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79633E9E-C13A-4409-9290-CA044CDE356AGuyana Skeldon 1423 World Class Spirits
Skeldon S.B.S Selected and bottled for Warehouse #1 SWR 2001 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 20 years · 51,4%

Skeldon S.B.S Selected and bottled for Warehouse #1 SWR 2001

You might expect a Guyana demerara to lean sweet, but this 2001 Skeldon reads dark and roasty first: coffee, mocha and burnt sugar with dried figs and a little chocolate underneath. The 51.4% ABV sits well integrated — one taster called it clean but still expressive. Several noticed an oily texture that leaves long curtains in the glass. Wood is present without taking over.

The community says
  • Dark coffee notes
  • Well-integrated alcohol
  • But: Shortish finish

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How does Skeldon S.B.S Selected and bottled for Warehouse #1 SWR 2001 taste?

Summarized by AI from community reviews.

Dark, coffee-and-caramel Guyana sipper Members really like this Skeldon — dark coffee, dried fruit and roasted notes with well-integrated alcohol. A couple found it almost too easy-drinking, with a shortish finish.

Perfect for

Fans of dark, roasty demerara rums

Less suitable for

Those wanting bright, fruity or fresh profiles

Experience level · Expert (4/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping 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?

8.8/10 Very good

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

Top 18% of Guyana rums

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Distribution of all 42 ratings
9–10 17%
8–9 81%
7–8 2%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 0%
0–4 0%

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Positive from 8.0 · Mixed 6.0–7.9 · Critical below 6.0

Review by Oliver

Oliver
Dec 20231,232 reviewsGermany
8.8/10

Mega nose with a great, dark profile. Clean and yet expressive. Plenty of power on the palate with lots of nut, spice and beautifully integrated sweetness. An absolute recommendation!

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Dec 20227,227 reviewsDenmark
9.0/10

I don't know where the host got this bottle and I don't care actually because this is a very nice Skeldon. Roasted wood with light fruit and spices as well as light coffee and chocolate. I like it, I like it a lot. The oily texture on the palate transfers into the most wonderful curtains in the glass that stay for a long time. The empty glass is amazing after an hour.

Review by Timo Groeger

Timo Groeger
Jul 20253,272 reviewsGermany
9.0/10

And then here is the first really dreamy rum for today :-). On the nose we have coffee, it is very roasty and dark. On the palate it then becomes slightly sweetish, there is chocolate, also coffee, mocha and cappuccino. Super rum.

Community shelf

16 bottles logged by 11 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

18% opened, 1 emptied.

13 sealed 2 open 1 emptied

What did the community pay for Skeldon S.B.S Selected and bottled for Warehouse #1 SWR 2001?

Community paid 107–226 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 89 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ ›

16 purchased · 42 tasted · 23 wishlist · as of

Details about Skeldon S.B.S Selected and bottled for Warehouse #1 SWR 2001

A rum from Guyana, bottled by 1423 World Class Spirits, at 51,4%.

DistillerySkeldon
CountryGuyana
Raw materialMolasses
ABV51,4%
Age20 years
Vintage2001
Limited edition170 bottles
MarkSWR
Volume70cl

About the Skeldon distillery

The Skeldon distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Skeldon have been reviewed 875 times with an average of 8.9/10.

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Guyana

Country

Guyana 

Avg Rating 8.4/10 over 1,600 Rums

Guyana is the last home of the wooden still, and the only rum country where the place on the label is almost never the place the rum was made. Its rum, called Demerara after the river, went from 109 distilleries to one, and the estates that closed live on as marks: codes for a recipe, not for a machine. Reading them is the whole skill.

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