Velier Royal Navy
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For seasoned enthusiasts who enjoy dirty navy style blends, this Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum delivers Caroni tar and rubber, Demerara depth and Jamaican fruit. At 57.18% it’s intense, complex and widely praised by RumX members as a benchmark navy sipper.
- Huge complexity
- Iconic Caroni influence
- Long powerful finish
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Benchmark dirty navy powerhouse For seasoned enthusiasts who enjoy dirty navy style blends, this Velier Royal Navy Very Old Rum delivers Caroni tar and rubber, Demerara depth and Jamaican fruit. At 57.18% it’s intense, complex and widely praised by RumX members as a benchmark navy sipper.
Fans of intense navy-style rums who love Caroni’s tar, rubber and diesel notes layered with Jamaican fruit and Demerara richness.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to high ABV or those who dislike dirty, industrial Caroni-style aromas and bitter, woody finishes.
How is Velier Royal Navy rated?
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Review by Mirco
A very successful blend with clearly recognizable proportions of the three countries of origin. The typical Caroni notes of tar and rubber meet the dark, heavy sweetness of a Demerara. Added to this is the fruity estery freshness of Hampden, which lightens up the whole. Despite the variety, the interplay is harmonious and exciting.
Review by Oliver
Excellent blend with a great caroni base! My navy reference.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
an exceptional blend 🤤
Review by cigares
Velier's Navy Rum. I had high expectations. It's true that the blend is very successful. First there's the Caroni with its empyreumatic machine-shop notes, then the funky Jamaican fruitiness and finally the Demerara, which rounds things out with its roundness and old leather. The same thing in the same order on the palate. But it leaves me wanting more, perhaps a little too hot? Tastes clash a little. I'm not a fan, but I recognize all its qualities, and there are many of them, especially in direct comparison with the already very good Black Tot 2020. Another tasting and more oxidation, it's getting better and better and its rating is rising. Bottle almost empty, this rum is very beautiful. Jamaica takes over with oxidation. Caroni is still present on the nose and a little on the palate.
Review by Vincent D
Rather Jamaican on the nose. Sweet fruit and glue. Wood, esters. You can come back to it over and over again and smell different things. A pleasant dirty side. On the palate, it explodes! It's woody, sweet, full of fruit and varnish. Glue. A burning sensation. How pleasant! It's warm and coats the palate. The finish is heavier. Less fruity. Bitterness, a hint of tar. Damn, that's good. Keeps its reputation! Next tastings: What a kick! I could smell it for hours.
Review by Jakob
Counts among the best blends known to me at all. A Navy representative at the absolute top level with exclusively tropically matured rums in the ensemble.
Review by Galli33
WoW! That‘s an amazing blend! In the nose you‘ll find sweetness and ester with some wood, a lot of spice and some caroni like Tat notes. Very harmonious rum. The alcohol is integrated very well(for a blend of this kind). I find it a bit better than the royal navy tiger shark. Lovely smell and taste of high quality oak barrel Nose: Ester, glue, tar, varnish, complex, spicy, oak, vanilla, roasted, tobacco, caramelized, cream toffee, sweet, trop fruits, overripe fruits, banana, dried fruits Mouth: complex, dry, intense, strong, full bodied, woody(oak), spicy, vanilla, roasted, smoky, black tea, tobacco, sweet, burnt sugar, caramelized, dried fruits, prunes Finish: long, dry, delicious, intense, black tea, dried fruits, prunes, vanilla, woody(oak), smoky, roasted, hazelnuts
Review by Thunderbird
An excellent navy rum of the heavy, intensely aromatic kind... the Caroni note really comes through here... Gumi and tar are clearly perceptible on the nose as well as on the palate. But esters, tropical fruits, wood and spices are not neglected either... the whole thing is extraordinarily complex....I like it very much Edit: In the glass again today and it needs to be raised by 0.2
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
An exceptional blend that really stole the show from the previously tasted Skeldons 1997, but then surprisingly was even topped by one of the four "mundane" Caronis 1997 from the 1423 tasting box, more precisely the Caroni from Cask #53. Nevertheless, this navy blend simply sets standards in its class, a successful rum in every respect without fault. Thank you, Toni, for sacrificing a bottle from your cellar for this pleasure.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Far less complex than the Navy Shark, but with a wonderful Caroni note. Not so heavy, nice blend, well integrated alcohol. Water brings out even more the fruity components.
Review by Giorgio Garotti
In my opinion the most successful blend to come out of Velier! You can taste all the flavors of the various distilleries that make it up and none overpowers the other but they blend in a perfectly balanced way!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Very exciting baby blend! In a direct comparison, however, the Tiger shark wins for me by 0.1 points, as I find it rounder, more palatable, fruitier and even more complex! Nevertheless, a really tasty caroni navy blend that is still available at a good price.
Review by Stefan L
Second tasting and I like it a lot, really good 😋 - now third and still awesome… - Forth tasting… yummy… 240730: First tasting after I got my own bottle of Tiger shark and they are different but both really good.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
Im Direktvergleich nochmal eine Spur runder und für mich besser als der Tiger Shark. Der Caroni kommt schön durch. Toller Blend. Bei der aktuellen Preissteigerung würde ich mir allerdings eher den Tiger Shark zulegen.
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