Aroma visualization from community tastings
Worthy Park Special Cask Release #5 Port 2008
Tell me when it gets cheaper
Tell me when it's back in stock
Price alert in the RumX app
Open in the app
Got the app? Open this bottle
Opens this rum in the RumX app
Ripe banana, dark berries and plum lead here, with the port finish adding cherry, tobacco and leather over Worthy Park's Jamaican funk. Most tasters find it rich, oily and well-integrated, the 56% sitting quietly. The catch: it turns dry and bitter-woody toward the end, and a couple of drinkers found the red-wine notes a bit heavy for their taste.
The community says- Ripe banana, dark fruit
- Well-integrated port
- But: Dry, bitter finish
Offers & prices
View price history
Shopping safely on RumX Returns & cancellation
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
10 more payment methodsOffers & prices
No shop currently delivers to Germany.
Live auctions
Current bids for this rum at Europe's leading auction houses.
The look inside the bottle
How does Worthy Park Special Cask Release #5 Port 2008 taste?
Summarized by AI from 34 community reviews.
Fruity, funky Worthy Park with a port lean Well-liked as the fullest of the Special Cask series — fruity, funky and rounded with a good port marriage. Some find the finish too dry, bitter-woody, or the wine notes heavy.
Worthy Park fans curious about a port-finished, fruit-forward Jamaican
People who dislike red-wine notes or a dry, bitter finish
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
13 of 34 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
Which glass for which rum? The community guide →
Recommendation
Your next rum
Each with how it differs from this rum.
Community voices
What does the community say?
34 community reviews
8 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app
Rate it in the app
Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide
Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful positive review
Overall a great port finished rum that’s rich, fruity, round and balanced that not loses its Jamaican funky profile. Bought me two bottles of this Special Cask Release from Worthy Park during the last Rum Cruise with Birka Cruises in the Baltic Sea. I choose this one cause I heard it was the best one in the first batch Special Cask Release released in 2018. It’s distilled in pot still back in 2008 whereafter it was aged for 9 years in ex-bourbon casks. Thereafter it was transferred to 1423 in Denmark where it was finished during one year in a former Port Cask before being bottled at ABV 56% in just 585 bottles.
Review by Rhum Mirror 🇧🇪
Most helpful mixed review
On the nose, there's no doubt that we're in Jamaica, with its ripe bananas. Other exotic fruits (coconut, etc.) are present, as well as minty freshness and vanilla. Unfortunately, I don't like the red wine notes that emerge. It's too heavy for my taste. On the palate, the attack is frank and pleasant. Less tropical fruit, more candied fruit and oranges. But there's still that Jamaican funkiness. There's a lot of texture on the palate, it's oily. The finish is rather successful, with a nice woody aftertaste, banana and plums. The palate inspired me more than the nose, but that's not to my taste for sure. I clearly preferred the unfinished versions from WP to this Porto finish.
Review by Galli33
Very cool Worthy Park! Powerfull, delicious, Funky with cool Cherry notes 🤤 The port barrel is noted, but it isn’t overwhelming! I like it a lot, especially the mix of various fruits. The alcohol is integrated well and give it a nice depth.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
26.03.2022 Sampling a bit at home. Notes Medium to dark in colour. Nose Light wood, port, clove, light banana, light pineapple, light caramel. Palate Light wood, Port, fruity, banana, light pineapple, faint coffee, light orange. Finish Medium long, wood, light berries, faint caramel, faint coffee, light chocolate.
Review by Michael Janek
12.6.2024 At first it smells strong, then you can smell the barrel from the port, but warmer. The taste is strong, very intense, slightly woody
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Excellent Worthy Park! Nice combo with the Ruby Port Finish!
Review by Tim
Less on the ester side, but the port finish is slightly noticeable. And it’s well integrated. Smells round and smooth on the nose, but in the mouth a bit too dry and bitter-woody. Overall, the rum is fun though! Very smooth on the finish!
Review by bossi
Probably the oldest in the release series at 10 years. The nose already shows a sweetness of dark berries and the typical banana. On the palate, plums, tobacco and leather come in with an intense depth, probably from the port finish. The other two rums would probably have been completely overshadowed by this finish. Towards the finish, it becomes increasingly bitter, which I really like. Without knowing the unfinished rum, I would still say that the finish does the rum good and suits it very well. 84 points
Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 8.3/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.
Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →Variety is one of the main reasons I enjoy rum so much so releases such as this are right up my alley. Of the Special Caks releases (I have a couple more up my sleeve) I think this one is my favourite so far. Really top stuff from a top...
Expert review by Single Cask Rum
Read full review →
Expert review by In Spiritus Veritas
Read full review →
Community shelf
39 bottles logged by 35 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
15% opened, 1 emptied.
What did the community pay for Worthy Park Special Cask Release #5 Port 2008?
Community paid 82–124 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 108 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
39 purchased · 36 tasted · 11 wishlist · as of
Details about Worthy Park Special Cask Release #5 Port 2008
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, distilled by Worthy Park, at 56%.
Read on in the RumX Guide
You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
Worthy Park Special Cask Release #3 Sherry 2013
Worthy Park Special Cask Release #4 Madeira 2013
Worthy Park Single Estate 2006
Worthy Park Special Cask Release #7 Oloroso 2013
Levy Lane Tamosi Tiba 2008
Hampden Great House (Distillery Edition 2021)
Never miss a price drop.
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX →YouTube channel (in German)
