine leichte Rauchnote wie im Mezcal gibt ein herrliches Wechselspiel mit der Fruchtigkeit des Rums. Whow!
Review by linsen davy
The second part of the sister cask that is one of the best long ponds and almost last ever , from the 8 casks , so its very doubtful this ons was at whisky fair , and ratings or about this cask , if you rate the vane as 9.2 and the same cask here as 8.3 i doubt about the tasting, and sure what you taste ? Whisky influence? Very very strange , i will defend this oldest lengedary long pond , there will be one older in the future but thats it , and its fenomenal stuff , tried it more times , hope there will be more tastings of this rum , it s simply a benchmark of a forgotten taste
Review by Jérémie Peresse
Always a little something when you taste a rum older than yourself. I admit this one marked me. Very beautiful finesse on the palate, but incredibly complex and long aromatic. Exotic fruits like ripe banana and pineapple, precious wood, chocolate, soft spices and even a touch of citrus. It never ends. A great rum. Its only downside for me besides the price, the label 😅
Review by Verheyden Gert
The last part of this magic cask , hold back for now , glad this is still available but for how long , last casks and then it s gone , love it . The thin fruit as pear and jasmin flower , very integreted ether , alcohol kicks in but get smashed down bij the layers of fruit and a little bitternes , it needs time to breath then its looking how the bottle gets empty 🥵
Review by Dyckmans Carl
The second part of the vane , not for the non trained drinker , elegant ether , thin glue , the remembering of the insane vane tasting comes back , what a long pond at his best , the afthertast keeps coming back , fruitiness and controlled alcohol level , top 5 rums for me
Review by Buddudharma
Very nice old LP, but I want to be honest: In my humble opinion, none of these rums are remotely worth the asking price. In this case, the finish is also rather unspectacular, and for just under €1,000 there are many significantly better rums to buy.
Review by S Manders
The vane was world class , this is the second part of this cask and , strange but it needs more time to explore then the vane , but then its even better , what a intense beauty.
Review by Pavel Spacek
Lightly smoked, rounded, lightly esthers and tanins starts to be overhelming
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Details about Distilia Long Pond Jamaican Rum (Horses) 1983
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Distilia, at 52,5%.
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