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Enmore S.B.S Guyana REV 1994
One taster called it a "benchmarked Enmore," and that fits: 26 years of tropical wood push tobacco, licorice, dark chocolate and dried plum right to the front. Most people find it dark, heavy yet oddly easy to drink, with a very long finish. The recurring gripe is a lingering bitterness, and a few wish the 48.5% hit a bit harder.
The community says- Licorice and tobacco
- Long finish
- Lingering bitterness
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How does Enmore S.B.S Guyana REV 1994 taste?
Aggregated from 92 community reviews.
Dark, woody old Enmore with licorice depth Loved as a deep, woody REV full of licorice, tobacco and prunes. Two sticking points come up repeatedly: a persistent bitterness and an ABV some feel could be higher.
Fans of old, wood-driven Demerara and licorice-heavy Enmore
Anyone who dislikes bitterness or wants sweet, easy rum
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What does the community say?
2% rate it between 6 and 8. 18 selected write-ups from 92 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Christoph
The 1994 Enmore is the best of "the four" from the Guyana 2021 SBS release. The 1990 Uitvlugt is already too much over the zenith in comparison and the flavors are somewhat lost in the wood and the 2001 Skeldon is fruitier but not as balanced as this one. (Disclaimer: comparison on an extremely high level, as all 3 aforementioned rums are excellent). For 48.5%, the alcohol could be less present, but that's already forcible fault finding.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Had a nice evening with good friends and some nice S.B.S. bottles. What a lovely bottling. Once rested it releases the most wonderful flavours. Almost perfect balance between the individual flavours and I love the woody and roasted flavours. Nice and warm on the palate and the empty glass is very nice after a few hours.
Review by Tim
Complex nose and quite different to the Enmores of El Dorado. The nose is heavy in red fruits, smoke aromas (tobacco, charred), barrel and dark spices. Vanilla and caramel are found rather less here. In the mouth, finally, vegetable, woody and dark flavors dominate. Very long finish with black tea. Awesome, never had it before. Picks me up, even if it does not quite hit the mark.
Review by Tschusikowsky
RumX Advent 8.12.23 Bittersweet Symphony🤩 Harmonious dark fruits with brown sugar. Heavy and woody, yet light and harmonious. It smells like demerara. Mixture of a bed of herbs, older, damp wood, plus iodine and vanilla. In the mouth tobacco, iodine, nectarine, peach, vanilla, dill, some lavender, plum, chocolate, leather, licorice, tobacco. Very long finish. Beautiful complexity. Great stuff and very tasty. It has a kind of heavy character, but is easy to drink. First class rum.
Review by Tom Buteneers
Wow! Hier keek ik naar uit. De geruchtenmolen stelde dat dit de beste van de 4 laatste Guyana’s van SBS (De Skeldon van The Nectar niet meegerekend). Het is heel erg goed. Bitterzoet, houterig maar niet erover, complex en de alcohol maakt mooi deel uit van het geheel. Edit:samplekill 08/04/2024 The nose is luscious and inviting. The balance between the ABV, the “dark elements” in the profile and the wood is just right. They chose the right time to bottle it. Originally (3 years ago) I scored it 9.4 and at that point in time it was justified. Now I took it down a bit as I’ve experienced quite a few rums in the meantime. Nevertheless it remains an excellent drop!
Review by TheRhumhoe
A superb bottling from SBS, which manages to capture all the essence of Enmore REV 1994. Round, intense and elegant, the nose is marked by dried fruit (prunes, grapes), aromatic herbs (thyme) and black tea, accompanied by warm spices (licorice, cinnamon) and a delicate woodiness, followed by leather but without bitterness. Caramel, dark chocolate and tobacco season the olfactory profile with a healthy dose of gourmandise. No aggression is felt, but the aromas are exuberant. Dark, empyreumatic notes (smoky, roasted notes, Malta nuts and roasted hazelnuts), spices and woodiness compete with black tea and aromatic herbs to take control of the palate. Dried fruit is also present, but more subdued. The bitterness is felt on dark chocolate and coffee. The finish is superb, rather thin on the palate but very long, with dark, bitter notes and a hint of rubber at the end that upsets the balance of flavors. The profile is dry but also smooth and elegant, driven by dried fruits, warm spices and smoky oak. A superb rum that offers a veritable gustatory orgasm.
