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Rest & Be Thankful Clarendon Pure Single Jamaican Rum MMW 1998
You might expect a 24-year Jamaican pot still to punch with funk, but this MMW stays gentle. The ester is there — a light glue note, a whisper of medicine cabinet — yet what leads is butterscotch, marzipan and ripe tropical fruit, with light oak. Several tasters called it creamy and "trocken und cremig-süß" at once: dry and sweetish in the same sip. Slightly reduced strength, but it works here.
The community says- Creamy, rounded palate
- Marzipan and tropical fruit
- But: Short finish
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How does Rest & Be Thankful Clarendon Pure Single Jamaican Rum MMW 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 24 community reviews.
Gentle, creamy Jamaican with restrained ester Most found it rounded, creamy and fruity with mild esters — a well-integrated, sippable Clarendon. A few missed real funk or tropical depth, and several flagged the price.
Fans of long-aged, low-to-medium ester Jamaican rum
Anyone chasing loud Hampden-style funk
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83% rate it 8 or higher. 20 selected write-ups from 24 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by RumTaTa
Most helpful positive review
Another very bright Clarendon from Test & Be Thankful. Very versatile on the nose but only medium intensity. I have a nice overall impression emphasized by spice. The palate is very similar to the other Clarendon bottlings from R&bT, but a little more intense. The rum somehow manages the feat of being dry and creamy-sweet at the same time. Towards the finish, a medicinal/salty note comes through again. The medium-long finish is a mix of impressions from the nose and palate. Very good rum but not my favorite Clarendon profile. I prefer the older 95 and 97 vintages.
Review by HenryL
Most helpful mixed review
Rest & Be Thankful Tasting 7. Februar Für mich eine starke Note von leicht ranzigem Joghurt in der Nase mit der ich hier alleine zu sein scheine. Im Mund recht leicht und fruchtig mit einer schönen Anisnote. Die Nase sagt mir nicht wirklich zu, daher fällt dieser im Vergleich etwas ab.
Review by Thunderbird
Master tasting from Rest & Be Thankful via RumX This MM has a slightly higher ester content than the other MMs tasted by R&bT. You can feel this very clearly, but in a positive sense, It is very present, with the classic MM flavors, but overall much more intense. Which makes it more pleasing for me. A very good, but not outstanding MM
Review by BTHHo 🥃
Slightly spicy taste with a touch of grapefruit - long aftertaste 👍🏻
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#4604 07.02.2024 online tasting with Rest & Be Thankful. Nose Faint roasted wood, fruity, floral, light mint. Palate Oily, light wood, fruits, well rounded, floral, light marzipan. Finish Medium long, light roasted wood, fruits, light mint. Very slow moving curtains in the glass. The empty glass has some chocolate, vanilla and light caramel.
Review by DomM
Tasted during the RumX masterclass. Huge thanks the guys from R&BT for presenting their range! Very nice exploration of some low(we) ester marks. While some of the noses were a little light, the long aged expressions are very interesting on the palate across the board. Very interesting! :)
Review by Serge
Separate post-tasting of the second half of this MMW sample after the Rest & Be Thankful Masterclass. Typical MMW profile with apple, guava, spice and wood. Also some almond and licorice as well as a pleasantly warm and creamy mouthfeel.
Review by mto75
After the RumX R&BT tasting on February 7th, I tasted the rest again with more calm: The last one in the glass is a MM Marque MMW, so already in the medium ester range. Tropical fruit on the nose, a slight note of glue, butterscotch. Fruity and sweet on the palate. Really drinkable this thing!
