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English Harbour Extra Old Antigua Rum 1981
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The look inside the bottle
How does English Harbour Extra Old Antigua Rum 1981 taste?
Aggregated from 7 community reviews.
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How is English Harbour Extra Old Antigua Rum 1981 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 71% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Community voices
What does the community say?
57% rate it 8 or higher. 2 selected write-ups from 7 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Montana
A rather sweet smell, sherry, spicy, somewhat alcoholic. The taste also has some sweetness, the body is rather light.The finish is quite long and mild.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is a tasting from 2016 where we tried vintage 1980 and 1981. I have noted that it had a good balance and sweet oily palate that was spicy/warm.
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Market value
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Auction results 155 € – 172 €
from 3 sales, latest 06/2025
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Avg. community purchase price 146 €
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Details about English Harbour Extra Old Antigua Rum 1981
A Column Still Rum from Antigua, distilled by The Antigua Distillery, at 40%.
Community purchases
8 bottles logged by 6 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
12% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
8 purchased · 10 tasted · 7 wishlist · as of
About the The Antigua Distillery distillery
The The Antigua Distillery distillery is located in Antigua. Rums from The Antigua Distillery have been reviewed 1,377 times with an average of 7.9/10.
To The Antigua Distillery →Read on in the RumX Guide
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