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Cadenhead's Caribbean Rum 1842
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Most tasters land on "well-crafted but basic," and a few think it's better than that. It reads dark and Guyana-leaning — raisin, molasses, plum and baking spices, with a metallic, minty edge some love and one member marks down as "off notes (metallic, industrial)." At 56.6% it drinks warm but oddly thin. A comfortable daily sipper more than a showpiece.
The community says- Warm raisin depth
- Easy daily sipper
- Less suitable for: anyone put off by metallic notes
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How does Cadenhead's Caribbean Rum 1842 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Warm, raisin-heavy Demerara-style daily sipper Well-liked as an easy, warming everyday pour, though several call it thin for the proof and one flags sharp metallic notes. A couple taste a touch of added sweetness.
fans of dark, molasses-rich Demerara profiles
anyone put off by metallic notes
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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15 community reviews
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Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8,1:On the nose, dried fruits like raisins, apricots and bananas, red fruits with cherries, mineral and minty molasses, metallic patina, solvents, sweet roasted wood notes with caramelized burnt sugar, spicy, some dirty undertones, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, citrus fruits arise, smokiness and roastedness with nuts, espresso and chocolate. 8,4:On the palate, the attack is metallic with copper, slightly synthetic, sweet, buttery and oily with roasted wood notes like chocolate, confectionery with cookie dough, meringue, caramelized burnt sugar, spicy with baking spices, fruity with dried and tropical fruits like banana, raisins, a bit later with pears. 8,3:The finish is rather long, dry, the molasses is thick, caramelized, sweet with honey, pairing dried fruits and roasted wood notes, spicy. Edit:7.2.26
Review by David Sharman
Most helpful critical review
Brought down by a sharp mouthfeel and more than few off notes (metallic, industrial)
Review by M. Mark
Ak začnem kritikou, tak na 56.6% pôsobí veľmi tenko. Vonia príjemne sladko, po sušenom ovocí, hrozienkach, melase, vanilke, koreniach na pečenie. V chuti sa objaví sladkosť, sušené ovocie, vanilka, korenia na pečenie. Alkohol je dobre integrovaný. Dochuť je stredne dlhá. Celkovo dobre spracovaný základný rum. Môj bol naflašovaný 05.11.2018. If I'm being critical at the very beginning, at 56.6 ABV, it's tastes very thin. It's smell pleasant, sweet, of dried fruit, raisins, molasses, vanilla and baking spices. Sweetness, dried fruit, raisins, vanilla, baking spices appears in the taste. Alcohol is integrated well. The aftertaste is medium long. Overall, it's well-crafted basic blended rum. My batch was bottled on November 5, 2018
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
16.04.2025 retasting with Fabian and I still like it a lot. ------------------ #4997 24.12.2024 Enjoying a sample I got from a good friend. Nose Sweet, intense, metallic, light mint, light cherry, spice, dried fruit, wood, light smoke. Palate Round, oily, warm, medium spicy, dried fruit, light mint, naturally sweet, faint chocolate, light plum, wood, light roasted, faint smoke. Finish Long and warm, medium spicy, naturally sweet, dried fruit, light chocolate, spice, oily, wood, The empty glass has nice caramel, light herbs and prunes. Needs to rest to really open up. Surprisingly good rum considering the price tag.
Review by Jakob
Appealing Cadenheads release with lots of toffee sweetness flanked by dry tropical fruit notes, spices, wood influences, and vanilla sugar. Accessible, easy-drinking rum with great potential as a daily sipper.
Review by Serge
Good drinkable rum... somewhat sweetish. I can taste Guyana components. Dried fruits, a bit of licorice. Can be drunk well, a good simple rum, which in my opinion was somewhat sweetened afterwards.
Review by Johannes
Alcohol is relatively well integrated. I taste a dark Guyana profile with lots of molasses and Jamaica-worthy park.
Review by Fuwi
Tasting in Blåvand with the legend! Great rum, very warm and intense with aromas of raisins, plum and spices. Reminds me of a Christmas whisky release, with 68% quite a punch but without the sharpness, very well integrated and matured! Thanks @kevin for the sample!
Review by zabo
A bottling that unfortunately couldn't quite keep up on this epic evening, not entirely bad, but compared to the stuff we usually had in the glass, it was a bit more distant. Like all Cadenheads, it feels a bit thin.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review ›I think this rum is pretty spectacular and until I find something better I'm pretty happy to give this 5 stars. I suspect you could spend a lot, lot more and not find a better Demerara. Yes I know this isn't a Single Cask offering but taken at face value...
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7 bottles logged by 7 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
85% opened, 2 emptied.
7 purchased · 15 tasted · as of
Details about Cadenhead's Caribbean Rum 1842
A rum from Caribbean, bottled by Cadenhead's, at 56,6%.
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