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Distilia Long Pond The Sins Avarice by Robert Bauer 1983
"Old Jamaican rum matured to perfection," as one taster put it, and the reviews line up behind him. This 1983 Long Pond, 40 years in the cask at 51.6%, leans buttery and fruity rather than woody: candied pineapple, banana bread, ripe yellow stone fruit, a little glue and shortbread sweetness. Esters stay present but never sharp, and the alcohol is so well tucked in that many forget it's there.
The community says- Buttery ripe fruit
- Alcohol perfectly integrated
- Endless finish
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How does Distilia Long Pond The Sins Avarice by Robert Bauer 1983 taste?
Aggregated from 117 community reviews.
Elegant, buttery 40-year Long Pond Near-universal love here, voted a rum of 2024 by many. Buttery, fruity, endlessly long, with wood beautifully restrained for its age. The only real catch tasters name is the price of a full bottle.
Long Pond and old Jamaican fans who want fruit over funk
Anyone on a budget or wanting raw, glue-heavy ester funk
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0% rate it between 6 and 8. 18 selected write-ups from 117 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Mirco
Ripe estery fruits such as pineapple and banana combine with creamy pastry and a buttery sweetness. The wood maturation is perfectly integrated without overpowering the distillate. Some orange zest and nuances of spice complete the profile. Long-lasting finish with balanced fruit sweetness and light spice. Overall elegant, deep and a real Benchmark Long Pond experience. A nose ahead of its sister cask.
Review by zabo
Edit Edit: 24.12.2024 added to the bottlekill. After 3 months in the open bottle, it has once again developed positively in my opinion. Rightly voted Rum of the Year 2024. Edit: now tasted again from the fresh bottle. Simply brilliant. Tasted calmly and with time. For me, it's one of the best I've ever had in a glass. If nothing better comes along in the near future, I'll give it another better rating. Tasted together with Chris2302 some time ago. Many thanks to the donor at the time who made this possible for both of us 😀 (a little tip: it was on the 2nd GAF, so it's not difficult to find the donor 😉 ) I thought the smell was bomb. After the first sip, we agreed that this is a drop that will easily break the 9! Anyone who has the opportunity to try it. Do not hesitate! Insane part!!! Drink of the gods!
Review by DomM
This is honestly an excellent bottling. Rich and complex with a very nice depth to it. Compared to other bottlings of the vintage I had so far, this bottling does not feel watery but delivers significant power and richness. Very much on the top of my list of very long aged LPs.
Review by SaibotZtar
An unbelievable grenade... Fruity, complex and lengthy - these are probably the key characteristics. Wonderfully full-bodied and harmonious as the aromas unfold in the glass. In May Tai a reference as far as Long Pond is concerned, actually even as far as Jamaica rum in general is concerned. I am really enthusiastic.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
All I can say is: Hands off! 😜 Dangerous stuff! Dangerously drinkable. Alcohol never noticeable. Fruity on the nose like straight juice, with an elegant tingle on the palate. Congratulations, Rob and Distilia! This rum really has everything you could wish for in a rum. That there are still bottlings like this nowadays ...
Review by Galli33
Thank you Rob for this cool opportunity! It’s a very balanced LP with a very lovely low ester note. The barrel and also the alcohol are perfectly integrated. I enjoyed this one a lot! Unfortunately, the (high) price tag didn’t convinced me to buy a bottle.
Review by Leo Krüper
Very classic Long Pond. Smooth and everlasting finish. I think it lacks that certain something extra and a justifiable price for very high ratings.
Review by RumTaTa
I've been looking forward to tasting this sample for a while! The color is a little pale for its age. Nose: quite reserved from a distance and initially closed up close. Long pond umami and citrus fruits are immediately present. Little wood and roasted notes for its age. After 30 minutes in the glass, the fruitiness and the sweetness associated with it seem to increase (summer honey, floral). I find the intensity very pleasant and not overpowering. On the palate, I again experience the wonderful process of the rum "taking a swing" for one or two seconds and then throwing itself at the taste buds with full force - wonderful! I was a little shocked at first, because the rum seems really thin at first, but then a constantly changing aromatic backdrop builds up - incredible! On the palate you can really sense the age with intense barrel and roasted notes. However, the fruitiness is not lost. The finish is eternally long and very harmonious with the flavor experience and goes into the fruity-dry with a lot of barrel flow.
Review by mto75
Now I have to try the Rum of the Year quickly too... at the beginning it almost seems like a Hampden on the nose, there's a lot of fermented fruit and an amazing amount of power, I can hardly believe that it's only 51%. It needs a certain amount of time to stand, then it releases aromas of stewed plums, wax, polish, dried herbs, toffee, balsamic vinegar, vanilla sugar, very complex, difficult to capture everything. Somehow you don't even notice the 40 years in the barrel. Tropical fruit on the palate, chewing tobacco, wonderful balance between acidity and sweetness, long finish. Great bottling! Be sure to give it enough time and concentration!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Very different from its distilia predecessor. Clearly fruitier! For 40y continental or not, the wood is surprisingly not too dominant here. Lots of yellow stone fruit such as mirabelle and peach, some banana and pineapple in the background, butter cookies and French butter-salt caramel on the finish, some lemon zest and roasted almonds, as well as a fine acidity. Very tasty and well-balanced! Great bottling from Rob!💣👌🏼 thanks for the opportunity. In terms of continental matured old Long Ponds, this is probably the new benchmark to date. 👌🏼🧨
Review by TheJackDrop
First nose of glue and solvents. Opens up to exotic fruits, papaya? Wood with a patina quietly shows its nose without forcing it; with an impression of milk chocolate, walnut, hazelnut. The alcohol is imperceptible, balanced and elegant. Surprisingly, melon, peach and lime are also present after a while, with herbaceous and medicinal notes taking over after 15 minutes of aeration. Round and oily on the palate, exotic, candied fruits are ultra-present, roasted, sticky. Beautiful butter, hazelnuts and spices. Once again, the alcohol is imperceptible, and all that's left is the pleasure of tasting. A little twist on the finish, where a slightly more woody, full-bodied aspect joins the fruit, all in balance, but to remind us a little of the venerable age of this juice.
