Jamaica No. 8 LPS

Excellent long pond. The continental aging and total of 21 years gives it a very easy and inviting warmth with some spicy and peppery notes to it. Colours of rum has been releasing excellent rums, can't wait to try more!

The palest of the three new Long Pond of Colous of Rum. But with the most intense and fruit accentuated nose of all three! The aromatic proximity continues until the finish, is there possibly a mistake on the label? Super straight rum until the finish! Striking similarity with the profile of Hampden!

Wow! Nice and round Long pond

Definitely the highlight compared to the No.11. Exactly what I’m looking for in a Long Pond. The girlfriend had a sniff and sipped the rum and found it disgusting 🤣

Got a sample of this rum for free from RumX. Long Pond is known for its funky and high-ester style of rum. It’s pot still distilled in 2001 whereafter it has been continentally aged in an ex-rum barrel for 21 years before bottled at cask strength in 245 bottles at 56,4%. Overall a fruity and funky rum.

Beautiful LongPond Rum, pineapple you have immediately in the nose and on the palate, light wood notes and overall very fruity.

Too subtle for me. In aroma it's a blast, beautiful overripe fruit, young wood, fine glue. The taste is unfortunately very subtle to the point of bordering on blandness for me. Too bad. On the palate otherwise esters, overripe fruit (pineapple, banana), a little glue.

Very light funky rum from Jamaica. Strangely enough I don't smell much esters, rather lingering pineapple, and other fruits, maybe candied. The flavour is similar, again pineapple, sweetness and such a funky freshness prevails. The first longpond that I really like

Parallel tasting all three Long Ponds of the release series (1998/

Nose Funky with solvent (ester) fruits and neat wood impact.On the palate Woody, fruitiness decreases significantly. Bitternotes very pronounced. Nose and palate are already distinctly different. Good base for a blend in May Tai together with a young HD or NY very well imagine.

Beautiful long pond esters, slightly overripe fruit (pineapple), clearly woody, a little too bitter and astringent for me.

Jamaika Nr. 8 vs. Nr. 11 vs. Nr. 12Die Nase geht eindeutig an Nr. 11. sehr schöner Korb mit Früchten und überreifer Banane. Ist das vielleicht einer der 2000 VRWs vs. LPS für die anderen beiden?Nr. 12 ist schön mit einigen tropischen Früchten und Gewürzen. Nr. 8 wird vom Holz dominiert und bleibt auch nach > 1h im Glas scharf.Geschmack: 2001 (8) viel besser am Gaumen als in der Nase. Allerdings ein wenig dünn und unscheinbar. Aber nicht schlecht.2000 (11) auch am Gaumen süß und fruchtig. Ruhig, aber auch ganz nett. Wenn jemand die Note kennt, lasst es mich wissen 🙂 Insgesamt mein Gewinner von den dreien1998 (12) auch sehr rund und leicht. Etwas mehr Holz und Röstnoten. Fühlt sich für mich aber etwas dünn und uninspiriert an.

This was one of my favourite at Milano Whisky Festival, crisp and tasty. I brought home a sample, going back on it I have to say it wasn't worth my hype. Glue, esters, varnish at the nose plus some sweet notes drinking, honey I'd say.