Aroma visualization from community tastings
Kill Devil Navy Style
Sipped neat it comes across spicy and roasted, with caramel, coffee and dark chocolate over a Guyana-Jamaica blend. The 57% sits surprisingly well-integrated for the strength. A few tasters wanted more of the Jamaican ester fruit, finding it a touch flat or medicinal — but it also works in a rum old fashioned or Navy negroni.
The community says- Well-integrated alcohol
- Coffee & dark chocolate
- Faint Jamaican fruit
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How does Kill Devil Navy Style taste?
Aggregated from 35 community reviews.
Spicy, roasted Navy blend at high proof Opinions land all over: some enjoy the coffee-chocolate spice and well-hidden alcohol, others find it flat, dry and short on the Jamaican fruit. Most agree the strength is nicely tamed.
High-proof Navy fans and cocktail mixers
Anyone chasing bright Jamaican ester fruit
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How is Kill Devil Navy Style rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.4 sits in the “Good” band. 60% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 5% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
83% rate it between 6 and 8. 13 selected write-ups from 35 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Montana
A heavy spicy aroma, molasses, a little alcoholic, dark chocolate, some ester.The taste is very strong, coffee and dark chocolate, spicy and roasty.A very pleasant Navy Rum.
Review by Gregor
I'm. Geruch kommt viel jamaika (ester Ananas, Banane Rosinen) gepaart mit einem starkem guyana ton(Holz dunkel, Malz und dunkle Schokolade) Im Geschmack dann das gleiche Bild. Den Alkohol finde ich gut eingebunden und das Preis Leistungsverhältnis ist echt super bei diesem vor allem unter anbetracht der hohen Alkoholstärke
Review by Timo Groeger
Oh wow, I really like this rum. You can hardly taste the 57%. It has a lovely caramel and coffee note. That's pretty much exactly my taste in rums. Excellent, I can only recommend it.
Review by ChristophFFM
Fruity Jamaican nose. Woody and chocolaty on the palate. The finish is medium and malty. Guyana and Jamaica clearly recognvar. But not my Navy favorite. Then rather Black Tot 2020. But good P/L.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
Sehr leichter Navy Rum mir einer Mischung aus Jamaika und Guyana. Der Alkohol ist super eingebunden. Für den Preis finde ich den Rum völlig in Ordnung. Meiner Meinung nach sehr gut für Einsteiger geeignet.
Review by Vincent D
Not the best Navy style I've ever tasted, not much to say about it, it's strong, dry and lacks sweetness.
Review by Julien Frn
Incipient, flat... Pass your way.
Review by Johannes
Not a bad blend either, but not quite coherent. More ester notes.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Tasted against the legendary Navy called Tiger Shark (RX183) to find out if 100 EUR price difference is justified. Answer: They are. The Kill Devil is a strange rum. Seems more like a pimped, sticky herbal liqueur on dope. Where have the Jamaica ingredients gone? If the rum wasn't just Guyana and Jamaica, but - like the Tiger Shark - it might have been halfway exciting. Not so, of course. At least the alcohol is well integrated.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
I'd say you get what you pay for with this rum. Kind of a light and fruity navy style rum.
Review by Antoine J
On the nose, the alcohol is well present with woody notes and ripe fruits. The attack is frank and not very surprising, the 57° are well there! A spicy, woody rum, which after aeration develops a vegetable side. A nice roundness despite everything that covers the palate well! For the price, bravo!
Review by Michael Turner
Kann im direkten Vergleich zu Pusser's 50th Anniversary oder auch nur dem Gunpowder Proof nicht wirklich mithalten. Etwas flach und nicht ganz harmonisch. Entweder etwas mehr Jamaica Ester oder Guyana Darkside hätte ihn gut getan. Alkohol ist dafür ganz gut integriert. Kann man aber für High Proof Einsteiger gut auf den Tisch stellen oder für einen Rum Mule, Rum Old Fashioned bzw. Navy Negroni verwenden. Wiederum Klassen besser als ein Bonpland Forte mit seinen künstlich wirkenden Weinaromen.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Very special style by the mix of Guyana and Jamaica. Personally, too much bitterness, too burnt and medicinal. The ovaries of the Jamaica share are unfortunately barely perceptible.
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Details about Kill Devil Navy Style
A Pot Still Rum from Multiple countries, bottled by Hunter Laing, at 57%.
Community purchases
27 bottles logged by 23 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What does Kill Devil Navy Style cost?
Community paid 23–52 €.
Current best price: 39.80 € – 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+ →
27 purchased · 37 tasted · 11 wishlist · as of
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