Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Because no one else was giving the king of Jamaican overproof rums a proper review (with a glass of water and an eyedropper instead of shooting it and making funny faces).
63% ABV, probably bottled in 2019. It's terrific. 86+/100.
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Very well crafted. You will not find a more versatile mixer out there. This goes with anything. I mean anything. Creamy or fruity.
This with fresh coconut water is just beautiful.
I totally believe it!!
That Rum makes the best RumPunch...That’s where the magic happens
Thanks! