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Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998
Light glue and a floral, almost green fruit nose set this apart — blind, more than one taster guessed Port Mourant, not a 23-year Long Pond. The palate turns oily with candied yellow fruit and roasted oak, but a firm astringency and bitterness catch up in the finish. Enough character to reward patience; it needs time in the glass to open.
The community says- Floral, glue-tinged nose
- Oily texture
- But: Bitter finish
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How does Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 23 community reviews.
Oily, floral old Long Pond with a bitter edge A pleasant, distinctive older Long Pond most tasters enjoy — just expect a dry, astringent bitterness in the finish and less tropical fruit than the age suggests.
Long Pond fans who like dry, oaky Jamaicans
anyone chasing tropical fruit or sweetness
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48% rate it between 6 and 8. 13 selected write-ups from 23 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Most helpful positive review
#5243 12.04.2025 Running some samples at home while relaxing a bit. Nose Light wood, faint smoke, fruity, overripe, banana, light pineapple, faint anise, light ginger. Palate Fresh, light wood, fruity, overripe, faint melon, pineapple, light ginger, light bitter, faint varnish, light spicy. Finish Long and warm, balanced, light oily, fruits, light citrus, light licorice, spice. Empty glass Ginger, light tar, faint nutts, light chocolate, light caramel.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful critical review
I would never have blindly guessed Long Pond, the fruit is totally lacking in flavor and overall just bitter and burnt. Too bad!
Review by Christoph
Slightly sticky, otherwise very flowery, herbal nose. Turns out a little flat towards the end and has an unpleasant acidity and bitterness.
Review by Johannes
Very astringent, I lack fruitiness. I can not taste much of tropical maturation.
Review by RumTaTa
I first notice the fresh and floral nose. Would I have blind rather assigned Port Mourant. I like it already very well. The floral does not reappear on the palate. Nevertheless, the rum remains rather like a very expressive Port Mourant. The long finish continues homogeneously. Only at the very end a few fruit esters flash up. Very good rum, atypical of Long Pond. Perfect for confusion in a blind tasting.
Review by Stijn Zino
Light Long Pond nose. Very oily mouth wich is nice, but out of balance. It's too bitter in my opinion. Finish also roasted and bitterness. Not my cup of rum.
Review by DomM
Needs much time to open up. Overall not very exciting imho, unfortunately.
Review by Mentalo
Little fruit. Instead, lots of acidity and a slightly bitter finish with a woody note.
Review by mto75
On the nose yellow and green fruits and a good dose of oak barrel. On the palate, candied yellow fruits and toasty notes. Not super complex, but tasty sipper - but mE priced a bit too high.
Review by Sebastiaan Linssen
Pleasant rum. Distinctive Long Pond. Current price point too high to consider buying a bottle compared to quality.
Review by Tom Buteneers
It was okay, but one of the lesser ones in the collector line-up at SDR.
Review by R Wehner
Little nose, restrained, a bit Jamaican; tongue spicy, little fruit, slightly astringent, a bit woody, slightly bitter at the end, as if charred, PLV too expensive
Review by martin slezák
blind tasting Colour light golden Aromas apple, cloves, camphor, glue Taste, ripe banana, guava, glue, tanginess Finish medium, ripe banana, glue Abv around 60% jamaica long pond?
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Avg. community purchase price 200 €
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Details about Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998
A rum from Jamaica, bottled by Rest & Be Thankful, at 55,5%.
Community purchases
3 bottles logged by 3 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What does Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998 cost?
Current best price: 190.00 €.
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