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Clarendon Monymusk Special Reserve
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Sip it neat or pour it as an easy everyday Jamaican — nobody here treats it as a special-occasion bottle. The nose is mild vanilla; the palate turns round and soft with raisins, lots of coconut and just a whisper of ester. One taster sums it up as "a nice and quite kind Jamaican." At 40% it's gentle, with a little spice and oak sticking out late.
The community says- Loads of coconut
- Good value everyday
- But: Very little funk
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How does Clarendon Monymusk Special Reserve taste?
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Mild, coconut-heavy everyday Jamaican Most call it tasty, unaggressive and a genuinely good value everyday pour. The catch: it's a tame, half-funk Jamaican, so ester chasers will want more punch.
newcomers to Jamaican rum wanting it gentle
ester chasers wanting loud pot-still funk
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Review by Michael Janek
In the nose raisins soaked in the barrel, then tea leaves, the scent pleasantly lasts terribly long, finally fragrant damp wood from the barrel. On the palate at the start very pronounced raisins, then it changes to a spicy taste. Even though it has 40% it seems quite strong to me. One or two glasses in the evening = great
Review by Stefan Persson
This is a blend of Pot and Column still rum (Halffunk). The nose is mild with aroma of vanilla. At the palate it’s round and mild with flavors of vanilla, raisins, some esters and lots of coconut. As a summary a nice and quite kind Jamaican.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
With a medium long finish and thinking about the price tag, this is actually a good everyday rum. Fruity with spices from nose to finish. Ester and oak join in for the homerun. Price to quality is very good.
Review by Rum Runner Labs - Will
A gentle expression of fruity ester. Decently integrated cask, but some of the spice notes and astringency stick out a little in the context of the generalized tropical fruit. Tasty and unaggressive.
Review by Anonymous
Spicy slightly pop vanilla
Review by Richard Krupa
Coconut, vanilla and currants
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18 bottles logged by 16 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
27% opened, 2 emptied.
What does Clarendon Monymusk Special Reserve cost?
Community paid 12–49 €.
Current best price: 28.46 € – within the typical community range.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 48 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about Clarendon Monymusk Special Reserve
A rum from Jamaica, distilled by Clarendon, at 40%.
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