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Asta Morris South Pacific Rasta Morris 2009
One taster nailed it: "umami, peppery funk" with an industrial edge — that's the Fiji signature here. Distilled in 2009 and bottled at 60.5%, it swings between esters, citrus and campfire smoke, with salt, olive and pepper on the palate. Several found it closer to a smoky Scotch than a rum. Polarising by design, and light on wood to tie it together.
The community says- Peppery Fiji funk
- Salt and smoke
- Solvent-heavy
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How does Asta Morris South Pacific Rasta Morris 2009 taste?
Aggregated from 20 community reviews.
Salty, smoky, estery Fijian at cask strength People are split. Fans love the salty, smoky, estery Fiji character; others find the solvent and smoke too dominant and wish for more wood and length to balance it.
Fans of salty, smoky, high-ester Fijian rum
Anyone wanting smooth, sweet, wood-driven rum
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How is Asta Morris South Pacific Rasta Morris 2009 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.8 sits in the “Good” band. 85% 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?
70% rate it between 6 and 8. 8 selected write-ups from 20 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Jackie Flannery
What do you get when blending Jamaican rum, young Guyana pot still and Isla whisky, all continental aged? Right! Let’s do 5 Fijians. SBS 2009 57% Rasta Morris 2009 60,5% Old Brothers 2011 59,1% Old Brothers 2009 63,3% The Nectar 2009 60,5% C: White wine. N: Ooh esters, Aah burnt eucalyptus, Ooh old tyres, Aah pineapples and peaches. An amazing blend between Jamaican fruitiness and phenolic fumes. Let’s see if the mouth can also deliver. M: Sweet lime, sweet piña and smoke. This is an “in your face” kind of Fijian. It sure delivers! Me: Hello bartender, do you have a Cask Strength rum from Fiji? B: Sorry we don’t. Me: Don’t bother. Blend that 10y Hampden, that 12y Versailles and that 12y Lagavulin. Thank you very much. F: Short and smoky. Buy: Yes, I want 2 bottles of this.
Review by Morgan Garet
Du début à la fin les solvants et le fumé prennent trop de place, c'est dommage car après une très longue aération quelques notes pâtissières font quelques apparition (trop discrètement).
Review by Rare Akuma
Tasted at Liquid Leuven ‘23, so my review remains rather concise. On the nose immediately clear why this is polarising. It’s an eclectic blend of esters, citrus and campfire smoke. Especially the smoky note is quite present. Opens reasonably sour with berrymix and lemon juice; counterbalanced with yellow banana and marzipan. Then heavily spiced with peppers, juniper and cloves, which segue into chamomile tea and dried grasses. A medicinal side takes over and drives the spirit into a wood smoke finish. The palate is similar to the nose. Aggressive, eclectic. There’s the addition of sour pineapple and a little bit of rubber, but the experience remains fruity, spicy, estery and primarily smoky. Despite all this, I still find it light and unbalanced. There’s unfortunately too little wood to tie it all together. More time in, or a more active barrel would have worked magic. The finish is medium long with notes of yellow banana, pineapple juice and marzipan, finishing again with esters and hay.
Review by John Coffey
Manque un peu de longueur
Review by Tom Buteneers
First let rest. Funky in the nose with chemical and citrus notes. The taste is salty-smoky-tart and reminds me more of a Scotch whisky. I can actually appreciate it, oddly enough. Finish is dry-woody-salty and keeps going.... Peppery-spicy accents from start to finish. Different, but certainly not bad. I like it, fine discovery.
Review by Johannes
Taste very bitter and astringent.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
12.12.2020 Nice tasting at a local bar with all new rummies. Notes Light to medium dark in colour. Nose Fresh, light wood, fruity, light nutts, light esters, spice, apple. Palate Round, light wood, fruity, light caramel, light ester, anise, light ginger, light melon, faint salt. Finish Medium long, wood, light ester, fruits, anise, light ginger.
Review by Richard Krupa
Tato lahev je opravdu prekvapeni. Sul, olivy v chuti a sladkost a ovoce ve vuni
Details about Asta Morris South Pacific Rasta Morris 2009
A rum from Fiji, bottled by Asta Morris, at 60,5%.
Community purchases
9 bottles logged by 8 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
9 purchased · 24 tasted · 3 wishlist · as of
About the South Pacific distillery
The South Pacific distillery is located in Fiji. Rums from South Pacific have been reviewed 3,650 times with an average of 8.0/10.
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