Flensburg Rum Company HDGDL Very High Ester 2019

Review by zabo

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zabo

Feb 20251,503 reviewsGermany

8.5/10

Brief evaluation and assessment of the Village'25. The successor to the HDGDL now as a Very High Ester Edition. From memory it already has more oomph. Alcohol is well integrated. For me, a little better than the first. Since I have to go over the old rating, I give it an 8.5. Not a unicorn but a rum at an extremely fair price of €50. Certainly a blast as a mixer. I like it and stand by it. Detailed analysis to follow.

Review by Mirco

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Mirco

Jun 2025558 reviewsSwitzerland

7.7/10

Strong high ester rum with intense tropical fruit notes - pineapple and mango dominate the profile. The rum has a fine, almost citrus-like freshness, paired with a subtle smokiness that can only be perceived in the background. A wonderful balance between sweetness and a slightly spicy depth - powerful and complex, but not too overpowering.

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Mar 20255,556 reviewsDenmark

8.5/10

#5177 22.03.2025 Tasting at Whisky Watcher in Odense. Nose Fresh, fruity, medium intense, ester, overripe, light polish, faint glue, faint wood. Palate Oily, naturally sweet, medium intense, faint wood, light glue, fruity, light pineapple, overripe, ester. Finish Long, fresh, naturally sweet, light wood, faint smoke, light glue, fruity, light citrus, faint iodine. When handwarmed it gets even better and smoother.

Review by Skyfly

Skyfly

Mar 2025516 reviewsGermany

8.2/10

The name sums it up perfectly. From nose to finish, you can taste wonderful ester aromas, although the glue is also quite present compared to other rums. Alcohol on the verge of being overpowering, but certainly suitable as a mixer. PLV is great!

Review by Chrischi78

Chrischi78

Mar 2025257 reviewsGermany

8.0/10

Intense nose with lots of funk and overripe fruit. Surprisingly mild, the high alcohol content is barely noticeable. On the palate, however, it is much more impetuous - powerful ester notes are in the foreground, while the fruitiness recedes into the background. Mega PLV, bomb for mixing!

Review by Dr.Django

Dr.Django

Mar 2025342 reviewsGermany

6.5/10

Der zweite HDGDL von FRC. Insgesamt fand ich den ersten runder und intensiver. Dieser hier ist aber auch genau das, was er sein soll: ein funky Jamaicaner zu einem fairen Preis. Der Alkohol könnte besser eingebunden sein. Ganz losgelöst vom Preis und eventuell als funky Begleiter im Cocktail schafft es dieser Rum nicht mich zu begeistern.

Review by LukaŽiga

LukaŽiga

Jan 2026770 reviewsGermany

8.2/10

8,2:On the nose, esters and glue, funky, polish, overripe tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, citrus fruits, fresh, grassy, flowery, vegetal molasses, briny, intense, spicy and roasted wood notes, smoky, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the rum becomes fermented with cream, cream toffee, confectionery, rubber is out. 8,3:On the palate, the attack is intense with esters, glue, funky, slightly alcoholic, fermented tropical fruits like banana and pineapple, red fruits, later yellow and green fruits, vegetal with briny olive, grassy, flowery and herbaceous, as the wood is roasted, sweet, oily with caramel, cookie dough, hints of yeast, spicy with allspice, smoky. 8,1:The finish is medium long, dry, very medicinal, funky with glue, esters, iodine, phenol, plastic, soap, fruity with fermented tropical and red(raspberry), citrus fruits, later candied, vegetal, grassy, flowery and the wood is roasted, spicy, smoky. Edit:31.1.26, in Mai Tai

Review by Alex1981

Alex1981

Mar 2025388 reviewsGermany

8.0/10

Super nose full of funk and overripe fruit. Rightly soft, abv is hardly noticeable. On the palate, however, much wilder and less round, full ester power and rather less fruity. Quite a short finish. Great mixer in Mai Tai!