SaibotZtar Barrel Aged Mai Tai Blend 2023
Nail polish, glue and overripe banana come barreling out — a Hampden/Long Pond blend built for one job: the Mai Tai. Members who tried it neat were surprised how ripe it drinks for a one-year-old at 61.5%, with pineapple, marzipan and plenty of oak backing the ester punch. Fruity Hampden meets the spicy, woody edge of Long Pond. Loud, dry, and made for high-ester cocktail people.
The community says- Massive ester punch
- Great in Mai Tai
- But: Hot at 61.5%
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How does SaibotZtar Barrel Aged Mai Tai Blend 2023 taste?
Aggregated from 13 community reviews.
Loud Hampden/Long Pond blend for the Mai Tai Consensus: a seriously well-made high-ester blend that "rockt den Mai Tai" and holds up neat too. Only catch — it's young, hot, and a tiny batch.
high-ester fans building a killer Mai Tai
beginners — the esters and 61.5% are a wall
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100% rate it 8 or higher. 9 selected write-ups from 13 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by zabo
Edit: Einfach nur süffig Was soll man zu so einem Blend sagen? Super lecker, mehr davon, megagut im Mai Tai. Saugut gemacht SaibotZtar. Weiter so. Danke, dass du den mit mir geteilt hast, jetzt bin ich aber angefixt und will eine Flasche davon haben 😀
Review by Serge
Danke Tobi für das Sample – das ist schon ein beeindruckender Blend, den du da fabriziert hast. Den Mai Tai rockt er wirklich gut (sofern man denn beim Mai Tai im Team High Ester ist). Aber auch pur ist er – trotz des jungen Alters – sehr lecker und relativ reif. Für mich sind sowohl fruchtige HD als auch speckig-würzige LP Komponenten rausschmeckbar und harmonieren gut. Da hab ich schon deutlich teureres getrunken, das bei weitem nicht so gut geschmeckt hat.
Review by Johannes
Perfekter High Ester Blend! Kommt sicher im Mai Tai extrem gut!
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, esters, nail polish, varnish, fermented, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red fruits, briny olive, roasted wood notes like pastry, marzipan, caramel, brown sugar, spicy with allspice, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the molasses is fresh with tea, flowery, dark with licorice, mango, papaya and citrus fruits arise, the wood is spicy with baking spices, slightly smoky, creamy, balanced. 8,5:On the palate, the attack is medicinal with esters, nail polish, glue, varnish, later rubber, fruity with fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red fruits, slightly astringent, the wood is roasted with cocoa, caramel, marzipan, barrel impact is obvious, spicy with allspice, slightly smoky, nutty, resinous, as the molasses is vegetal with briny olive, flowery, herbaceous. 8,5:The finish is medium long, dry&tannic, dirty, medicinal with burnt rubber, esters, glue, plastic, phenol, fruity with red and tropical fruits, the wood is roasted, burnt, smoky and spicy, as the molasses is floral..
Review by Timo Groeger
Echt ein klasse Teil Tobi, wirklich stark. Jamaika wie er im Buche steht und ich schon oft geschrieben habe. Tropische Früchte, vor allem Banane und Ananas, aber auch ne Esterbombe. Am Gaumen aber auch noch etwas Klebstoff und Nagellack.
Review by RumTaTa
Blindverkostung, Sample von SaibotZtar: Nase: Ester und Bourbon, dazu etwas wie Räucherstäbchen oder Räucherkerzen, Leder, getrocknete Aprikosen... hmm ziemlich wieder Mix, den ich noch nicht zuordnen kann. Zu Beginn dachte ich an Jamaika bin aber wieder unsicher geworden mal sehen ob der Gaumen mehr verrät: trocken, fruchtig, hier wieder Jamaika, Lack, dann ordentlich Holz, leicht bitter, Alkohol 57-62%, hier bin ich bei einem jüngeren Hampden aus einem sehr aktiven Fass Nachklang: lang, Tannine, Fass, fruchtig Ich habe keine Idee was ich im Glas habe, es ist kein Agricole, ein Pottstill, Nase Clarendon/Barbados, Gaumen Jamaika, Nachklang Jamaika/Guyana, möglicherweise ein jüngerer Hampden (einer von CoR schmeckte ähnlich) oder ein Blend, gefällt mir aber sehr gut.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Clearly more esters and less dry, but somewhat sweeter and much more intense than the 2022 blend. Here the alcohol is a bit more present and it also feels noticeably younger. Overall, I like the 2022 much better and find it more complex in my opinion. Still, a really well-made high ester blend!
Review by Balu DeBaer
Pur ist er wirklich schon gut. In der Nase habe ich direkt an Long Pond gedacht und lag sogar richtig. Im Mai Tai ist er genial. Danke das ich daran teilhaben durfte.
Review by Rum man
This is a great blend in a Mai Tai! The esters and fruits shine beautifully through the rest of the Mai Tai components. But in a clear, p recise way. On itself, it is a demanding rum. Big on esters and fruits. The wood also comes around to say hello but it drinks fairly hot/is spicy. It is obviously meant as a mixer but you get a better understanding of what it does in the Mai Tai when trying it as a component. A big congratulations to Saibotzar for creating this successful blend!
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Details about SaibotZtar Barrel Aged Mai Tai Blend 2023
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by SaibotZtar, at 61,5%.
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3 bottles logged by 2 collectors.
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0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
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