Aroma visualization from community tastings
Cadenhead‘s Caribbean Rum 1842
Most tasters land on "well-crafted but basic," and a few think it's better than that. It reads dark and Guyana-leaning — raisin, molasses, plum and baking spices, with a metallic, minty edge some love and one member marks down as "off notes (metallic, industrial)." At 56.6% it drinks warm but oddly thin. A comfortable daily sipper more than a showpiece.
The community says- Warm raisin depth
- Easy daily sipper
- Thin for 56.6%
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 Cadenhead‘s Caribbean Rum 1842 taste?
Aggregated from 14 community reviews.
Warm, raisin-heavy Demerara-style daily sipper Well-liked as an easy, warming everyday pour, though several call it thin for the proof and one flags sharp metallic notes. A couple taste a touch of added sweetness.
fans of dark, molasses-rich Demerara profiles
anyone put off by metallic notes
How the community classifies this rum. Each category takes you to similar rums.
8 of 14 left detailed tasting impressions · Click an aroma to explore similar rums
How is Cadenhead‘s Caribbean Rum 1842 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.1 sits in the “Very good” band. 92% 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?
36% rate it between 6 and 8. 9 selected write-ups from 14 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by LukaŽiga
Most helpful positive review
8,1:On the nose, dried fruits like raisins, apricots and bananas, red fruits with cherries, mineral and minty molasses, metallic patina, solvents, sweet roasted wood notes with caramelized burnt sugar, spicy, some dirty undertones, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, citrus fruits arise, smokiness and roastedness with nuts, espresso and chocolate. 8,4:On the palate, the attack is metallic with copper, slightly synthetic, sweet, buttery and oily with roasted wood notes like chocolate, confectionery with cookie dough, meringue, caramelized burnt sugar, spicy with baking spices, fruity with dried and tropical fruits like banana, raisins, a bit later with pears. 8,3:The finish is rather long, dry, the molasses is thick, caramelized, sweet with honey, pairing dried fruits and roasted wood notes, spicy. Edit:7.2.26
Review by David Sharman
Most helpful critical review
Brought down by a sharp mouthfeel and more than few off notes (metallic, industrial)
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
16.04.2025 retasting with Fabian and I still like it a lot. ------------------ #4997 24.12.2024 Enjoying a sample I got from a good friend. Nose Sweet, intense, metallic, light mint, light cherry, spice, dried fruit, wood, light smoke. Palate Round, oily, warm, medium spicy, dried fruit, light mint, naturally sweet, faint chocolate, light plum, wood, light roasted, faint smoke. Finish Long and warm, medium spicy, naturally sweet, dried fruit, light chocolate, spice, oily, wood, The empty glass has nice caramel, light herbs and prunes. Needs to rest to really open up. Surprisingly good rum considering the price tag.
Review by Serge
Gut trinkbarer Rum … etwas süßlich. Es lassen sich für mich Guyana Anteile rausschmecken. Trockenfrüchte, etwas Lakritze. Kann man gut trinken, ein guter einfacher Rum, der meiner Meinung nach etwas nachgesüßt wurde.
Review by Jakob
Ansprechendes Cadenheads-Release mit viel Toffee-Süsse flankiert von trockenen Tropenfruchtnoten, Gewürzen, Holzeinflüssen und Vanillezucker. Zugänglicher, süffiger Rum, der viel Potenzial als daily sipper hat.
Review by zabo
Eine Abfüllung, die leider an diesem epischen Abend nicht ganz mithalten konnte, nicht ganz und gar schlecht, aber zu dem Zeug was wir sonst im Glas hatten, war er schon etwas mehr entfernt. Wie bei allen Cadenheads wirkt er ein wenig dünn.
Review by Johannes
Alkohol ist relativ gut eingebunden. Ich schmecke dunkles Guyana-Profil mit viel Melasse und Jamaika worthy Park.
Review by M. Mark
Ak začnem kritikou, tak na 56.6% pôsobí veľmi tenko. Vonia príjemne sladko, po sušenom ovocí, hrozienkach, melase, vanilke, koreniach na pečenie. V chuti sa objaví sladkosť, sušené ovocie, vanilka, korenia na pečenie. Alkohol je dobre integrovaný. Dochuť je stredne dlhá. Celkovo dobre spracovaný základný rum. Môj bol naflašovaný 05.11.2018. If I'm being critical at the very beginning, at 56.6 ABV, it's tastes very thin. It's smell pleasant, sweet, of dried fruit, raisins, molasses, vanilla and baking spices. Sweetness, dried fruit, raisins, vanilla, baking spices appears in the taste. Alcohol is integrated well. The aftertaste is medium long. Overall, it's well-crafted basic blended rum. My batch was bottled on November 5, 2018
Review by Fuwi
Tasting in Blåvand mit der Legende! Toller Rum, sehr warm und intensiv mit Aromen von Rosinen, Pflaume und Gewürzen. Erinnert mich an eine Weihnachts-Abfüllung eines Whiskys, mit 68% ordentlich Bums aber ohne die Schärfe, sehr gut eingebunden und ausgebaut! Danke @kevin für das Sample!
Expert reviews
Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →I think this rum is pretty spectacular and until I find something better I'm pretty happy to give this 5 stars. I suspect you could spend a lot, lot more and not find a better Demerara. Yes I know this isn't a Single Cask offering but taken at face value...
Details about Cadenhead‘s Caribbean Rum 1842
A rum from Caribbean, bottled by Cadenhead‘s, at 56,6%.
Community purchases
6 bottles logged by 6 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
83% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
6 purchased · 14 tasted · as of
You may also enjoy
Rum enthusiasts who like this rum have also given the following rums high ratings:
Rendsburger Barbados Single Rum 1995
Rendsburger Barbados Single Rum 1995Cadenhead‘s Epris Green Label Brazilian Rum
Cadenhead‘s Epris Green Label Brazilian RumDry, grassy, agricole-style Brazilian cane juice
Cadenhead‘s Green Label Panama Rum
Cadenhead‘s Green Label Panama RumSolid but unexciting Panama sipper
Romero & Sons Flensburg Rum Company Unaged Heavy Rum (Harboring Premium Rum) 2024
Romero & Sons Flensburg Rum Company Unaged Heavy Rum (Harboring Premium Rum) 2024CDI Thailand 2014
CDI Thailand 2014CDI Cuba (Bottled for Denmark) 2009
CDI Cuba (Bottled for Denmark) 2009Never 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 →
