The Antigua Distillery Antigua 2015
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For experienced palates: a cask strength Antigua that rewards patience with coconut, vanilla, caramel and chocolate over warm oak spice and herbs. RumX members praise its sweet, creamy profile and strong character.
- Creamy coconut sweetness
- Chocolate coffee finish
- Great value cask strength
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Sweet, creamy, cask strength Antigua For experienced palates: a cask strength Antigua that rewards patience with coconut, vanilla, caramel and chocolate over warm oak spice and herbs. RumX members praise its sweet, creamy profile and strong character.
Bourbon and Foursquare fans who enjoy sweet, coconut‑and‑chocolate driven rums at full proof and want to explore high-congener Antigua in a single barrel format.
Those sensitive to strong alcohol, expecting deep complexity, or preferring very dry, unsweet profiles over creamy, dessert‑leaning cask strength rums.
How is The Antigua Distillery Antigua 2015 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 8.0 lands squarely in the "Very good" band. 89% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Based on 57 ratings
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
01.02.2025 retasting at the Nordlichter tasting. --------------------------- Another release where the price tag is really good compared to what you get. Fruity with natural sweetness and caramel. The palate is nice and warm as I like it and the chocolate and coffee balances the overall profile. I had to rest it for a good while before the flavours really came through.
Review by Stefan Persson
Overall a great rum that’s fresh, complex and unmistakable an English Harbour that tastes quite much as the 5yo, but of course with stronger tastes thanks to the higher ABV that I bought a sample of from RhumAttitude. It’s a single barrel selection from Antigua Distillery Ltd distilled in 2015 based on molasses in their column still. It’s aged in an ex-bourbon cask, bottled at cask strength at ABV 64,9% in just 257 bottles.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Delicious typical chocolate flavor profile. However, intensity and complexity are too low for me for the higher ABV. High Congener I liked better.
Review by Jarek
Not very complex, but very drinkable. Nice coconut notes and pleasant sweetness. Burns a little too much. Addendum: I have just shared a bottle of this in the forum and tasted the rum again when bottling. The overall impression is confirmed. The alcohol could be a little better integrated, but overall I think the bottling is slightly underrated.
Review by zabo
Wow, not bad, this rum is more on the sweet side, which I really like, especially at 30° degrees. The nose is dominated by cream toffee and on the palate it's not very reminiscent of Milka's cow's milk chocolate. The only thing that bothers me is that the alcohol is quite sharp-edged and not too well integrated. Otherwise there would certainly have been more in it.
Review by Chrischi78
Werde es vermutlich nie verstehen, warum Antigua in der Rum-Welt so underrated ist. Auch hier ein toller Rum mit einem komplexen Geschmacksprofil und darüberhinaus einem klaren Signature-Gaumen der Distillerie!
Review by Tim
Eine ähnliche Nase zu den anderen English Harbour Rums, nur hier mit einem krassem Kräuterzusatz und deutlicher Holznote. Während der Verkostung wandelten sich die Aromen auch stark ab, sehr interessiert. Im Mund hauptsächlich würzig scharf, leichte Süße, Holz, wobei im Abgang wieder die Kräuter plus Kaffee/Schokolade kommen. Wäre die Schärfe im Mund etwas milder, wäre das sicherlich ein überdurchschnittlich sehr guter Rum.
Review by Thunderbird
A fruity floral nose as in the Caribbean...wonderfully beguiling...so opens the game on the palate, a heavy sweetness with lots of tropical fruit. The longer it lingers in the mouth, nut, chocolate and vanilla flavors are added. It becomes slightly pimento towards the end, and some ester joins in as well. In the finish it remains on the coarse herbaceous side! A very multi-faceted rum, but a little too unbalanced for me.
Review by w00tAN
Northern Lights Meeting 2025: In the nose first of all a bit of glue, vanilla and some fruit. In the mouth then strong, slightly sweet, spicy with a good pepper note. Perhaps a little thin. Very chocolatey, medium-long finish.
Review by Righrum
Pretty typical Antigua high congeners style, a bit weaker than peers being less fruity. On the nose, caramel vanilla and coconut, but also hints of chocolate. All of this will appear again when drinking along with some wood and spices.
Review by Jussi Piirainen
Let this rum sit in the glass as it seems require some time to open up. On the nose: Vanilla, coconut, caramel come up first. There are cocoa and woody notes under that. In overall, typical Antigua rum notes. Taste: Quite hot at first and the alcohol could be integrated better. Vanilla, coconut, spices like pepper, woody notes. Then you get chocolate notes and caramel notes. Finish: Coffee notes like mocha pop up. Woody notes. Chocolate notes. Toffee and caramel notes bring sweetness. Long finish. I also have point out that the integration of the alcohol didnt really work well in this, otherwise a good rum, that has good notes and nice finish.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Absoluter top Antigua cask strength!
Review by Boletus
Auch wenn der Alkoholgehalt im Mund durchaus spürbar ist, was bei knapp 65% auch nicht verwunderlich sein sollte, entwickelt dieser Rum eine ansprechende Cremigkeit mit Noten von Schokolade, Vanille und Kokosnuss. Ein paar fruchtige Facetten sind ebenfalls vorhanden, was insgesamt einen schönen Rum ergibt, der vom Profil her an einen Foursquare oder einen Travellers erinnert.
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
"This is a nice reminder of what the house of English harbour could be, if they were not to make the cask selection themselves. Those rums shine with their sweet complexities. but still my excitement is not pant wetting"
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About the The Antigua Distillery distillery
The The Antigua Distillery distillery is located in Antigua. Rums from The Antigua Distillery have been reviewed 1,229 times with an average of 7.9/10.
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