Silver Seal Nicaragua Rum 1998
For curious explorers, this 21-year Belize-bottled Nicaragua rum brings a floral, fruity and lightly smoky profile with honeyed sweetness and soft oak. RumX members see it as a solid, characterful sipper at 49.8%.
- Floral fruity nose
- Honeyed sweetness
- Warm oaky finish
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How does Silver Seal Nicaragua Rum 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 25 community reviews.
Floral-sweet Nicaragua with gentle smoke For curious explorers, this 21-year Belize-bottled Nicaragua rum brings a floral, fruity and lightly smoky profile with honeyed sweetness and soft oak. RumX members see it as a solid, characterful sipper at 49.8%.
Fans of sweeter Spanish-style rums who want more age and nuance—floral, fruity drinkers that enjoy hints of cigar smoke, caramel and warm oak in an easygoing column-still profile.
Those who dislike sweeter profiles, expect heavy body, or want high-ester funk; also not ideal for people looking for a challenging, cask-strength sipping experience.
How is Silver Seal Nicaragua Rum 1998 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.8 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 84% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Rum reviews
A selection of the most popular reviews from our community. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Another very nice rum from Silver Seal and its not that expensive actually. The nose starts of on a floral note with a bit of herbal touches. Then you have fruit and vanilla followed by a hint of chocolate, coffee and nuts. The palate is creamy with fruits and spices followed by a nice mix of sugar, caramel, tobacco and flowers. At the end there is a nice oaky twist to it. The finish is long and warm with licorice and tobacco topped with some nice oak.
Review by Joachim Guger
Nicaragua goes Jamaica. Ein guter Sipper. Erinnert mich an den Velier Antigua.
Review by Frank
Fruity-floral nose. In front lovely lemon with tangerine, behind it apple and some grape. There is also a fine smoke note through, cold cigar smoke, but only very gently and in addition some spicy vanilla. Light sweetness of honey and sugar syrup but determine the smell.Palate: acts despite the almost 50% somewhat thin. Have as first again this light cigar smoke, followed by slightly bitter lime peel. Also reminds of a white wine with some grape and apple. Out the back it turns greenish, tastes a bit like flower stalks. I don't quite like the Spanish style, unfortunately. The age makes this one a bit more interesting though.
Review by Filip Šikula
Adventní kalendář Michael Ginnerup 2024.
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by The Dunder Hut
"A very decent Nicaragua. Some weird complexities. But all in all a good cask selection from silver seal. This needed a lot of time to change to the better. This is however unfortunately not the standard for Nicaragua..."
Community purchases
20 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 3 members.
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