Aroma visualization from community tastings
Manabi Flensburg Rum Company Sea Shepherd (Beluga) 2015
Curious drinkers who like an unusual cane-juice rum will find plenty to chew on here — an Ecuadorian oddity that surprises on the nose and thins out on the palate. Green apple, unripe banana and red pepper lead, with honey and a rubbery, herbal edge some love and one taster likened to a scrubbed toilet. The nose wins most people over; the mouth doesn't quite keep up.
The community says- Interesting nose
- Green apple fruit
- Thin palate
View price history
+10Shopping safely on RumX Returns & cancellation
- Secure payment. You pay via RumX with PayPal, Klarna or card. Your payment data is encrypted and we never store your full card details.
- Clear seller. Sold and shipped directly by the partner shop. And you're never on your own: RumX handles support and communication with the shop, so you always get excellent service, whichever shop you order from.
- Honest shop ratings. The stars show your service experience with the shop, not the rum score. They come from RumX users, and critical ones stay visible.
- Returns & cancellation. Your purchase contract is with the shop, so returns and cancellations run through them under their own policy and your statutory rights. If anything goes wrong, RumX helps you sort it out.
The look inside the bottle
How does Manabi Flensburg Rum Company Sea Shepherd (Beluga) 2015 taste?
Aggregated from 15 community reviews.
Interesting cane-juice nose, thin on the palate Members agree the nose is the highlight — fruity, spicy, interesting — but the palate reads thin and a touch hot. Most were glad they tried a sample rather than a full bottle.
explorers hunting unusual cane-juice rums
anyone wanting a full, rich palate
How the community classifies this rum. Each category takes you to similar rums.
7 of 15 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
How is Manabi Flensburg Rum Company Sea Shepherd (Beluga) 2015 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.4 sits in the “Good” band. 53% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
Live auctions
Current bids for this rum at Europe's leading auction houses.
Community voices
What does the community say?
67% rate it between 6 and 8. 6 selected write-ups from 15 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,1:On the nose, we find an estery rum, pleasantly fruity with an unripe banana, green apple, spicy with red pepper, vanilla and roasted wood with caramel, minty cane. On aeration, a rubber is our companion, herbaceous notes, from fruits apricots, lime peel, sour cherry, as bit astringent. 8:On the palate, the attack is bourbony with yellow fruits, green apple, roasted wood with burnt sugar, spicy vanilla, salty and peppery. The cane brings honey and diverse vegetal notes like mint, grass, chamomile, thyme and herbaceous, floral notes.There is a pleasant, unripe banana, later some lime peel, underneath some rubber still follows us. 8,2:The finish is long, tasty, dry with spicy, roasted wood notes like vanilla, pastry, coffee, fruits like banana, green apple, kumquat and yellow fruits, herbaceous and floral, grassy notes...
Review by Lukas Jäger
For tasting as a sample directly from Kirsch. A rum made from sugar cane juice from Ecuador. I'm not so familiar with the distillation traditions, but in terms of taste I would say it was previously made from molasses. So something new again, very nice! Exciting nose, quite herbal, almost reminds me of younger PMs. Unfortunately very thin on the palate, some potential is lost here. Otherwise a little sweet, reminiscent of honey, which again I find somewhat exciting. Overall an exciting new bottling, but nothing that I personally need.
Review by Frank
Won a sample set of the 4 new Sea Shepherd from Kirsch. THANK YOU 🙏. Here is the tropically matured sugar cane juice rum from Ecuador... Nose: despite only 47%, quite intense and even a little cutting at the beginning. Fruity, spicy and woody. Sweet, mealy banana with sour-sweet passion fruit and gooseberry with redcurrant. There is also sour cherry and green apple. Behind this, it is herbaceous and spicy with a little red pepper, vanilla and a hint of mint. Surprisingly beautiful and interesting nose. 8.0 Palate: dry, somewhat thin and quite spicy-woody-tart. Initially salty with lime zest and some caraway, slightly bitter. This is followed by subtle, slightly sweet fruit, perhaps green apple. Becomes grassy at the back with herbs and citrusy notes of kumquat. Weaker and more brittle than the nose, appears alcoholic at first despite the low %. 7,6 Quite unusual for Ecuador and therefore interesting.
Review by Master P
Equador, intense fruity nose at the beginning, also a little buttery with a light honey touch. Taste a little thin, light fruity sweetness with burnt sugar and a little acidity. Finishes a little peppery. Is ok as a sample
Review by Alex Kunath
Second FRC Sea Shepherd series. Another rum from Ecuador. I think it's good both on the nose and on the tongue. It has the typical sweet, honeyed notes of a Spanish rum. I quite liked it.
Review by Timo Groeger
Bottle Market Bremen October 2024. I think it has a strong nose, smells to me like a freshly cleaned toilet, strong. On the palate it has a certain sweetness (chocolate) and spiciness. The worst so far today.
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by The Dunder Hut
Some really nice rubber notes with some green apple and Spanish sweetness. Some banana esters and sub par alcohol integration. I can see me drinking this but am happy I onlY bought a sample. Worth a try though
Details about Manabi Flensburg Rum Company Sea Shepherd (Beluga) 2015
A Pot Still Rum from Ecuador, bottled by Oldman Spirits GmbH, at 47,2%.
Community purchases
7 bottles logged by 6 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
28% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
7 purchased · 15 tasted · 1 wishlist · as of
About the Manabi distillery
The Manabi distillery is located in Ecuador. Rums from Manabi have been reviewed 62 times with an average of 7.4/10.
To Manabi →You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 28 Cudjoe (Aged Ghana Rum)
Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 28 Cudjoe (Aged Ghana Rum)Young, fiery Ghana fruit bomb with Hampden bite
Epris Flensburg Rum Company Sea Shepherd (Buckelwal) 2011
Epris Flensburg Rum Company Sea Shepherd (Buckelwal) 2011Unusual Brazilian: fruity nose, herbal spicy palate
Romero & Sons Flensburg Rum Company Ecuador Hammerhead - Sea Shepherd 2005
Romero & Sons Flensburg Rum Company Ecuador Hammerhead - Sea Shepherd 2005Dry, woody 17yo Ecuador pot-still, a rare find
Hampden Flensburg Rum Company Sea Shepherd LROK 2018
Hampden Flensburg Rum Company Sea Shepherd LROK 2018Loud young Hampden ester bomb, hot and sherried
Romero & Sons FRC Ecuador (Kirsch Whisky) 1973
Romero & Sons FRC Ecuador (Kirsch Whisky) 1973Divisive old Ecuadorian; chocolate-caramel but often flat
Romero & Sons Flensburg Rum Company Unaged Heavy Rum (Harboring Premium Rum) 2024
Romero & Sons Flensburg Rum Company Unaged Heavy Rum (Harboring Premium Rum) 2024Never miss a price drop.
Set a target price in the app, and we'll let you know as soon as the rum becomes available at that price from one of our partner stores. This works for any rum on your wish list.
Oliver · FounderBy rum lovers, for rum lovers
I'm Oliver, and RumX began in 2018 as a small passion project in Stuttgart, back then under the name Rum Tasting Notes.
What began as my digital tasting diary is now the world's most comprehensive platform for rum fans, today carried by a small team with Jakob, Lukas and Katharina, with Robert supporting us as a freelancer. We combine the collective intelligence of our community with an integrated marketplace, so you can choose with confidence, without paperwork, detours, or expert jargon.
Oliver, Stuttgart
About RumX →
