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Velier & Scheer Clarendon Plummer Tropical Aging EMB
Wood, glue and varnish up front, with tropical fruit — pineapple, mango, banana — pushing through, plus leather and a peppery, bitter edge. At almost 70% the alcohol is the big talking point: several tasters found it sharp and hot even after long airing. Most prefer this tropical-aged one to its continental sibling, but few call it the best Monymusk they've had.
The community says- Tropical fruit
- Complex nose
- Very hot
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How does Velier & Scheer Clarendon Plummer Tropical Aging EMB taste?
Aggregated from 100 community reviews.
Hot, woody Jamaican with tropical fruit Better than the continental version by most accounts, and technically interesting, but the near-70% heat is divisive — many find it too hot, peppery and bitter to fully enjoy.
Technical rum lovers who like high-ester, high-proof Jamaicans
Anyone sensitive to high ABV or sharp, bitter heat
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57% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 100 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Stefan Persson
Most helpful positive review
Overall a great rum with a fantastic nose as well as a fantastic finish that I got a sample of from my youngest son a month ago. It’s a blend of rum from the Clarendon Distillery selected by Velier and E&A Sheer from casks with rum distilled 2002, 2004 and 2006. It’s bottled 2020 which gives it’s 14 years old. It’s a pot still destilled rum, tropical aged on site in Jamaica with an ester level of 324.5 gr/hlap which gives that it’s a “Plummer" (EMB) category of the distillery. The nose is complex, smooth, round, fruity, oaky and nutty. At the palate it’s still complex and you can feel the ABV. After a while and during the long finish you recognize the esters, the fruitiness and all the other aromas as tastes.
Review by Anonymous
Most helpful critical review
too much ester. but good to drink in coffee or tea 😉
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
06.03.2020 Met up with some colleagues to give a tasting at this old iconic place. Notes. Medium dark colour. Nose Wood, round, complex, fruity, pineapple, glue, light mint. Palate Oily, wood, spicy, light tar, mint, ester, fruity, banana. Finish Very long and warm, wood, light mint, fruits.
Review by Krogulczyk
I love high hogo rums. But this one is just a little too boring and too sharp. I love the mushroomlike flavour which is supported by honeycomb notes and ethyl acetate flavours. It is all right but not for this money
Review by LukaŽiga
8,3:On the nose, glue, solvents and rubber, varnish, slightly alcoholic, toasted wood, a bit smoky, with marzipan, spicy, citrus fruits, tropical with banana, pineapple, mango, kiwi, maracuja, flowery(elderflower), grassy molasses, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the molasses is vegetal, sweet with honey, red fruits arise, caramel and confectionery, vanilla, quite strong camphor. 7,8:On the palate, the attack is intense, dry, medicinal with rubber, varnish, the wood is roasted with caramel, brioche, pastry, salty, spicy with pepper, the molasses is grassy, fresh with tea, sweet honey, dark with licorice, later vegetal, the fruits are fermented, tropical, red.Again, we find some camphor, plastic hints, when the rum is oxidized. 8,2:The finish is more balanced, dry&tannic, as roasted wood notes, spicy and smoky, pair vegetal molasses, fermented fruits like tropical, yellow.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
as if you would chew with fishermen's friend in the mouth on completely burnt nutmeg overloaded mashed potatoes and then suck on the leather chair and then on the bicycle hose.... goes me not at all purely...in addition just extremely sharp and alcoholic and penetrating...the whole series of this experiment is for me an absolute failure. have to cough at every single despite >1h breathe due to the Poorly integrated alcohol and the face contorted 😣
Review by Serge
Direct comparison of the two EMBs from Velier & Scheer. Neither of the rums are the strongest, but they demonstrate the difference between continental and tropical storage very well. The continental one is fruity with yellow fruit, sweet, floral and more delicate. The tropically matured one is more spicy, woody with fermented fruit and tannins. It's no secret that my preference is always for the tropically matured version. Even if this one is not the best.
