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Skeldon S.B.S Guyana SWR 2001
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Burnt sugar, dark chocolate and roasted coffee lead here, with cedar wood, vanilla and dried red fruits layered underneath. One taster called it a "spicy, round toffee bomb," and that fits — creamy, full-bodied, sweet-leaning for a Guyana. Most people love it; a few find the wood and bitterness turn a touch one-note on the palate, and the 53% alcohol isn't always fully tucked in.
The community says- Burnt sugar, chocolate
- Round, full body
- Keep in mind: Slightly woody-bitter finish
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How does Skeldon S.B.S Guyana SWR 2001 taste?
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Round, chocolatey Guyana toffee bomb Very well liked — a round, chocolatey Skeldon with toffee, coffee and dried fruit. Some feel it leans a bit straightforward and slightly woody-bitter, and a few wanted the alcohol better integrated.
Aroma profileDemerara fans who like rich, roasty, chocolate-heavy sippers
Anyone wanting a light or fruit-forward pour, or who dislikes woody bitterness
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Review by Jakob
Very round, sweet melange of spices and fresh wood. For me, a bit too straightforward and pleasing in profile to strike out even higher in the rating. But that is criticism at the highest level, since the top league from Guyana simply has even more complexity, finesse and aromatics to offer. Nevertheless, a high-class representative of the current Demerara squad.
Review by DomM
Slightly ahead of the WH #1 bottle. Feels just a bit more round overall and more open on the nose. Both (unsurprisingly) quite similar, however.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Now we're talking. Guyana at its best. Skeldon is just awesome. 💯🙏🤤 Very tasty, complex, and full-bodied number with roasted almonds & coconut chips, vanilla seeds, allspice, strong coffee, dark bittersweet chocolate, banana pulp, and rum-soaked raisins, figs, and apricots, slightly salty and dark caramel, and of course lots of wood and tannins. Similar to the El Dorado Skeldon, it also has hints of rum, walnut, and grape jelly 🤤 but what excites me the most is this awesome vanilla seed note!
Review by SaibotZtar
Sehr lecker . Wie würde Zabo sagen diese elenden 200 Zeichen.... echt Nervig... was soll man denn immer schreiben als würde das jemand lesen 🤣🤣🤣🤣 vielleicht wenn man plötzlich umami und Eselsohren rausschmeckt 🫡🙈🤣 Aber nein dieser SWR ist einfach nur lecker.
Review by Oliver
Wow, this is fun! Great dark roasted notes with a nice sweet balance. Only the alcohol could be a little better integrated.
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
This SWR stands out for its fruitiness. The cappuccino caramel note shares the stage with a red fruit reminiscent of old red wine. In the mouth then again classic SWR. Dark chocolate and dry fruit with baking spices dominate. Wood is present but does not overpower the distillate. The SWR-typical bitterness is kept within limits. More roasty bitterness in the finish and then when it's almost over another spoonful of unsweetened red fruit jelly comes around the corner. Makes a lot of pass!New round with the new SBS together. This is the same stuff znd still tastes just as good as a year ago.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Complex, intense, full-bodied. Fruity and approachable. Great! I really like it. Super alcohol integration. Nowhere too much, just right, great balance. Nice long finish. One of the best releases in the cross-tasting. Retasting 3x Skeldon from S.B.S. All three at a high level. I just really like the mark.
Review by Maxence
Perfect balance between dark and sweet notes. Another strong Skeldon release !
Review by Aussierumfan
I really love this SWR!! Even more so than the 2 older bottlings from the same release (1994 and 1990) on the first sip I got burnt/brown sugar and cappuccino. Not as woody as the older releases. I'm getting some fruits as well. Really enjoyable! Very much full bodied with a long finish.
Review by Christoph
Very smooth, pleasant fruity profile without becoming too sweet. Compared to the Enmore 1994 from the same release less woody and more fruity.
Review by LukaŽiga
9,1:On the nose, roasted cedar wood notes with toffee, chocolate, coffee, spicy, slightly fermented fruits, dried fruits with raisins, apricots, prunes, grapes, sherry barrel impact is obvious, black tea, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the rum becomes slightly coppery, the molasses is dark with licorice, the fruits are red, citrus, various roasted notes join like biscuits, caramel, a bit sweet, yet balanced. 9:On the palate, the attack is creamy, soft, full-bodied, round with roasted wood notes like sweet caramelized burnt sugar, crème brûlée, dark chocolate, coffee, cocoa, meaty, spicy(vanilla), fruity with dried fruits, candied fruits, sherry barrel impact is obvious, the molasses is slightly vegetal. 9:The finish is long, round, dry&tannic with tons of toasted wood notes, pairing dried and red fruits, dark molasses with black tea.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Blind tasting, so unfortunately only so not meaningful photo. Perceived the rum in the finish as something too woody-bitter, there are better comparable rums. But overall nothing that you would push off the edge of the bed.
Review by Frank
Once again a nice, old Skeldon, with the typical, full-bodied, intense and rounded aroma profile that I totally love. Nose: woody, spicy and malty, dark-fruity sweet. Dried blood orange and dried date meet sweet-sour passion fruit, gooseberry and blackcurrant. Alongside the heavy sweetness of dark forest honey, brown Demerara sugar and molasses as well as soft licorice and fittingly sweet pipe tobacco. The sweet licorice gets stronger and stronger. Totally delicious 9.0 Palate: already quite woody-spicy with lots of malt and mocha and strong pecan nuts, but also fruity, dried apricot and dried date in interplay with bitter orange. Vanilla and a hint of caraway go well with pipe tobacco and licorice. Here too, accompanied by a sweetness, maybe from burnt sugar. At the back remains a bitter, but not unpleasant taste. Very rounded thing. 8.9
Review by Tim
Another Skeldon that has a bit of Port Mourant, but still a lot of chocolate, caramel and fruits. That was the least expected in my Skeldon tasting. Spicy, coffee, Maggi, licorice, cask. On the palate and finish a bit more accessible: chocolate and caramel a bit more present. Overall excellent!
Review by Johannes
The second time in the glass. Meanwhile, I like it better! But against tropically ripened Velier he loses then but quite strong.
Review by Mike H.
A spicy, round toffee bomb. A little bitterness is present but it mixes extremely well with the other flavours.
Review by Timo Groeger
And to finish off, a really fat bomb. The alcohol is hardly noticeable as such here either. Another outstandingly roasty rum, I think I'm really going to become a huge Guyana fan, these things are really great.
Review by Lot-NAS
Heavily cooked sugar beet Sirup with dark chocolate and some wood, spices and a bitterness (more on the vegetal side) that fits really good. All in all a really nice drop. Many thanks for the Sample, J.
Review by Martin Augustin
Er verströmt ein tolles Aroma nach Kaffee, Holz und Karamell. Sehr röstig und intensiv. Diese Noten kommen dann auch am Gaumen durch. Mit einer unglaublich starken Note nach dunkler Schokolade und Mokka. Sehr cool. Im Abgang kommt dann noch etwas Vanille dazu. Ein wirklich toller Rum.
Review by Christoph H.
Wonderfully warm, deep and sweet nose, with very nicely integrated wood, although exactly this wood, furniture polish and the extremely sweet notes makes the rum somewhat one-sided. Overall, this is nevertheless very nice and there are also still clearly dried fruits and roasted nuts come out.In the mouth, it then drops significantly, much more barrel, wood, bitterness and roasted flavors than the nose suggested......schade. That gets the El Dorado overall definitely better, especially in the mouth
Review by Lukas Jäger
SWR (almost) always stings! Delicious bottling of this beautiful brandy, which is exceptionally sweet. Chocolate, dried fruit and raisins, but also berries, grapes and burnt sugar deliver a real variety of aromas. The nose is comparatively restrained (although I could perhaps give it more time in the glass...), but the palate is broad, complex and multi-layered with a medium-long finish. A very nice, if not inexpensive, bottling. Fun to drink!
Review by Tom Buteneers
Compared to the El Dorado Skelton 2000, more sharpness from alcohol that is somewhat less well integrated (and also slightly lower). Overall, it is still incredibly good. Had I tasted it separately, I probably would have scored it higher.PS: Thanks Christoph for the sample!
Review by Thunderbird
This rum is excellent: complex, soft, the alcohol super integrated, a lot of spice, but in a pleasant way! With it you can spend the evening wonderfully! Class, dabvon gladly moreThe second time in the glass and I am still very taken! For me, with the El Dorado on a par and a pleasure
Review by Benoit Mahe
As good as the SWR El Dorado. Not necessarily my favorite Guyana profile, I prefer them a little less woody but very very good.
