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TBRC Clarendon Secret Distillery #3 SFJE
Sipped neat it splits people: give it air and a pleasant Clarendon funk comes through, but the 55.5% alcohol is poorly integrated and can overpower things. Expect banana, mango and yellow fruit up front, varnish and roasted wood behind, then a dry, slightly burnt finish. One taster gets it "passable as a mixer" with cola, though it doesn't shine there either.
The community says- Banana and mango nose
- Real Clarendon funk
- But: Hot, unintegrated alcohol
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How does TBRC Clarendon Secret Distillery #3 SFJE taste?
Summarized by AI from 17 community reviews.
Fruity Jamaican pot still, hot and varnishy A decent middle-of-the-road Clarendon. The nose charms with fruit and light ester, but the palate turns varnishy and the hot alcohol keeps it from fully opening up.
Jamaican pot-still fans who don't mind rough edges
Anyone wanting smooth, well-integrated sipping rum
Style & occasion: Tropical & funky
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Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8,3:On the nose, esters and fermented tropical fruits like banana, some citrus like lemon, roasted wood notes like dark chocolate, roasted nuts, spicy with vanilla and medicinal notes, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the molasses is grassy, flowery, herbaceous and earthy, pairing caramel, pastry and cookie dough, dried fruits and mango...with slightly metallic patina. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is quite spicy with allspice, ginger, fruity with green fruits and banana, as the wood is roasted with confectionery like fruitcake, pastry, slightly salty, creamy with butterscotch.On oxidation, tons of fruits join the game like pineapple, grapefruit, dried currants, raisins, perhaps mango.The molasses gives us a slight bitter tones with olive, mushrooms, medicinal notes help like rubber, varnish, some metallic patina. 8,3:The finish is quite long, dry, with burnt, roasted wood notes, spicy, flowery and grassy molasses, fruits, overripe, from the palate. Edit:20.12.25
Review by Thunderbird
Most helpful mixed review
A good average Clarendon with good PLV! He combines all the classic flavors, only the alcohol is not perfectly integrated! Thus, it suppresses the full development of its quite good assets
Review by Timo Groeger
I don't think it's bad at all. On the nose, we have predominantly yellow fruits such as banana and mango. It remains fruity on the palate, but some young wood and herbs can still be detected.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4193 I'd say price to quality is very good on this release. Intense on the nose after resting but in good way. Fruity with some varnksh/polish in the back. Lightly dry on the palate with a nice roasted note. Draws nice curtains in the glass and the empty glass has some light herbal notes as well as some ginger. A big thank you to Thunderbird for this sample swap 😊
Review by Skyfly
Very interesting Clarendon on the nose, which unfortunately diminishes in quality on the palate and finish. Various fruits, wood, spices and light esters on the nose. The palate is dominated by varnish, with the same aromas as in the nose, but the composition doesn't suit me. On the finish, the rum seems a little burnt.
Review by Jack M
Retasting: Ok this isn’t so bad. With some time, and air in the bottle a pleasant Jamaican funk comes though. Nothing special but not as bad as the first tast would suggest. First impression: Thin and alcoholic. Some funk/ fruit but really overpowered by the poorly integrated alcohol. I don’t enjoy this neat. It is passable as a mixer with Pepsi max, but it doesn’t shine here either. Oh well, can’t win them all!
Review by Tschusikowsky
Quite good in approach. However, there are still some things missing.
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10 bottles logged by 9 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
50% opened, 4 emptied.
What did the community pay for TBRC Clarendon Secret Distillery #3 SFJE?
Avg. community purchase price 59 €.
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Details about TBRC Clarendon Secret Distillery #3 SFJE
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by That Boutique-Y Rum Company, at 55.5%.
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