Review by Serge
Now, with some distance, I tasted it again in peace (on the GRF I had it with Savanna HERR Heartburn and between the 1999 Diamond S and the CH KFM ... the taste buds may have been a bit preloaded) ... now as a single sip again a touch better. Super part ... much more intense than the Charles Vane (which I found to be quite meagre and stale). In addition to the higher intensity, this one also brings butteriness (nom nom), elegance and opulent fruitiness. The best continental longpond I've tasted. Not quite my cup of tea, but more than just very good and with an incredible variety of aromas.
Review by LukaŽiga
9,2:On the nose, there are a lot of esters at first, with overripe buttery tropical and yellow fruits, citrus. So, some pineapple, banana, guava. Strange, for a second, a note of Maggi appears, quickly gone then. Roasted wood, burnt sugar come out after.They bring vegetal notes as grass, honeyed molasses, vanilla and pastries after airing the rum. The wood surely is dry due to long ageing in bourbon casks. The fruits become dried and the rum acidic, like we scent some vinegar.... All balanced and round. 8,8:On the palate, the attack is fruity with esters, overripe tropical fruits, citrus, spicy, dried fruits and the wood is roasted and intensively dry. There are some pineapple, dried fruits, prunes, pastry. It becomes acidic/bitter with tannins and for short, salty. Fortunatelly, molasses does its job, neutralizing tannins with herbal, flowery notes and honey, perhaps some umami. With some rest, it certainly becomes musty, mineral. After a while, we could again find some more acidity with rhubarb, perhaps vinegar notes. This unpleasant acidity downgrades the tasting marks a bit... 9,1:The finish is woody, dry, balanced with ripe tropical, yellow and dried fruits, a bit spicy, musty and sweet with honeyed biscuits.
Review by Thomas Wille
Outstanding bottling from Distilia & Rob Bauer. Harmonious, infinitely elegant and complex. For me, one of the great highlights of the GRF. As a whole bottle, unfortunately outside my financial budget. So a thousand thanks for giving me the opportunity to try it 🤝🏻🙏
Review by Johannes
Amazing Long Pond! On the nose, I would have guessed Hampden. On the palate then more Long Pond with a good amount of wood and a nice complexity. Reminds me a bit of the Long Pond 1941 with less herbs. Great!
Review by Joachim Guger
Very beautiful golden color. Initially varnish and solvent. After a short wait, a very deep and complex nose. Fruits (pineapple, mirabelle plum), fine spice, earth and tobacco. The esters I dread are held back (plus point 😀). Very oily in the mouth, rarely (or never) tasted such good plastic. 😂 The Jamaican devil's stuff isn't really my thing, so this rum doesn't quite suit my taste either. But still, chapeau! Benchmark in terms of maturity, depth, complexity and still drinkability. Benchmark also in terms of branding and design. Very well done 😀😀 The music to go with it: Lennie Hibbert "Real Hot". And now I'm eagerly awaiting the Agricole from this series.
Review by Master P
40 years is quite something, after the first sniff really very appealing with balanced fruit and woody notes. On the palate it softens like oil, and the alcohol is really well integrated. Great finish with very little ester. I think the bottling is really successful, I expected it to be rough after 40 years, but exactly the opposite. Many thanks for the sample Rob✌️
Review by Jarek
Now I've finally dared to try the sample. The nose is heavenly, fruity (pineapple, banana, citrus fruits), sweet, buttery, spicy, a little bit of solvent. It becomes more mature on the palate. Some wood is added, but not too much. Pleasant sweetness. Nice, fruity and woody finish. However, I can't keep up with the previous ratings of around 9.5, somehow I was expecting something more spectacular. I may have to give the rum a second chance and not taste it together with the three Cambridge STCEs. Would I still buy a bottle if I had tried the sample first? As things stand at the moment, probably not...
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
I was able to taste this at Whiskyfair Limburg with Robert. Right from the start, the Nose finds all the right places. It is a perfect integration of brown butter, yellow fruits, mid level esters and some sour blueberries. On the initial palate there is again the beloved browned butter, the esters are present, but never overwhelming, than we get to a sweetness you get from very good shortbread. The esters linger and are met by a whiff of tannines from a very dry cask, that dont really get all that bitter. The finish is incredibly long and focuses on the sweetness that developed later. Ester is again all along the journey and a hint of that dry casks wants to remain as well. It almost gets a little malty at the end, but that is after a long lingering aftertaste that slowly fades in a lovely memory of what you just sipped. This is a superior choice by Robert and i seriously love these buttery/buteric acid LP. Well done, my wallet hates you a little bit!
Details about Distilia Long Pond The Sins Avarice by Robert Bauer 1983
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Distilia, at 51,6%.
Community purchases
40 bottles logged by 30 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
10% opened, 3 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Distilia Long Pond The Sins Avarice by Robert Bauer 1983?
Community paid 808–1,232 €.
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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.
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