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The Antigua Distillery English Harbour High Congener Series 2014
Call it "high congener" and you'd expect a wild ester bomb — but this drinks softer and sweeter than the name suggests. Think chocolate brownie, cocoa, vanilla and coconut, with a creamy body more than raw funk. A lot of tasters blind-guess it as Barbados or Foursquare. A drop of water tames the glue note and the heat, and the melting-chocolate finish is the part people remember.
The community says- Dark chocolate note
- Great value
- Wants water
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How does The Antigua Distillery English Harbour High Congener Series 2014 taste?
Aggregated from 135 community reviews.
Chocolatey, coconut-rich Antigua at cask strength Loved for its chocolatey, coconut-laced profile and cask-strength value. Most call it a Foursquare-like everyday sipper; the recurring gripe is it's less complex and hotter than the name promises.
Foursquare and Barbados fans who want cask-strength chocolate and coconut
Anyone chasing loud high-ester funk or bothered by 63.8% heat
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.3 sits in the “Very good” band. 97% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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33% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 135 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Most helpful positive review
very very tasty successor to the velier Antigua 2012. not quite as complex, but almost more drinkable, much darker & spicier, less fruity and an incredibly cool dark chocolate brownie/cookie note. Very cool stuff, especially for the money!🇦🇬🙏💥❤️👌🏽 If it was a little less biting it could almost get over 9.0 just because of the fair price!
Review by HenryL
Most helpful mixed review
Leckerer Rum, schöne Kokos-Schoko-Noten die an Belize erinnern. Trifft zwar nicht ganz meinen persönlichen Geschmack aber der Alkohol ist hervorragend integriert, das Mundgefühl angenehm dick und der Rum definitiv fair bepreist.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
pleasantly surprised by the 63,8% super well integrated.lack of maturity but delicious for only 60€.
Review by Stefan Persson
A great rum from ADL. I think it’s great that they now release a high congener rum themselves so that we now don’t need to buy overpriced Velier releases. It’s not possible, at least for me, to distinguish the Velier English Harbour from this one. GREAT RUM !!!
Review by Tim
The first few times I tried this rum, I couldn't do much with it. Nevertheless, I was amazed by the mild 64%! Characterized by caramel, chocolate, roasted nutty and fruit, you should give it a few minutes and add some water so that the solvent note can evaporate. In the mouth it is initially spicy and bitter chocolatey, but hardly any fruit. Sweet caramel, chocolate and roasted aromas come through in the finish. The fruit, I mean mainly banana and coconut, also reappears. Delicious and very good value for money. Hope to see another release from Antigua -> YES!!!
Review by Oliver
Reminiscent of a Foursquare-Belize blend on the nose and palate. A little wilder and edgier than the Antigua from Velier. I like it very much. Top value for money!
Review by Martin Ekrt
Stejně jako před chvílí u FS pro Warehouse#1 i teď u EH popíjím poslední kapky z ulitého vzorku. Podobnost ve vuniz s FS, ale navíc přidaná jakási zemitá prašnost. Chuťově hozené více ke karamelu a pepři, tím pádem ostřejší. Silné ale dobré pití.
Review by Galli33
Thanks to Serge for this Sample! Really a great rum! Good complexity, full body, the barrel and alcohol is integrated as well too. The finish is quite long and overwehlemed of dark chocolate I found it similar to some belize bottlings!
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Very tasty and intense. Alcohol is noticeable, but not disturbing. Makes fun.
Review by Gregor
Very nice value for money. Pleasant sweetness that is not at all artificial. Very clean. And despite the high alcohol content, pleasant and not burning. Really very well done!
Review by Stefan L
Despite having no added sugar it’s really really sweet and thick. It would have totally had me a couple of years back when I was into the sweet stuff and by then landed a really high score. After steering away from sweetness I now probably need to rethink the sweetness aspect of it as I still think it’s quite good. Question is should new me or old me give the verdict? Let’s mix em and round up the result…. A few times in on this bottle now and still the same conflicting feelings about it. And even more times in, still the same... And again and again…
Review by Martin Augustin
Ein durchaus scharfer Geruch kommt einem entgegen. Schmeckt dann viel weicher mit gut eingebundem Alkohol. Ein unglaublich schokoladiges Erlebnis. Dann kommt noch etwas Kokosnuss dazu. Nicht super komplex, aber ein super Rum für kalte Tage mit tollem PLV.
Review by DomM
Somewhat harsher than the Velier HTR release despite the same aging. A drop of water greatly enhances this rum and opens up its profile.
Review by Timo Groeger
Nächstes Sample von nem Kumpel. Jetzt wird es interessant. Hier hat man Vanille, Karamell und dunkle Schokolade in Nase und Gaumen. Die 63,8% ABV kommen durch, sind aber nicht krass zu spüren. Empfehlung von mir.
Review by Christian Rudt
Anlässlich der zweiten Veröffentlichung der high congener series mal zur Verkostung hier im Glas. War damals ein echter Blindkauf. Für den Release Preis zwischen 60-70€ bekommt man hier einfach sehr viel an Geschmack. Wir befinden uns irgendwo zwischen Barbados Foursquare und Belize. Schöne intensive Aromen. Bisschen zu alkoholisch aber sehr Gutes Release
Review by Rodolphe
Très bon rum. Cela ressemble pas mal à un foursquare 2007 mais avec moins de solvants. Un petit peu moins complexe en bouche aussi. Mais très gourmand et très agréable.
Review by F.L.O.
Could be Foursquare Update 2025: 2 years later, in a blind tasting, I would still I would still guess Foursquare. But it's Antigua and still Still delicious. Nice and dry, with wood, coconut, nuts and vanilla. Top rum
Review by Tschusikowsky
Top Geschmack und Qualität fürs Geld
Review by Leo Krüper
Solider Cremiger Everyday-Sipper mir viel Power. Erinnert mich an Barbados mit dem Kokos, vielleicht wie ein leichter Foursquare fast. Schönes PLV und schöne Abfüllung.
Review by ChristophFFM
Sehr ausgewogen. Am Anfang ein wenig scharf in Nase und Geschmack. Kurz stehen lassen. Danach erinnert er an Rum aus Barbados, aber wenig süß und stattdessen würziger. Der Abgang sehr trocken. Angenehm, aber der Alkohol könnte besser eingebunden sein.
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Details about The Antigua Distillery English Harbour High Congener Series 2014
A Column Still Rum from Antigua, distilled by The Antigua Distillery, at 63,8%.
Community purchases
162 bottles logged by 113 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 20 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for The Antigua Distillery English Harbour High Congener Series 2014?
Community paid 57–79 €.
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About the The Antigua Distillery distillery
The The Antigua Distillery distillery is located in Antigua. Rums from The Antigua Distillery have been reviewed 1,272 times with an average of 7.9/10.
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