Aroma visualization from community tastings
Habitation Velier Long Pond STC❤️E 2019
"Good Long Pond, but not my favorite one" sums up the split. At 60% and only three years in tropical climate, this STC♥E is raw and unbridled: overripe pineapple, banana, model glue and solvent up front, with vanilla and young oak underneath. Give it 30 minutes and the lime-polish blows off to reveal the fruit. Several tasters feel it needed more barrel time.
The community says- Overripe tropical fruit
- Real Jamaican funk
- Tastes young
View price history
Secure payment Sold by ROW Spirits Returns & cancellation
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
The look inside the bottle
How does Habitation Velier Long Pond STC❤️E 2019 taste?
Aggregated from 160 community reviews.
Young, wild high-ester Long Pond Loved by high-ester fans for its wild tropical fruit and funk, though many feel the youth shows — flat or hot mid-palate, and needs long airing to open.
Fans of raw, high-ester Jamaican rum
Anyone wanting a smooth, aged easy sipper
How the community classifies this rum. Each category takes you to similar rums.
66 of 160 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
How is Habitation Velier Long Pond STC❤️E 2019 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.2 sits in the “Very good” band. 95% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Live auctions
Current bids for this rum at Europe's leading auction houses.
Community voices
What does the community say?
29% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 160 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by cigares
Most helpful positive review
A rather harsh rum when the sample is opened, it takes a few hours, but then synthetic varnish and fruit galore on the nose. Apple, pineapple, overripe banana. After a long wait, the palate is rather soft, the varnish fortunately more discreet, giving way to fruit and a vegetal note (lime blossom). The finish is long and fruity, with yellow and tropical fruits. I love it! A fine rum with balance and elegance on the palate and finish, but you have to be patient and disregard the first nose. It probably lacks age, but I definitely like Long Pond.
Review by Thunderbird
Most helpful mixed review
So really I can not get anything out of this StCE, although I am actually a fan of this Mark!In the nose still relatively pleasant and wild, he loses on the palate clearly. There it is relatively flat and in the end an unexpected spiciness prevails, the finish is woody and herbal.After some time in the glass he becomes minmal better
Review by DomM
Raw and intense. Nice basket of tropical fruits and notes of honey. Don’t let yourself be fooled by the sort aging. Jamaican climate did do quite a lot to this Long Pond. The aftertastes is very long - delivering the ester and fruity notes you can expect from an unaged STCE. Summary: Very nice young expression, adding some cask flavors to the unaged profile. Obviously not a long aged easy sipper, though.
Review by Dr.Django
Damn! I actually thought I had an LP HV 2005 in my glass! Unfortunately, the label is the wrong one on the sample. That was a nasty surprise =D This Long Pond is well stocked with esters and fruit. An intense rum in which the alcohol becomes sweet and spicy in the finish. A young, tasty LP.
Review by lukasdrinkinghabits
This Long Pond is very young and you notice that in every facet. Compared to the great NRJ/Velier STC♥️E, this is particularly clear - the woody spices, which there provide for a fantastic integration of the wild fruit, are almost completely absent here. In consequence, the HV is characterized by an immature acidity, which rather reminds ah vinegar, the sweet aromas are still very light, like meringue and a quite present marzipan note. That of course abundant tropical fruit. Except for some olive, the LP typical vegetal flavors are almost completely absent.In the mouth it is then surprisingly round and here also vanilla and caramel from the wood appear. We also find again the estry acetic acid, the overripe fruits from the nose. While this acidity often becomes penetrating and unpleasant in other rums, here it is a highlight of the wild, young profile. In the finish, as is often the case with young high ester rums, smoky curry leaves are added, again showing a new herbal facet. Overall, a beautiful, wild Long Pond, which also makes a good figure in the Mai Tai.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
Muscular and complex taste with both fruity and medicinal notes. What's not to like 😎
Review by SaibotZtar
This very young Long Pond is surprising. Great fruity notes with a fresh floral note. Banana and candy predominate for me. Great mixer ala Mai Tai. I like it very much. My conclusion after several drinks: As a blend in a Mai Tai with a Hampden or Clarendon it works best for me.
Review by Adrian Wahl
Despite de young age I like him very much. STC🖤E profile comes through well
Review by Giorgio Garotti
Few expectations for so few years of aging, but so many positive responses throughout the tasting! A bottle for those who want to approach this magnificent distillery for the first time! Long pond never disappoints me!
Review by Rowald Sweet Empire
Clearly high ester Jamaica from the smell. Overripe fermented pineapplejuice galore. Bring the funk. Taste: lots of berries on top of the pineapple. Young wood. Very juicy. A somewhat weird musty/dryness. A hint of grass/vegetables. Something phenolic in the background. Interesting Long Pond. Lots of taste, complex yet young but not too young. Velier is definitely king in picking those casks.
