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Clarendon Monymusk Special Reserve
Sip it neat or pour it as an easy everyday Jamaican — nobody here treats it as a special-occasion bottle. The nose is mild vanilla; the palate turns round and soft with raisins, lots of coconut and just a whisper of ester. One taster sums it up as "a nice and quite kind Jamaican." At 40% it's gentle, with a little spice and oak sticking out late.
The community says- Loads of coconut
- Good value everyday
- Very little funk
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How does Clarendon Monymusk Special Reserve taste?
Aggregated from 15 community reviews.
Mild, coconut-heavy everyday Jamaican Most call it tasty, unaggressive and a genuinely good value everyday pour. The catch: it's a tame, half-funk Jamaican, so ester chasers will want more punch.
newcomers to Jamaican rum wanting it gentle
ester chasers wanting loud pot-still funk
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How is Clarendon Monymusk Special Reserve rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.4 sits in the “Good” band. 73% 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?
93% 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 Stefan Persson
This is a blend of Pot and Column still rum (Halffunk). The nose is mild with aroma of vanilla. At the palate it’s round and mild with flavors of vanilla, raisins, some esters and lots of coconut. As a summary a nice and quite kind Jamaican.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
With a medium long finish and thinking about the price tag, this is actually a good everyday rum. Fruity with spices from nose to finish. Ester and oak join in for the homerun. Price to quality is very good.
Review by Rum Runner Labs - Will
A gentle expression of fruity ester. Decently integrated cask, but some of the spice notes and astringency stick out a little in the context of the generalized tropical fruit. Tasty and unaggressive.
Review by Michael Janek
in the aroma of raisins pickled in the barrel, then tea leaves, smells pleasantly awfully long, finally fragrant damp wood that barrel in the taste at the beginning raisins very pronounced, then it changes to a spicy taste I find it quite strong despite the 40%. a glass or two in the evening = great
Review by Richard Krupa
Coconut, vanilla and currants
Review by Anonymous
Spicy slightly pop vanilla
Details about Clarendon Monymusk Special Reserve
A rum from Jamaica, distilled by Clarendon, at 40%.
Community purchases
15 bottles logged by 13 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
26% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
15 purchased · 17 tasted · 5 wishlist · as of
About the Clarendon distillery
The Clarendon distillery is located in Jamaica. Rums from Clarendon have been reviewed 5,769 times with an average of 8.2/10.
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