Review by Olivia
Blind tasting notes from RumX calendar day 8: The typical notes of a Guyana rum immediately come to mind when I smell it. On the palate, the full-bodied and intense rum is characterized by berry notes, chocolate, wood, glue and slightly bitter notes. I can also taste a hint of licorice. The alcohol is well integrated. I blindly estimated the ABV to be under 60%. I would not have guessed that it would only have 48%. I really like this rum and it's a lot of fun in the glass. A rarity, as the taste profile of rum from Guyana very rarely manages to inspire me.
Review by Johannes
Not quite in the same league with the RA, WP, VM 94!
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Great stuff. Beautifully complex and yet round. The initial bitterness on the palate disappears (almost) with time.In direct comparison with the Rumclub (RX11613) sweeter, softer and not as intense. On the nose, the SBS has less fruit and more tobacco and black tea.
Review by Frank
Beautiful old drop. Nose: spicy-woody-roasty-fruity. Sufficiently complex, despite the relatively low ABV. With more % one would not need to smell so fine into it. Besides the spicy-woody aromas with old, slightly dusty oak, sweetish tobacco and fine licorice, I find dried oranges, prune and black currant. Some pencil lead mixes in right at the start. It comes across as darkly toasty yet aromatically fresh. Palate: very nice full-bodied, intense and delicious. Lots of wood with wood acidity, slightly bitter, slightly salty, but all not distracting. Old oak with fragrant sandalwood along with licorice and some mint. Malty toasty, plus resinous and at the same time sweet tobacco. In the back over all some prune and dried cherry. Absolutely beautiful REV!
Review by cigares
An old Versailles always creates a lot of promise, and the color is very dark. The nose is reminiscent of Valle d'Aosta coffee, a blend of wood, coffee and orange. The palate is made up of old wood, prunes and burnt sugar, with a hint of chewed pencil, wet wood and graphite. You can smell the same ingredients in the empty glass. A rum that reminds me both of Valle d'Aosta's "copa del amicizia" for the nose and of school pencils for the taste.
Review by mto75
Very round and balanced, there is a bit of everything, I find the tobacco notes on the palate particularly interesting.
Review by DomM
Compared to other ‘94 REVs, this so far has the ‚darkest‘ and thickest nose leaning towards herbal and more woody/smokey notes. This is also reflected on the palate making this one the most woody of the batch so far.
Review by Thunderbird
An exceptional rum, but too woody for my taste! But that's complaining on a high level! The rum is great! Edit: In the glass again today and I have to improve here. I suspect that my taste perception has changed somewhat. Today it seems much rounder and more accessible to me. Despite the relatively light ABV, it is very complex and deep. It develops a very wide range of dark aromas. 0.4 points upwards corrected
Review by Maxence
Amazing color and nose. Mouth is unfortunately less balanced with a little too much wood and final is too bitterish. Without this, it could have been a 90+ rum. Still a really good one of course.
Review by Aussierumfan
A lovely 1994 REV, very complex. Tobacco, Caramel and dark chocolate. Spicy. The empty glass smelt lovely the morning after😁 quite a lot of slightly musty wood with a long finish. Could still taste it an hour later!
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
RumX-Adventskalender 08.12.2023 Great piece! I thought this rum was more of a mild KFM with its slight bitterness. With a little more percentage it would even have broken through the 90-point barrier. For me, the best rum from the calendar so far.
Review by Galli33
Very delicious S.B.S Typical Guyana Enmore notes in the nose which continues in the mouth. Finish is also classy enmore like. Last place of my Enmore tasting: Alcohol could be integrated better. Very bad value per money ratio…
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Details about Enmore S.B.S Guyana REV 1994
A Pot Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by 1423 World Class Spirits, at 48,5%.
Community purchases
37 bottles logged by 26 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
32% opened, 7 emptied and repurchased.
What did the community pay for Enmore S.B.S Guyana REV 1994?
Community paid 77–341 €.
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37 purchased · 96 tasted · 29 wishlist · as of
About the Enmore distillery
The Enmore distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Enmore have been reviewed 4,653 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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