Review by Frank
RumX/Kirsch online tasting Rest&Be Thankful! 24 years old, Mark MMW and thus a Wedderburn, Medium Pot, although the ester content of 224 gr/hlpa is more in the direction of EMB. Nose: fruity-spicy with some wood and esters shining through. Citrus fruits in the direction of bergamot, the typical honey note and a resinous freshness somehow do not reveal the old age. In terms of fruit, I still find gooseberry and blackcurrant. A little graphite or tool oil comes out at the back. Very nice, 8.6. Palate: an intensely sweet and spicy attack with honey, licorice and aniseed. Briefly comes some graphite or pencil lead with another aniseed tip before a mix of tonka bean and apricot with some banana takes over. Very pleasant mouthfeel, but I hardly notice any esters. 8.6
Review by Bene37
Überraschend rund und süß, die Ester halten sich sehr zurück. So kommen süße Vanille und Tonkabohnenaromen plus Zitrusnoten nach vorne. Ein gefälliges Gesamtbild mit überraschend leichtem Estereinschlag. Preis auch hier wieder drüber? 86/100 oder 6/10
Review by Jakob
Fresh aromas of ripe tropical fruit, barrel influences, dark spices, pleasant residual sweetness with subtle hints of marzipan. Very tasty, harmonious overall impression. Convincing, even the somewhat reduced strength works excellently here.
Review by zabo
As I was unfortunately unable to attend the tasting thanks to the Deutsche Bahn, I'm now making up for it at my leisure. In my opinion, it's a very tasty drop, I find it very creamy. The alcohol is also well integrated.
Review by Jarek
Teil des Rest & Be Thankful tastings (danke an RumX und F.L.O. fürs Teilen). Schöne und interessante Veranstaltung. Alle Kanditaten hatten eine sehr schöne Nase. Am besten haben mir das LSO und MPG Profil zugesagt. Insgesamt fehlte mir aber oft die tropische Reifung.
Review by Tim
Very good rum! I like the high degree of balanced complexity and roundness that these bottlings of Monymusk and Long Pond bring to the table. Lots of butter, chocolate, roasted aromas, fruit in the mid-range at most, all perfectly complemented by wood and spices.
Review by Christian Rudt
Es waren Fünf verschiedene Clarendon monymusk abgefüllt von Rest&Be thankful im überwiegend Low Ester Bereich im Vergleich. Der Sieger bei mir istdieser RX18817-->Mark MMW und mit Estern von 224,2 gr/hlpa der höchste Anteil im Vergleich. Kommt zwar mit 52,4% etwas reduzierter daher bietet dafür aber ein ausgeglicheneres Profil. Auch hier haben wir viel Zitrusfrucht, es kommt aber alles eine Ecke geschmeidiger daher deshalb der verdiente Sieg in diesem Vergleich.
Review by FischeJ
Vanille, blumig, holzig. Irgendwie eine seifige Fehlnote.
Review by Alex1981
Creamy, gentle nose on butterscotch and marzipan. Slight fruityness. The palate gets more sweeter, fruits are more prominent plus a well balanced wood influence. Very well balanced, good alcohol integration. Finish a bit short.
Review by Boletus
Im Vergleich zu den restlichen, bisher von mir verkosteten Single Cask Jamaika-Rums von Rest & Be Thankful sticht dieser durch einen etwas höheren Estergehalt hervor, wenn er auch vom Grundprofil „lange kontinentale Reifung und geringer Fassbeitrag“ sehr ähnlich ist. Dadurch gewinnt er gegenüber den anderen Abfüllungen doch an Tiefe und Charakter, was mir richtig gut gefällt…den meines Erachtens maßlos übertriebenen Ausgabepreis mal ausgeklammert.
Review by Johannes
Erstaunlich rund. Viel Marzipan. Die erwartete Adstringenz hält sich in Grenzen.
Review by Schnapsschuesse
A full medicine cabinet on the nose, the fruit really needs air and time to develop. Here, too, the nose remains rather restrained overall. Extremely oily on the palate, hardly any sweetness, but very aromatic in its surprising dryness. Dried fruit meets comparatively mild & broadly diversified medicinal notes. I don't like it quite as much as the variants with more sweetness.
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Details about Rest & Be Thankful Clarendon Pure Single Jamaican Rum MMW 1998
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Rest & Be Thankful, at 52,4%.
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5 bottles logged by 3 collectors.
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What does Rest & Be Thankful Clarendon Pure Single Jamaican Rum MMW 1998 cost?
Current best price: 336.18 €.
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