Worthy Park Select 4-Year

The Worthy Park Select is a blend of Jamaican rums aged for 4-12 years.
In color, this rum is pale, honey like.
A very intriguing rum in smell. It is quite sweet on the nose and has heavy notes of green apples and peaches. Really extraordinary! These notes then also translate into the taste.
The Worthy Park Select tastes naturally sweet and has some funkiness to it in the form of tropical fruits and peaches. The funkiness seems to be typical of Jamaican rums. It is not a rum that would have sugar added to it and is on the drier side of the spectrum, with additional notes of dark chocolate and oak.
The aftertaste is rather short but pleasant - sweet and funky.
Overall, this rum is a nice surprise, especially at the price and worth a sip. On the other hand, the Appleton Estate 12-year, which is another Jamaica in the same price category, is still a better option for my personal taste.

Obviously, Worthy Park can produce good/great rums. This is not it. It is too ethanol harsh and lacks any deep flavors. It is inexpensive especially in Jamaica and maybe that is the offset. However, to me, I am not rating the price value but the taste value. There are smoother, Jamaican molasses flavored, and tasty caramel laced rums to choose from when visiting this island.

First thing first: This stuff is too expensive in Germany. It is not worth 25 Euros. 15 sounds about right to me.

I am told this is a mix of rums that aged 4 to 12 years. While I find 4 years plausible, I would be astounded if there is more than a few drops of 12-year-old rum in here. Seems to fiery to me for that. But I would need to try older Worthy Park rums to really know. Maybe this is a characteristic of their spirits.

Nose is funk, banana, pear, apple, some oak.

On the palate, it starts very hot and alcoholic, then mellows down a bit. Aroma is quite funky, dry, apples and pears are very prominent. A hint of glue. Reminds me of fruity whisky, even of Calvados. The oak is quite outspoken as well. Possibly some smoke - hard to tell apart from the funk. Finish is warming and a bit rough.

I like it. But for sipping it is a bit rough. And as a mixer, too expensive in Germany.

I would like to put this into a blind tasting with strong, fruity whiskies. I would like to know whether people will know it is a rum, not a whisky. The funk might give it away, but everything else is very whisky-esque. Which is great fun - and "whisky plus funk" sounds very good to me.

Tropical fruit in the nose. Molasses and marzipan, light oakiness.

Beau rhum a essayer en dégustation mais devrait être meilleur en ti-punch.

Aroma of this rum is very fresh with tones of vanilla and fruits. Because its stay in only once used white oak ex-bourbon barrels is taste bourbon like, but that's not problem and colour is very light too. I like this rum very much for its freshness and lightness. Very good value for not so much money.

Sweet tropical fruit and banana aroma. Peach and molassa in the body, hint of tail.

barva světle nažloutlá
- vůně typický Worthy Park, banány, vanilka
- chuť jamajská, nasládlá, vanilka, banán
Poměr cena výkon velmi příjemný

A wonderful floral aroma with strong hints of apple cider. A light mouth feel, but a lot of flavor. A little heat gives away its youth, but it has a long finish that reminds me of a sweet dry wine.

Not fantastic. Burns a bit. Can't think of anything positive to say