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Alfred Lamb‘s Navy Rum
Pour this over ice or into cola and it does its job: molasses, caramel and coffee with a spicy, faintly bitter edge that reads like dark chocolate. At 40% it's an easy, sweetish everyday navy rum. One reviewer found it "too thin and weak for a navy rum," and a few note it tips slightly sweet — so set expectations before you sip it neat.
The community says- Coffee-caramel notes
- Thin body
- A little sweet
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How does Alfred Lamb‘s Navy Rum taste?
Aggregated from 24 community reviews.
Sweetish, molasses-heavy everyday navy mixer Most find it a pleasant, sweetish molasses-and-coffee sipper for the money, but several call it thin and short on complexity for a navy rum.
People who want an easy, sweetish navy rum for cola and cocktails
Anyone wanting a bold, complex navy rum to sip neat
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How is Alfred Lamb‘s Navy Rum rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 6.3 sits in the “Pleasant” band. 4% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 16% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
54% rate it between 6 and 8. 6 selected write-ups from 24 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Stefan Persson
Tasted this navy rum at Irish Annie’s in Nerja, Spain. Alfred Lamb, the creator, is said to have blended 18 rums from Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Guyana in 1849 to create it. The bottle is hexagonal formed and the legend says it was because the bottle shouldn’t roll around at the ships. The nose and at the palate as well as during the relatively short finish is round, spicy, sweet, nutty and woody white aromas and flavors of caramel, coffee and molasses. Overall a little too thin and weak for a navy rum in my opinion probably because of low ABV.
Review by Michael Ihmels 🇩🇪
Now a navy rum. Not bad at all, again a nice coffee and caramel note. I quite like the price-performance ratio. A sampled finish is also definitely recommended. Perhaps a little too sweet
Review by Montana
Quite a strong smell of molasses, spicy, somewhat sweet. The taste is also spicy, slightly bitter, something like dark chocolate. The finish is medium long.
Review by Filip Šikula
Historical evening with original period samples of rums from the 60's and 70's by Pavel Špaček 17.2.2025. A shipment of samples arrived from a collector from France can only surprise us. There are five of us for this, so we'll see.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... I bought a crate of 80 samples from France from one of the big rum promoters. All '70s and '70s. I don't expect anything but patois. But what the hell - you have to try everything. A priceless experience. And a lot more fun with five people. 2025-02-17
Review by martin slezák
Colour amber Aroma sweetness, caramel, coffee Flavour caramel, walnuts, molasses sweetness Short shot caramel and walnuts
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Read full review →If it's a Navy Rum then Pusser's, Wood's and Ancient Mariner all out rank Lamb's. Overall this isn't a bad tasting rum but it doesn't offer much beyond sweet flavours. There is no complexity like Pussers or El Dorado (even the 5-year-old offers more than Lamb's in terms of overall...
Details about Alfred Lamb‘s Navy Rum
A Navy Rum from Multiple countries, bottled by Alfred Lamb‘s, at 40%.
Community purchases
31 bottles logged by 30 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
32% opened, 4 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Alfred Lamb‘s Navy Rum?
Community paid 14–107 €.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
31 purchased · 25 tasted · 7 wishlist · as of
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