Review by Enriko Špinler
I have mixed feelings about this review. I like strong and technical rums and this one is great. It is strong, without unnecessary sweetness, wonderfully long and warm. The problem for me is the price. For €50 I have TRCL Jamaica 2016 and I get almost the same as with this rum. Anyway, it's a great rum and technical rum lovers must try it. Aroma - alcohol, tropical fruit, varnish, wood Taste - intense, glue, leather, spice and fruit Finish - long, strong, peppery, bitter
Review by Skyfly
EMB X-Tasting von Velier & Scheer: viel dunkler als der kontinentale und bereits die Nase würde einen nicht an das selbe Grundprodukt erinnern. Das Mark ist hier eindeutig zu erkennen mit Tropischen Früchten und Menthol, sowie Leder und etwas dreckigen Aromen. Viel besser als der kontinentale. Interessant wäre es gewesen beide nochmal länger reifen zu lassen. Der tropisch gelagerte hätte echt geil werden können :)
Review by zabo
Im Vergleich waren der tropisch gelagert und der Kontinental gelagert. Vorweg, beide haben mich nicht wirklich abgeholt. Der Farbunterschied war sehr deutlich, der Tropische um einiges dunkler und geschmacklich etwas besser.
Review by Sebastian Kornett
You have to drink it with caution. The almost 70% alc. have quite a bit of bang. In the finish nice woody and dirty. I'm missing a little support from fruit sweetness in the finish. Otherwise, this is a really good Monymusk for the PRICE.
Review by w00tAN
EMB 14 Direktvergleich: In der Nase wesentlich erwachsener. Die Ester sind deutlicher wahr zu nehmen. Sehr fruchtig, lack/Klebstoff und im Direktvergleich wenig Floral. Im Mund kräftig intensiv würzig und fruchtig, dann übernehmen die pfefferigen alkoholischen Noten. Der Abgang ist kürzer und sehr pfefferig.
Review by Filip Šikula
Tenhle srovnávací projekt je za mě super, a zároveň je velmi zajímavé, které verzi dávají různí mí přátelé přednost. Já sem tábor “tropical”, kde mi ta hromada dřeva na nose i v ústech prostě parádně sedí.
Review by Tom Buteneers
Clearly better on all fronts compared to the continentally aged version. The fruity notes are more present. Also quite alcohol-forward but after a while it integrates a bit better.
Review by Agricoler
Says to me purely from the nose more like his continental brother. However, taste and finish of my assessment clearly more bitter and woody.Therefore, both on par and definitely not worth their money.
Review by Wernie
Hier der klare Sieger dieses Vergleichs. Wobei mir hier auch eindeutige die Nase besser gefällt. Diese ist kräfig mit kandierten Tropenfrüchten,winterlich würzig, mit Klebstoff und Holz. Der Gaumen auch wieder sehr alkoholisch, dazu viel Holz,pfeffrig ,scharfkantig und bitter. Fazit: guter Vergleich , aber doch recht enttäuschend was die Qualität angeht, viel zu alkoholisch beide und das Geld nicht wert.
Review by Thunderbird
Unfortunately, this is so far the worst Monymusk I have drunk and tasted!
Review by Christoph
Not only the color differs significantly here compared to the continental matured version. Even if the alcohol is still disturbing here, the tropical fruits clearly unfold in the smell and taste. In the finish, bitterness and bacon fight against each other, which makes the rum at the end somewhat exhausting because it does not harmonize so properly on the palate.
Review by Rumclub Latvia
This one are very strong guy
Review by Master P
Besser als der Continental, aber Alkohol brennt auch sehr lang. Zum tasting ok, aber zum Flaschenkauf eher nix
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Details about Velier & Scheer Clarendon Plummer Tropical Aging EMB
A Pot Still Rum from Jamaica, bottled by Velier & Scheer, at 69,7%.
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77 bottles logged by 72 collectors.
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25% opened, 3 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier & Scheer Clarendon Plummer Tropical Aging EMB cost?
Community paid 77–161 €.
Current best price: 118.02 € – within the typical community range.
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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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