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The Antigua Distillery English Harbour 90th Anniversary Release 2023
Woody, nutty and gently spiced, with caramel, vanilla and a light peppery kick on a soft palate. Several tasters found it harmonious and balanced but a touch too tame at 43% — an "easy sipper" more than a big statement. A few felt a birthday release should punch harder, though the toasted coconut and warm spice win people over.
The community says- Balanced and mellow
- Nutty, spiced wood
- Underpowered ABV
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How does The Antigua Distillery English Harbour 90th Anniversary Release 2023 taste?
Aggregated from 25 community reviews.
Soft, nutty, easy-drinking Antigua sipper Well-balanced and mellow, but many felt it's underpowered for a special release — pleasant wood, nuts and spice that could use a few more percent of ABV.
People who want a soft, easy, wood-and-spice sipper
Anyone wanting bold, high-proof intensity
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How is The Antigua Distillery English Harbour 90th Anniversary Release 2023 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.7 sits in the “Good” band. 76% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
84% rate it between 6 and 8. 15 selected write-ups from 25 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Chrischi78
Most helpful positive review
Great smooth rum with a balanced flavor profile of wood, spices and nutty notes, which can be classified somewhere between Belize and Barbados, with the typical English Harbour signature. Even the rather low ABV fits well. I liked it very much.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Most helpful mixed review
I agree with everything Chrischi78 wrote about this rum (and not because I have the sample he tasted 😉). Except that the rum has just the right amount of steam under the kettle. Nope, not enough for me. And that's why the rum doesn't break the 80-point barrier in my assessment. It's a really nice easy sipper, but I'm sure it would go through the roof in the ratings if it had noticeably more power.
Review by zabo
Village'25 Nuremberg trade fair review Unfortunately not a real highlight for me. You can certainly get something better for the price. Surprisingly good despite the low ABV.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,1:On the nose, roasted wood notes with nuts, caramel, leather, spicy with vanilla, bump into our nosetrils, then candied fruits, yellow fruits and a toasted coconut. On aeration, dried fruits arise, some tobacco and more spiciness with cinnamon, nutmeg. 8,2:On the palate, the attack is light, but balanced with yellow fruits, toasted coconut, some orange and roasted wood notes like nuts, caramel, later burnt sugar, spicy with vanilla, pepper and cinnamon, slightly vegetal.When the rum is oxidized, leather, milk chocolate and raisins pop up. 7,9:The finish is rather bland, dry, medium long with roasted wood notes, spicy, dried apricots and coconut, some tobacco... Edit:28.9.25, oxidation does a great job, an upgrade for 0,2
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5947 09.11.2025 Having an online tasting with old friends covering, Denmark, Singapore, New Zealand and China. Hopefully we will all meet up in the beginning of the new year. This is a pretty average English Harbour at a slightly higher price than the average release. Wood and roasted notes with some fruits and caramel. A warm palate with some added nutts and apple.
Review by Banana Joe
Was soll ich sagen, nicht gut, nicht schlecht. Man hat Vanille, Karamell und etwas Holz in Nase und Gaumen. Insgesamt sehr belanglos, einer Geburtstagsabfüllung eher unwürdig, wie ich finde. Sample reicht hier.
Review by Skyfly
Als "Geburtstagsrelease" eher eine Enttäuschung. Vanille (teilweise eher Karamell), Holz, Nuss und Gewürze sind hier von Nase bis Abgang recht ausgewogen vertreten. Der Alkohol ist aus meiner Sicht zu schwach. Ist einfach nichts besonderes
Review by Felix Reiber
Die Nase gefällt mir gut. Neben Frucht und Karamell kommen auch nussige und blumige Aromen zum Vorschein. Die Antigua Distillery ist leicht zu erkennen. Am Gaumen ist er durch die 43 % etwas zahm und leicht. Die Eindrücke aus der Nase werden mit einer leichten Pfeffernote ergänzt. Keine Aromenbombe aber doch gefällig - ein easy zipper eben. Der kurze bis mittellange Abgang bietet wieder holzige und nussige Akzente mit etwas Vanille. Danke an @Chrischi78 für das Sample.
Review by Nils123
Very harmonious and balanced. But also a little weak. Only very slight peppery notes - I can well imagine that it is more for the summer.
Review by Martin Švojgr
Delicate, really delicate woody vanilla-nutty flavour with a bit of caramel, lots of spices, pepper in the finish. Sensationally, I feel that it would like more alcohol. I am surprised by the rather long finish despite the low percentage. I was also intrigued by the slightly cloudy colour.
Review by Buddudharma
Village 25 fair rating: Absolutely interchangeable column-still rum with the usual markers. There are many far better bottlings for the price.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Solider Antigua Rum. Wirkt aber insgesamt noch etwas jung, wenn auch die 5 verschiedenem Fass Arten durchaus schöne Tannine und eine schöne Würze und Fruchtigkeit hinterlassen haben. Der Alkoholgehalt ist etwas niedrig gehalten, so wirkt er eher etwas leicht und minimal verwässert. Ein paar % mehr hätten ihm sicherlich gut getan. Für den Preis habe ich mehr erwartet.
Review by Filip Šikula
Velmi jemné, lehce dřevité
Review by RumMeda
Vune weak, I expected more. The taste is spicy with a touch of cask and vanilla...
Review by Tim Reiber
Typischer Einsteigerrum mit flachem Aromenprofil, der aber doch eine angenehme Kokosnussnote im Hintergrund hält. Ansonsten, wie immer bei solchen Abfüllungen, hat man Karamell, Holz, Trockenfrüchte und eine leicht alkoholische Note..
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Details about The Antigua Distillery English Harbour 90th Anniversary Release 2023
A rum from Antigua, distilled by The Antigua Distillery, at 43%.
Community purchases
12 bottles logged by 10 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
What does The Antigua Distillery English Harbour 90th Anniversary Release 2023 cost?
Community paid 86–119 €.
Current best price: 124.90 € – above the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
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About the The Antigua Distillery distillery
The The Antigua Distillery distillery is located in Antigua. Rums from The Antigua Distillery have been reviewed 1,272 times with an average of 7.9/10.
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