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St. Nicholas Abbey 5 Years old
Cane-honey Barbados that leans half-agricole: expect grass and fresh apples alongside the toffee and banana you'd expect from bourbon-barrel aging. Several tasters call it light, elegant and easy to sip, with apricot and a touch of white pepper. At 40% the flavor stays subtle, so it rewards attention rather than shouting. One member summed it up as "light pleasant and easy drinking."
The community says- Elegant and round
- Grass and banana
- Subtle at 40%
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How does St. Nicholas Abbey 5 Years old taste?
Aggregated from 24 community reviews.
Light, elegant grassy Barbados sipper Well-liked as a refined, elegant low-strength sipper with grass, banana and toffee. The honest catch: at 40% it's fairly subtle, and a few found it too grassy or a bit thin.
Fans of light, elegant rums with an agricole-leaning grassy edge
Anyone wanting bold, high-proof, punchy flavor
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How is St. Nicholas Abbey 5 Years old rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.7 sits in the “Good” band. 83% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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79% rate it between 6 and 8. 6 selected write-ups from 24 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Stefan Persson
Overall a fantastic, elegant and round rum that must be one of the absolute best low ABV 5 years old rums. This one has been on my shelf for a while. Everything from St. Nicholas Abbey is hard to get in Sweden so I waited for a second bottle before opened it up. This is the first aged rum produced by the distillery all by themselves. It’s made from their white rum that’s made from cane syrup in their hybrid still (column/pot) whereafter it’s aged in old bourbon barrels that previously contained their longer aged molasses rums from Foursquare.
Review by Charlotte & Richard
C too grassy for me. R enjoyed a lot.
Review by w00tAN
Tastingnotizen 05.02.2016 mit Dirk Becker auf der Hanse Spirit: Nase: Süße Noten vor allem Vanille Mund: ebenfalls Vanille, Holz und eine feine Süße Wertung +
Review by Jack M
This has a very different profile to the unaged version. It seems more refined and less vegetal. There are some fruits (apricot and banana), sweetness (toffee and caramel), peppery and almond notes. It is great to sip neat, albeit at 40% ABV it is fairly subtle in flavour, which is probably the main drawback.
Review by Wagnerlicious
Ein sehr schöner Rum für das junge Alter. Die kleine Destillerie nutzt dabei ausschließlich Zuckerrohrsirup/-honig für die Herstellung. Dieser Rum präsentiert elegante tropische Fruchtnoten, Mokka, etwas Holz und weißen Pfeffer. Dabei sehr ausgewogen und gut eingebundener Alkohol. Schon sehr gut zu Sippen.
Review by Henry Davies
Light but interesting nose. While made from sugar cane juice not super noticeable, some light alcoholic burn. Lots of pleasant elements but doesn’t quite come together as I hoped it would. Good but not great
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Details about St. Nicholas Abbey 5 Years old
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by St. Nicholas Abbey, at 40%.
Community purchases
18 bottles logged by 16 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
22% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
18 purchased · 24 tasted · 8 wishlist · as of
About the St. Nicholas Abbey distillery
The St. Nicholas Abbey distillery is located in Barbados. Rums from St. Nicholas Abbey have been reviewed 71 times with an average of 7.8/10.
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