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Adelphi Clarendon Selection 2003
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Drinkers already deep into Jamaican pot-still funk are the ones who'll get this. It's a 14-year Clarendon (Monymusk) at 58.8%: esters and roasted wood on the nose, then a very spicy palate with nutmeg, red pepper, varnish and tropical fruit. Several tasters found it "etwas zu säuerlich" — a sharp, fermented edge — and the alcohol not always fully tucked in.
The community says- Funky ester nose
- Long spicy finish
- But: Sharp, sour edge
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How does Adelphi Clarendon Selection 2003 taste?
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Spicy, funky Jamaican pot-still sipper Well-liked funky Jamaican — spicy, fruity, long dry finish. A few found it too sour and the heat a bit loose, and it's not cheap.
Fans of spicy, high-ester Jamaican pot-still rum
Anyone put off by sour, fermented, high-ABV rum
Style & occasion: Tropical & funkySipping neat
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
#4287 07.10.2023 this was a 7 hour long event with 3 friends and it was a nice day. A totally different rum from the previous ones. Fresh with a heavier profile. Fruity with nice esters and roasted wood. The palate is medium dry, warm/spicy with fruit and some varnish. The finish is long and dry with a spicy touch.
Review by cigares
Most helpful mixed review
Spirits Museum Tasting March 29, 2025. A strange nose of esters, cereals, and dried herbs with fruits, several kinds of fruits. The mouth is quite violent with a strong fermented side dominating the fruits and other aromas. The finish is rather short, very marked by the fermented side. Personally, I don't like it much even though some tasters really liked it.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Spicy, fruity ,acidic furry and intense. Has somehow something of kiwi with roasted peanut butter, plus lots of wood, spices like nutmeg and red pepper, slightly smoky and after fermented tropical fruit. Nice monymusk, especially the nose is really fun! Only overall a little too acidic and the alcohol could be a little better integrated.
Review by Tschusikowsky
My vacation bottle. Was unfortunately all too quickly gone😋
Review by w00tAN
On the nose nicely spicy with fine ester notes. On the palate then very spicy with tobacco and wood notes. The alcohol is well integrated, and in the finish even chocolaty. Fun to drink but of course quite pricey.
Review by Sebastian Kornett
Nose delicious Jamaica. Nice and funky. Very spicy flavor and long lasting finish. Similar to the HV Monymusk EBM. For me HV Monymusk EBM > Monymusk Adelphi.
Review by Righrum
A nice Clarendon, on the nose wood and the usual tropical fruits, reminds me the famed 1995/1997 vintages. On the palate a vague butyric acid note welcomes us, then wood and vanilla adds to tropical fruit notes
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12 bottles logged by 8 collectors.
Both drunk and collected.
16% opened, 1 emptied.
What did the community pay for Adelphi Clarendon Selection 2003?
Community paid 86–160 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 160 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›
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Details about Adelphi Clarendon Selection 2003
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Adelphi, at 58.8%.
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