Review by Johannes
Good hints, but overall too unround and too many spicy notes for me.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,5:On the nose, we get lemon polish, the rum is earthy, estery, there is brine, some coconut, honey, caramelized pastries, is spicy with vanilla, sweet spices, roasted cocoa,chocolate, lot s of fermented tropical fruits as pineapple, apricot, overripe banana, guava and vegetal with jasmin.Aeration brings out more roasted and woody notes, bourbon touch with juicy peaches. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is overwhelmingly covered with overripe tropical fruits, lemon polish and sweet spices. Then comes a bit bitter brine, perhaps anise, minty notes, again overripe fruits as pineapple, ripe mango, tasty baked banana and pastry, some dryness, coconut, chocolate, some wood later, roasted and medicinal notes with a slight earthy peat.Well, I find all rum spectre very tasty and complex. 8,4:The finish is medium length, with a touch of sour, dry lemon zest, again with brine, coconut, vanilla, cocoa, honey, black tea, camphor, sugar cane, metallic note and some woodiness. Edit:23.2.26
Review by zabo
Ein leckerer Rum, der mir sehr gut vom Profi gefallen hat. Nicht nur pur eine ordentliche Geschmackbereicherung fürden Gaumen. Auch als Mixer hervorragend für MaiTais und sonstige Cocktail Varianten geeignet. Nochmals verkostet und nach oben korrigiert
Review by Serge
I like the STCE Mark both unaged and nicely tropically aged. This one is in between the two and therefore I like it very very much. Clearly better than I had expected.
Review by TheRhumhoe
A rather young Long Pond, which still lacks some maturity to gain in complexity and aromas. On the nose, we perceive tropical fruits, citrus, some notes of esters and solvents, spices and wood, but everything is relatively discreet and dissipates quickly. The same observation is made on the palate, despite the few spicy and earthy notes that open other aromatic perspectives, the whole lacks character. Although the alcohol is well integrated, the whole is too flat. The finish is slightly more floral, but again remains rather ephemeral. A few years of aging would have allowed the rum to gain in flavor and intensity.
Review by Timo Groeger
And we continue to climb up the rating scale. We have a really good long pond here. The banana clearly stands out from the tropical fruits. Otherwise, we have plenty of esters as usual, but also solvents.
Review by Mike H.
Decent nose but fails to deliver in the mouth. All the classic flavor notes are present but they are light and flat. It was a mistake to bottle this rum so young and a few more years in the barrel would have resulted in something far better.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
08.03.2024 Tasting with Romhatten. Retasting and I still like it a lot. ----------------------- Surprisingly fresh and intense at the same time. Lots of fruits and light spices and wood. A very nice sipe indeed and I think the price matches what you get. Bought a bottle after sampling it 😊
Review by Tim
Schöner Jamaikaner, auch wenn eventuell noch einen Ticken zu jung. Grundstoff besteht ganz typisch aus Fruchtester, hinzu kommt Vanille, Karamell bzw. dezent Schokolade und Holz. Im Abgang überraschend eine neue Facette in Form von floralen und blumigen Noten. Dafür gibt es ein paar Pluspunkte von mir.
Review by Vincent D
I love this no-nonsense Long Pond profile. It's powerful, on every level. Esters, overripe fruit. Rather linear in the sense that the palate confirms the sensations brought by the nose, but pleasant for those who like this profile.
No reviews match this filter.
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by Single Cask Rum
Read full review →
Details about Habitation Velier Long Pond STC❤️E 2019
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Habitation Velier, at 60%.
Community purchases
206 bottles logged by 162 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
19% opened, 21 emptied and repurchased.
What does Habitation Velier Long Pond STC❤️E 2019 cost?
Community paid 76–105 €.
Current best price: 125.00 € – above 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+ →
206 purchased · 164 tasted · 46 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.
To Long Pond →You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010
Habitation Velier Clarendon EMB 2010Woody, fruity Jamaican with tame funk
Habitation Velier Hampden DOK 2017
Habitation Velier Hampden DOK 2017Intense but rounded tropical-aged DOK
Habitation Velier Long Pond TECA 2005
Habitation Velier Long Pond TECA 2005Intense, funky high-ester Jamaican bomb
Habitation Velier Hampden HLCF 2010
Habitation Velier Hampden HLCF 2010Fruity, funky Hampden ester bomb, hot but great
Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2010
Velier Long Pond Cambridge STC❤️E 2010Funky, fruity Long Pond ester bomb
Habitation Velier Hampden Celebrating LM&V 5th Anniversary (Magnum) HES 2019
Habitation Velier Hampden Celebrating LM&V 5th Anniversary (Magnum) HES 2019Fruity young low-ester Hampden, great nose
Never miss a price drop.
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
What began as my digital tasting diary is now the world's most comprehensive platform for rum fans, today carried by a small team with Jakob, Lukas and Katharina, with Robert supporting us as a freelancer. We combine the collective intelligence of our community with an integrated marketplace, so you can choose with confidence, without paperwork, detours, or expert jargon.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX →
