Aroma visualization from community tastings
Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998
Light glue and floral, green-fruit notes lead the nose — several tasters even mistook it blind for a Demerara Port Mourant rather than Long Pond. The palate turns oily with candied yellow fruit, oak and a roasted edge, then a bitter, astringent finish that divides people. Fruit is faint, so this is a dry, wood-and-acid Jamaican, not a sweet ester bomb.
The community says- Floral, glue-tinged nose
- Oily texture
- Bitter, astringent
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How does Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 23 community reviews.
Dry, oily Long Pond with bitter finish Distinctive but polarizing: a floral, oily 23-year Long Pond that many find short on fruit and too bitter and astringent late. Some enjoy it, several call it a letdown.
Experienced Jamaican fans who like dry, oily, wood-forward rum
Anyone wanting sweet, fruit-heavy Jamaican funk
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How is Rest & Be Thankful Long Pond LSO 1998 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.9 sits in the “Good” band. 91% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 4% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
61% rate it between 6 and 8. 10 selected write-ups from 23 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by DomM
Needs much time to open up. Overall not very exciting imho, unfortunately.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Hätte ich blind nie auf Long pond getippt, Frucht fehlt geschmacklich total ist insgesamt nur bitter und verbrannt. Schade!
Review by Tom Buteneers
It was okay, but one of the lesser ones in the collector line-up at SDR.
Review by Mentalo
Wenig Frucht. Dafür viel Säure und im Abgang leicht bitter mit Holznote.
Review by martin slezák
slepá degustácia Farba svetlo zlatistá Vôňa jablko, klinčeky, gáfor, lepidlo Chuť, zrelý banán, guava, lepidlo, štiplavosť Záver stredne dlhý zrelý banán, lepidlo Abv okolo 60% jamaica long pond?
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 R Wehner
Nase wenig, zurückhaltend, bissel Jamaika; Zunge würzig, wenig Frucht, leicht astringierend, bissel Holz, nach hinten raus leicht bitter, wie verkohlt, PLV zu teuer
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 Christoph
Slightly sticky, otherwise very flowery, herbal nose. Turns out a little flat towards the end and has an unpleasant acidity and bitterness.
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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.
3 purchased · 23 tasted · 4 wishlist · as of
About the Long Pond distillery
The Long Pond distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Long Pond have been reviewed 6,843 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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