SMWS Worthy Park R11.19 Rumbustious 2013

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Stijn Zino

août 2025350 avisBelgique

9,0/10

Supertasting with some good friends. Nose perfect combination from turf whisky and banana rum.. Palate turf fruity Maybe not very complex but very enjoyable Love this one.

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paulgi86

juil. 202576 avisRoyaume-Uni

3,5/10

Another whisky maker thinking that peated casks are going to elevate rum into a higher plane of flavour - if by plane of flavour you mean the plane was on fire, crash landed and is smouldering in its own wreckage then yes they’ve achieved it Nosing and tasting this neat is rather difficult - the very high ABV prevents any enjoyment, plus on the palate it goes quite hot as well rather quickly… Adding water to this one is not only necessary but you end up unlocking some other flavours for sure besides smoke and peat from the ex-Laphroaig cask. Once you find this out you can understand what this “rum” tastes like. Nose - pencil shavings, smoke, peat, rubber, band-aid/plaster, citrus note (heading towards lemon), and some vegetal, earthy notes like grass and some iodine as well Taste - what I expect a Laphraoig influenced product to taste like but without the malt…. The malt flavour must synergise with the cask better than this does because if there’s any Jamaican influence (or funk) not only is it not there, it’s probably been beaten over the head and buried alive to hide all trace of it I really hope SMWS stop putting good rum into really strong and dominant peated/Islay whisky casks because you’re just fooled into buying a confusing product: - 1) you think you’ve bought a whisky but without that malt flavour, it’s missing something 2) thinking you’ve bought a smoky rum but the peat is just so dominant that nothing else can keep that earthy burnt flavour in check and any “rum” notes are just swamped under all that peat Swing and a miss for me

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Philip M. 🇧🇪

sept. 2026376 avisBelgique

8,6/10

9 year old Worthy Park: 5 years in ex-bourbon and 4 years in ex-Islay barrels (Laphroaig). Very interesting and unique Worthy Park due to the second maturation. I like peated whisky, and it works well here. Certainly something for whisky fans to try!