Vagabond Spirits WTF 2 Explosion (High Ester & Grand Arôme)
Several tasters lead with the same first impression: "very gluey," then olive brine and overripe pineapple push through. It's an unaged high-ester blend of Grand Arôme and Jamaican rum, bottled at 59% by Vagabond Spirits. Salty, acidic, estery and fresh, with a long warm finish. Opinions split — some find it interesting, others call the palate thin and the alcohol a touch loud.
- Heavy ester funk
- Olive and brine
- Long warm finish
+10
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How does Vagabond Spirits WTF 2 Explosion (High Ester & Grand Arôme) taste?
Aggregated from 11 community reviews.
Funky, briny high-ester rum, slightly thin neat Esters, glue, olive and brine all up front, with pineapple behind. Some find it thin and a bit hot at 59%; a few think it rounds out nicely as a mixer.
People deep into high-ester, briny, glue-forward Jamaican funk
Anyone new to rum or wanting a sweet, rounded sipper
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5 of 11 left detailed tasting impressions
How is Vagabond Spirits WTF 2 Explosion (High Ester & Grand Arôme) rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 90% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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91% rate it between 6 and 8. Selected write-ups from 11 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Vinologues
Fucking high ester de follie 💥
Review by Michal Jurka
WTF2 Explosion 59%: "Unaged" blend of Grand Arôme Galion and High Ester Jamaica. Both aged for a year in vats and then matured for three months in terracotta amphorae. The assembly is then rested two months before bottling. With an ester rate of 833 g/Hlap and more than 2150 g/Hlap of volatile compounds. Less than 150 bottles. On the nose first very gluey, but quickly develops notes of olives, light vinegar and tropical fruits, mainly pineapple, bit estery, it is also quite fresh and bit floral, all this accompanied by quite a strong menthol. The taste copies the nose quite well with fruity, sweet-soury notes, light glue, the menthol note is however absent. But overall the taste seems to me quite flat and subtle although the alcohol is integrated well.
Details about Vagabond Spirits WTF 2 Explosion (High Ester & Grand Arôme)
A White Rum from Multiple countries, bottled by Vagabond Spirits, at 59%.
Community purchases
3 bottles logged by 3 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
3 purchased · 12 tasted · as of
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