Worthy Park Single Estate Reserve 6-10 Years

This was an interesting taste. Sipped neap out of a plain rocks glass. A lovely nose of raw and candied ginger. Similar initial flavor as well as heavy raw peppercorns and cloves. And it's got a terrific acidic tingle initially as if it were high proof. But that quickly gives way to an unholy funk. The funk here tho... Man. It's like spoiled banana and is somewhere approaching unpleasant. I actually rinsed my mouth and drank some water while I let the glass sit. It didn't really make a significant difference. Still an amazing earthy spoiled funk in the finish. I'd like to experiment more but only received a tasting. Perhaps chilled or with ice. I wish this were a little higher proof as I think that might carry it better on the finish. This is nice. Good even. But that's as far as I'm willing to go.

after reading the reviews on this rum I had high hopes especially at 45 a bottle I was disappointed..no wow factor for me just a bit bland I think easy to drink not much burn but I think it's definitely overrated

Nose: Banana bread, oak, fresh cut grass
Palate: Oak, banana laffy taffy, brown sugar. Great oily mouthfeel
Tail: Medium tail, with flavors similar to the palate but slightly more bitter

Very tasty overall and not too fiery. Big fan.

Choosing barrels from a certain square-bottled whiskey was a great choice for this spirit. The overripe banana and butter of the spirit develop into partially-cooked banana bread with the addition of ex-whiskey barrels. Great balance of wood, spice, and fruit, pulled from the oak oven early enough to retain the character of the raw spirit, but late enough to develop.
This is what happens when you use 100% Jamaican-grown cane, 100% pot distillation, and careful choices in maturation.

Perhaps a touch hot for most, and might do better bottled at 43%.

Funk is mild in it. It's not dominat among several other layers of tastes.
First of them is part of young, almost light rum. Again mild spiceness, very natural and delicious.
It burns a bit, just for second and then explodes into raisins, plumes, chocolate and tobacco notes.
Aftertaste is smoky and long enough.
Excellent, sensational rum!

Minus one point - expensive.

At first I didn't really like it, but some more tastings a while after first opening it has really grown to me and loving it now. Very fruity with sweet bananas, pineapple and a little bit of citrus. Also liquorice, wood, smoke and pepper. Decent medium funk, quite smooth, fresh and oily in the mouth. Taste really keeps on going in the mouth. Great!

Sampled at a Rogue Rum Club tasting 5/25/22. Crazy funk aroma. Complex. Peppermint, chocolate, cachaca, doughy, woody. Peaches and honey. Delicious.

yes, first Worthy Park, so far i ve tried (speaking of Jamaican aged rum) only Hampden single estate and the over proof version (both 8 years old), and the WP on the nose have that funky woody/smoky aroma similar to Hampdens, but in the mouth it delivers me less flavors, it s on the dry side (like Appleton 12 and 15) 45% also is good ABV (i really hate when a rum have just 40 or 38% ABV), i expected more flavors for a 100% pot still rum, i see people around here have this banana flavor but i really don t catch this flavor (it remind me to RL Seale 10, but ok i ve paid 11 euro less for it), will give it a 7 ! conclusion: not a bad rum but probably they have much better releases (because pot still 100% is a rare thing today in the world of rum)

45% ABVJamaican rum from the famous Worthy Park distillery (located in the centre of Jamaica). It is a blend of rums made by pot distillation, aged for 6 - 10 years in bourbon barrels.

Bottle: Very nice tall.
Colour: Gold

Smell: Brilliant! Nice and mild Jamaican funk. Overripe tropical fruits (banana, pineapple), vanilla, fermented plums. A little tobacco and wood at the end.
Mouth: Rather drier and slightly sour. Lemon zest, ginger, tan wood and tobacco.
Finish: Long.

Summary: It tastes like a fruity whisky. I recommend it for beginners who want to taste a typical Jamaican rum. Fantastic aroma, drier but quite complex flavour.

Overall rating: 8/10

It’s funky. It’s alright by itself but better mixed in a simple cocktail.