Review by ...and a bottle of Rum.
Lovely burnt caramel on the nose and the palate with some red fruits (plums?) in the back. I imagine this is taste close to the stuff they use for colouring all the REVs ans SWRs with... It may be a one trick pony, but what it does it does quite well. I like it a bit more than most REVs I have tasted so far because this one here lacks the dried herbs note that irritates me. I hope the one "for the Nectar" comes close.
Review by Rumpalumpa
Yep, that tastes good! The red dried fruits seem to stand out here, increasingly like sherry, along with roasted coffee. The alcohol only dissipates after a while. On the palate totally lovely with piquant spice.
Review by Leo Krüper
It comes off really well in blind tasting. Nice round SWR with a broad profile.
Review by Stylo
Very pleasant rum! Unfortunately, I’m not lucky (or wealthy 😅) enough to compare it with the Velier unicorn-like release..Anyway, really sweet, lots of red fruits, mou and cake-like flavors, all’ wonderfully mixed with oak and vanilla from the barrel.,long story short: if you can find one bottle, grab it, no questions asked!
Review by Harald
Color: Bright red-brown Aroma: Sweet with aromas of toffee, vanilla, cedar wood and sherry. Also some dried apricot. Taste: Sweet, full-bodied and round in taste, creamy, oily and syrupy. Aromas of toffee, caramel and cedar wood. Red fruits in the background. Finish: Long Sweet with toffee aromas. 88 points
Review by Rodolphe
Excellent. Dark and deep, a great demerara. I still prefer the El Dorado (for the fruity side).
Review by Jussi Piirainen
On the nose: Wood, dark chocolate, coffee. Roasted. Its on the sweeter side but quite complex at the same time. Very good. Taste: Dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, wood. Its rich and complex. Interesting creamy, fudge-like mouthfeel. The alcohol could have been integrated better. Good level of sweetness. Finish: Good medium finish Woody. Coffee and vanilla. Just a touch of sweetness in there. This was good sipper. The only downside was that the abv could have been integrated better, so that drops the overall score down a little bit for me.
Review by mto75
tasted together with the 2003 SVL from the SBS set. The 2001 SWR (Skeldon) clearly emerges as the winner here. It is incredibly round and smooth. Compared to the 2003 Skeldon from El Dorado, however, I would consider the El Dorado to be a tad better.
Review by Maxime Clr 🇫🇷
This Skeldon SWR 2001 series is legendary. An exceptional rum of balance, beautiful woodiness, spices, a roasted side, leather, chocolate, caramel, vanilla... absolutely fantastic, perfectly integrated alcohol.
Review by Pierangelo Pianta
Just uncorked : Umami, porcini mushrooms , soy sauce Cocoa , well-integrated alcohol , A cuddle Peanuts Dates , figs , pleasant alcohol power , rich , chocolate
Review by Double Barrel
So tasty that you could drink it in the morning instead of coffee!
Review by Pavel Ungr, RumRock
Perfect taste aldo aftertaste. Skelfon is a legend.
Review by Yogi Baer
Nase: Süß und sahnig wie ein Karamellbonbon, leichte Röstnoten, Ein Hauch von Kaffee und holzigen Noten. Geschmack: dunkle Schokolade, Vanille, insgesamt sehr würzig, am Gaumen aber auch etwas bitter. Sobald die Schärfe des Alkohols etwas verflogen ist, tritt die Süße und Würzigkeit in den Vordergrund. Mittellange Abgang, in dem vor allen Dingen die würzigen und holzigen Noten dominieren.
Review by Nafets
This rum reminds me of the fine ice cream from Mövenpick Maple & Walnut :-)
Review by thelastcaroni
Mocha, coffee, oily, leather, Brazil nut, tropical fruit, lifted, lanolin, fresh.
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56 bottles logged by 44 collectors.
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16% opened, 4 emptied.
What did the community pay for Skeldon S.B.S Guyana SWR 2001?
Community paid 75–230 €.
Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 171 €. Price history with 2 auction results in RX+ ›
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Details about Skeldon S.B.S Guyana SWR 2001
A Pot Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by 1423 World Class Spirits, at 53,2%.
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About the Skeldon distillery
The Skeldon distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Skeldon have been reviewed 877 times with an average of 8.9/10.
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