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D5FB9E76-BFC2-4CDF-A930-B4BA4BD2B23CJamaica Clarendon Thompson Bros.
Thompson Bros. Clarendon 2007 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 12 years · 53.5%

Thompson Bros. Clarendon 2007

Anyone who likes their Jamaican pot still dry and a bit odd will find something here. Clarendon (Monymusk) in a lean, light-coloured style: glue and solvent on the nose, then bergamot, pear and black tea, with a chamomile note one member linked to their grandma's garden. It runs very dry — several call it astringent. Rewards a splash of water and some patience.

The community says
  • Fragrant tea nose
  • Opens with water
  • But: Very dry

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How does Thompson Bros. Clarendon 2007 taste?

Summarized by AI from 16 community reviews.

Dry, tea-and-solvent Jamaican pot still Divides people: a promising, tea-and-solvent nose that turns bone-dry and austere on the palate. Funk fans who like it lean rate it high; some feel the mouth doesn't keep the nose's promise.

Perfect for

dry-funk fans and Clarendon pot-still drinkers

Less suitable for

anyone wanting sweet or easy-going rum

Experience level · Expert (4/5)

Style & occasion: Tropical & funkyFresh & grassySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

7.5/10 Good

16 community reviews
6 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Distribution of all 16 ratings
9–10 0%
8–9 13%
7–8 63%
6–7 13%
5–6 13%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide

Review by Nika

Most helpful positive review

Nika
Nika
Feb 202469 reviewsCzech
8.0/10

Okay this brought me back to my grandmas garden where chamomiles grew between our fields. I like when there is some emotion involved when I degustate. So that is why 8 :) Also I sense some glue, polish

Review by Johannes

Most helpful mixed review

Johannes
Jul 20233,209 reviewsGermany
7.1/10

Quite astringent!

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
May 20247,207 reviewsDenmark
7.5/10

13.11.2020 A cosy evening at home with some friends and good rum. Notes Light in colour. Nose Light wood, solvents, fruity, faint licorice, pineapple, faint chocolate, light tea. Palate Warm, light wood, solvents, fruity, banana, light earthy, naturally sweet, spicy. Finish Long and warm, light wood, fruity, faint floral, tea, light chocolate.

Expert reviews

Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.

Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate

I wouldn't have noted this one as being a Clarendon/Monymusk. Overall a really pleasant surprise and again apologies for not reviewing this sooner though in fairness I only got it on the 23rd June. I guess the whisky guys must have got their hands on this. Addendum you can still...
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Community shelf

12 bottles logged by 11 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

33% opened, 1 emptied.

8 sealed 3 open 1 emptied

What did the community pay for Thompson Bros. Clarendon 2007?

Community paid 56–96 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 65 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

12 purchased · 17 tasted · 1 wishlist · as of

Details about Thompson Bros. Clarendon 2007

A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Thompson Bros., at 53.5%.

DistilleryClarendon
CountryJamaica
CategoryPot Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
DistillationPot Still
ABV53.5%
Age12 years
Vintage2007
Limited editionYes
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl
Cask #262
Single cask

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9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good your rum Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.