Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 55 (Navy Blend Rum HQNB) 2025
Loved by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓, Skyfly & 36 more
For experienced palates: a complex, high‑proof Navy blend (Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana) with dark chocolate, dried fruit, tobacco, leather and oak. RumX members praise its depth, elegance and superb alcohol integration across 39 reviews.
- Great complexity
- Dark chocolate fruits
- Alcohol well integrated
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Aggregated from 39 community reviews.
Dark, complex Navy blend powerhouse For experienced palates: a complex, high‑proof Navy blend (Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana) with dark chocolate, dried fruit, tobacco, leather and oak. RumX members praise its depth, elegance and superb alcohol integration across 39 reviews.
Fans of powerful, unsweetened Navy blends who enjoy dark chocolate, dried fruits, tobacco and oak at near‑cask strength and like taking time to explore evolving aromas.
Those sensitive to high ABV, looking for very sweet Spanish-style rums, or who dislike woody, slightly tannic finishes and darker flavour profiles.
How is Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 55 (Navy Blend Rum HQNB) 2025 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 8.7 lands squarely 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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Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
This rum is like the summer evening sky: all shades of color are served. In concrete terms: if you give the rum plenty of time, you will find different aromas on the nose and palate every 5 minutes. Highly amazing and proof of a more than happy blender's hand (the very good alcohol integration also speaks for the latter). Great rum cinema. But I only recognized it on the second tasting.
Review by Skyfly
Klasse Navy Blend, auch wenn die Trinidad-Noten für mich etwas zu sehr im Hintergrund sind. Mit viel Zeit im Glas entwickelt sich dennoch ein wahres Aromenspektakel mit viel Trockenfrüchten und dunklen Aromen. Alkohol perfekt eingebunden
Review by FischeJ
From memory, there is more Jamaica on the nose here compared to HQNB 1. Over time, many different aromas come through and alternate. You can smell and discover for a long time. Full and dense in the mouth. Even better than the nose. Red fruits, wood, leather, creamy, subtle sweetness. Simply great.
Review by Chrischi78
Verkostung auf dem 14. German Rum Festival: Unglaublich komplex und vielseitig – jedes Aroma fügt sich zu einem starken Gesamtbild. Mit jedem Schluck neue Facetten, Zeit im Glas lohnt sich. Für mich ein absoluter Top-Rum.
Review by DomM
A significant lighter profile compared to the first HQNB. Well executed and complex, yet not really what I‘d expect from an navy blend as it mostly lacks dark notes and rich dried fruits. The first edition is my favorite here, clearly.
Review by mto75
The new HQNB in the glass for Black Tot Day. The EMB 95 set the tone for the first, here I'm more in favor of Versailles and PM. The Caroni and TDL are more in the background, or rather more present on the palate.
Review by Christoph
A unicorn in terms of quality, the alcohol could not be more perfectly integrated. With a twinkle in your eye, you could almost say you can't enjoy Caroni more price-consciously, which is present alongside dark fruits from Guyana. Wonderful woody notes that harmonize smoothly with plum and dirt from Trinidad. Tropical fruits from Jamaica remain very subtle, but come through when left to stand for a while and tasted from time to time.
Review by zabo
The old Navy Blend from RumClub was compared with the new RumClub Ed.55. Personally, I liked the old one a little better. Both very good, but in conclusion, the new bottling couldn't quite keep up. Complaining at a high level
Review by Martin Spooner
Wow. Wonderful navi blend. Really nice raisin, chocolate and vanilla on the nose. A grenade on the palate. Great flavors and a strong finish too. A really nice device. Hopefully again soon.
Review by Serge
Direct comparison of the two HQNB. The old one dominates the nose with menthol and citrus and lots of EMB notes. The new one rather with Spanish and chocolaty sweet notes. The first is clearly better, but I wouldn't need a bottle of either. The new one doesn't blow me away, I would rather take an EMB than the first one.
Review by Andi
A really great navy blend at a very high level. Whether on the nose or the palate, both, very complex and you can discover new flavors every 5-10 minutes, if you just give it the time. (It's difficult, it's damn drinkable) Dark dried fruit, caramel, raisin, prune, mint, tobacco, leather, wood and dark chocolate. A colorful potpourri of flavors to discover. PS: Yes, I found "HQNB 1" a tiny bit better from my personal taste profile, which I like.
Review by Jakob
Much closer to the Spanish style than the first HQNB, where the EMB marque comes through very clearly. A drinkable, accessible blend that also has aromas of mint and dried fruit alongside the heavy caramel, vanilla and oak sweetness. An exciting blend at a high level.
Review by Jussi Piirainen
Last Rum Club for tonight On the nose:Tobacco and woody notes. Spices. Dried fruits. On each nosing, i got very different notes. Taste: Dark chocolate at first. Leather. Toasted notes. Dried fruits. Mocha notes towards the end. There is alcohol intensity, but for me its integrated very well. Finish: Oak and dark chocolate Havent tried the first edition, but this one had very good range of darker flavours and i really enjoyed sipping this one.
Review by Carlitooo
For me, the new HQNB goes one better than the first release. The complexity and versatility is hard to beat, the individual components result in a powerful interplay of flavors. There is something new to discover with every sip, time in the glass is absolutely recommended. For me, one of the absolute top rums ever
Review by Dirk Becker
Extrem eleganter, vielschichtiger Rum, Alkohol top eingebunden
Community purchases
36 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 14 members.
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