Dead Reckoning Rum HMS Antelope (Navy Rum Release)
"Simple and sweet" is how one member sums it up, and that's fair. This Demerara-style pour leans on burnt sugar and caramel, with wood, leather, dried fruit and a nutty, almond-bitter edge. There's cappuccino, sour cherry and toasted coconut in there when you hunt for it, though a few tasters found the flavors faint and the middle a bit flat.
The community says- Burnt sugar depth
- Dried fruit, almond
- Some notes faint
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How does Dead Reckoning Rum HMS Antelope (Navy Rum Release) taste?
Aggregated from 17 community reviews.
Burnt sugar and almond, slightly faint middle Well-made young rum with burnt sugar, almond and dried fruit. Fans rate it high, but some find the palate faint and the finish short with a bitter edge.
People who like Demerara burnt-sugar and dried-fruit character at higher strength
Anyone wanting a bold, punchy palate — some find it faint and flat
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How is Dead Reckoning Rum HMS Antelope (Navy Rum Release) rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.2 sits in the “Very good” band. 88% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
47% rate it between 6 and 8. 5 selected write-ups from 17 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8,3:On the nose, the first impression we get is woody with roasted notes like chocolate, nuts, butterscotch, leather, spicy with vanilla, thick, fruity with tropical (coconut) and yellow fruits, some hay. On aeration, fruits become dried with apricots, there is a melon, the wood is smoky and creamy with toffee, some industrial, metallic notes arise, like rubber, copper. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is balanced and tasty with lots of fruits like banana, toasted coconut, apricots, raisins, as the wood is roasted with cream toffee, leather, pastry, burnt sugar, nuts, spicy, molasses opens with hay, later black tea.Resting helps the rum with new spectre of tones like green fruits, plum, industrial, medicinal ones with menthol, rubber and some copper.Along the way, it becomes sweet, thick with honey. 8,4:The finish is long, coppery and dry, balanced with all variety of notes from the palate... Edit:18.7.25, 20.12.25
Review by Henry Davies
Most helpful mixed review
Interesting nose, some light peat with roasted barrel influence and chocolate. Mouth is a bit non discript, with hay and almond as well as some fruity elements. The finish was short with bitter edge and barrel and dried fruit notes. A blend which I had hopes for but ended up being a bit flat
Review by Jack M
A good blend of Demerara burnt sugar/ caramel notes and some fruity notes. Wood, leather and dried fruit on the nose. Pastries, cappuccino, heat, burnt sugar, almond and sour cherries on the palate. Finish is sweet, with almonds and dried fruit. It has a good suite of flavours when looked for but some are quite faint which hampers the rating.
Review by martin slezák
Colour dark gold Aroma straw, peat, alcohol, a little fruit, faint alcohol predominates Flavour Fruit, smokiness, straw, almond bitterness, followed by alcohol Finish Almond bitterness warms
Review by Anonymous
Simple and sweet
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →It works well though. Rum from quality producers - even at a relatively young age will beat those 25 Year Solera Additive ridden concoctions all day long for me. Excellent. Highly recommended - if you do come across a bottle buy one!
Details about Dead Reckoning Rum HMS Antelope (Navy Rum Release)
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Multiple countries, at 55%.
Community purchases
10 bottles logged by 9 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
40% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What does Dead Reckoning Rum HMS Antelope (Navy Rum Release) cost?
Community paid 76–96 €.
Current best price: 84.00 € – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
10 purchased · 17 tasted · 1 wishlist · as of
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