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Chairman's Reserve The Forgotten Casks
Most people sip this neat, and a few happily drop it in a longdrink when the mood's casual. Expect vanilla, caramel, dried fruit and toasted oak with a coffee-and-chocolate edge, all wrapped in an easy, rounded body. It reads naturally sweet without tasting sugary. The recurring gripe: at 40% it's a touch thin, and the finish is short.
The community says- Rounded and warming
- Vanilla and dried fruit
- But: Thin at 40%
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How does Chairman's Reserve The Forgotten Casks taste?
Aggregated from 272 community reviews.
Warm, easy oak-and-vanilla sipper, slightly thin Widely liked as an easy, warm sipper with vanilla, oak and dried fruit. Many wish it were bottled stronger — several call it thin and a bit flat next to the single casks.
People past sweet beginner rums wanting a warm, oaky everyday sipper
Fans of bold, high-proof St. Lucia single casks
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What does the community say?
71% rate it between 6 and 8. 16 selected write-ups from 272 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by Timo Groeger
Most helpful positive review
Bottle Market Bremen October 2024. Now a Chairman's. I love these rums. Nose is slightly sweet, also some wood and cask. On the palate also slightly deliciously sweet (vanilla and chocolate) and also some wood.
Review by Morgan Garet
Most helpful critical review
Nez sur la vanille et le boisé,en bouche le tabac s'invite mais l'ensemble est très plat.
Review by Stefan Persson
It’s distilled in Coffey and Pot stills and then first aged separately before blended and aged for three more years. Total aging is six to eleven years. I think it’s a little bit better than their classic Reserve. In the front of the mouth it doesn’t taste very much, but when you swallow it all flavors arrive and stays there trough the rather long finish.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Retasting at the German Rum Fest 2025. Got a few more points. Naturally sweet and good balance. ---------------- Retasting at the German Rum Fest. 2024 ---------------- #4258 16.09.2023 Whisky N Rum Show 2023. This one was kind of unbalanced. The ABV was not too well integrated. Medium fruity with spices and roasted wood notes. The finish is short to medium with a light smoky touch. Would have loved a higher ABV.
Review by Gregor
Schöner rum allerdings finde ich die Story sehr fragwürdig. Mir wurde vor 4 Jahren auf dem German rum festival erzählt das da nur 3 Fässer gefunden wurden die überlebt hätten. Komischerweise gibs aber den rum seit Jahren und es kommt immer Nachschub.... Leider ein Grund für mich keine weiteren Produkte mehr von chairman's zu kaufen. Man sollte doch zumindest ehrlich zu seinen Kunden sein
Review by Lukas Jäger
Guter Rum zu fairem Preis, der vor allem mit seiner Hintergrund-Geschichte punktet. Wohl nichts für Nerds, aber für alle, die etwas über Einstiegsniveau suchen und dabei ein charakteristisches Profil suchen. Zwar deutlich dünner und schwächer, zeigt er doch ein Profil von trockenen und würzigen Aromen (vA Trockenfrüchte), das ich bisher als charakteristisch für Chairman‘s kennengelernt habe.
Review by zabo
Actually a nice Chairman's, but since I could now try different bottlings at the Community Tasting Nuremberg, this one is the taillight. But he is not really bad, for the price completely in order. Took him in the end as a mixer.
Review by Abrahan Reyes
It has some Barbadian flare but is also unique. On the nose a bit alcoholic and lots of tropical fruits. On the taste caramel, coffee and fruits. The color is amazing probably they add some caramel coloring.
Review by Oliver
Angenehm würzige Nase. Am Gaumen gefällig und recht süß. Sehr kurzer und flacher Abgang. Hat mit den Saint Lucia Singe Casks, die ich sehr gerne trinke wenig zu tun. Dieser Rum ist klar auf Gefälligkeit getrimmt. Fairer Preis. Für Einsteiger daher eine Empfehlung.
Review by Jakob
Caramel, vanilla, treacle, oak, some spiciness. Overall, unfortunately, clearly too sweet and one-dimensional for my taste.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
Palate: Warmth that offers grilled tropical fruits and candied walnuts, rounded with soft spices that continue as a long wonderful finish.
Review by Richard Krupa
Top 3, skvelej rum. Jsem zvedavy na 2005
Review by Tim
Significantly better than the standard Chairman and still very good value for money. Super entry-level rum with a harmonious profile, which doesn't take any risks but is still suitable for drinking neat and enjoying.
Review by Eric Frechin
A bottle that I also classify as a beginner's rum. It's very diluted, so it's round and smooth. The fruitiness of the original is lost in favor of woodiness, vanilla and raisins.
Review by cigares
Un rhum gouté au GRF en 2025 au tasting Chairman’s Reserve. Des fruits tropicaux trop mûrs et des pâtisseries, un nez très agréable, pas très complexe avec des notes végétales intéressantes. L’entrée de bouche est diluée mais avec un côté fermenté/sucré, de l’amertume boisée, du miel, des noix et des notes végétales. La finale est plutôt courte même si des notes sucrées restent longtemps. Un rhum simple mais qui possède déjà un peu de l’ADN de Ste Lucie.
Review by Onkel_Ig
Der forgotten cask ist und bleibt einer meiner absoluten Lieblingsrums. Er ist einfach ein toller Genussrum. Trocken, fruchtig, leichte Anklänge von Holz und Leder. Würde ihn jederzeit wieder kaufen. Absolute Empfehlung.
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Read full review →Personally, I mjght just opt for a bottle of R Seale's Rum Sixty Six or a Cockspur 12 ahead of this. That's what my head tells me but my heart knows that there must always be a bottle of this in my drinks cabinet.........
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
Not to be compared with the single casks, but a very pleasant easy sipper.
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Details about Chairman's Reserve The Forgotten Casks
A Column Still Rum from Saint Lucia, distilled by Saint Lucia Distillers, at 40%.
Community purchases
383 bottles logged by 344 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
37% opened, 63 emptied and repurchased.
What does Chairman's Reserve The Forgotten Casks cost?
Community paid 32–52 €.
Current best price: 38.34 € – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+11 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
383 purchased · 295 tasted · 130 wishlist · as of
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