Worthy Park Single Estate Reserve

Delicious rum, Jamaican funk, completely different from classic sweet rums, exotic fruits, bananas, cocoa, pleasant tannins, spices. Pleasant, lasting, fresh, dry and slightly salty finish. For me, as a whisky lover, this rum is what I'm looking for. Great balance of aromas, taste and strength.

It’s a really great rum and excellent introduction to Jamaican rum with a blend aged 6-10 years that’s flavourful, smooth and complex with a rather long finish. Bought some bottles of it together with some others from Worthy Park during the last Rum Cruise with Birka Cruises in the Baltic Sea after tasting it at Ian Burrell’s blind taste. I really like that they now are on their own because I’m more interested in having bottles from the actually distillery than from independent bottlers. On the added photo is the bottles included at Ian Burrell’s Blindtest.

Promising start turns bitter. On the cusp of greatness but poor aging/blending practises ruin the experience completely.

Super pleasant and soft estery notes on the nose. Rather dry, tropical fruits, some banana in the mouth. A wonderful Jamaican rum from WP if it does not have to be an ester bomb from Hampden. Good for beginners.

Interesting rum mainly because I found it an unusual Jamaican because of some of the fruity notes. As the mere novice that I am, at a blind tasting, I would have mistaken it for an agricultural. Very light toastiness. Medium-long finish with a prevalence of lychee.

For the umpteenth time, I'm going back to Select. My least favourite rum from my favourite distillery. The aroma probably reminds me more of Guyana than Worthy Park. I finally figured it out. It tastes like young Guyana, too. I don't think it fits WP's production, but it's not bad.

Sehr Weicher, runder und komplexer Jamaikaner aus der wahrscheinlich nachhaltigsten Rumdestillerie der Welt. Schöner langer fruchtiger Abgang mit den typischen Bananen Aromen. Macht Spaß ihn zu trinken!

A good rum for a successful introduction to the world of Jamaica, which is very intense despite being 45%. Balanced, complex and round with beautiful aromas and all at a very fair price. Very fruity with lots of apple, citrus fruit and banana, complemented by wood, caramel, chocolate and floral notes.

Really good starter rum, especially to enter in the wonderfull world of jamaican rums. Very pleasant to drink. Nose is fruity with some esters and a light floral, marzipan, woody notes. The various notes of trop. fruits, esters and wood contiues in mouth. The finish is medium long with various notes. Perfect in combination with a mild cigar👌🏻👌🏻

Notes taken during the Rhum Fest 2024, Quick notes and a bit heavy palate, sorry :) Here we have: a fine success, a well-balanced rum with quite a long finish for its 45 degrees. Rum: sweet, with spices and vanilla Finish: a hint of cardamom, menthol or licorice? Rather nice, probably a little expensive, but good...

After a long time, I have once again torn open a rum that accompanied me in my early days. For the price, this is a real underdog for me. With a little more ABV, it would be an absolute cracker. As a mixer, it's excellent and all for under €40 at the time

This is my second Worthy Park tasting, I found 12y little more matured and smoother, but this one is still very tasty. It’s typical Jamaica, I liked esters in this one and also alcohol (45%) is really well integrated and its quite smooth and pleasant finish. Definitely worth the tasting. I can recommend.

N: nice mix of glue, varnish, nailpolish remover, ripe papaya and pineapple. Also green olive in brine, tea. Some wood influences with vanilla. Gets fruitier by the minute, on banana and peach. T: Funky and weighty, rather rounded. A tropical fruit mix meets glue, olives, sea spray and tea. Just a bit of spice. Quite complex with the right alcoholic strength. F: Juicy, a tad funky, with solid wood influence of vanilla, slice and cigar box. Solid rum!

All my Tastings and Scores are purely based on “Rums under £50”. I rarely look at Rums over £50 for my YouTube.

Update after 9-12 month open bottle: So much red apple in this one, didn’t notice first time around. This is a great 100% pot still Jamaican sipping rum at a great price. It's so gentle yet so full-flavored with that signature Jamaican funk. Perhaps one of the very best introductions to a friend who wants to try a Jamaican for the first time. Even though it's not very expensive it's clearly not meant to be a cocktail rum, where a lot of its gentlemanly subtlety gets lost. Great provenance, great flavor, a pleasure.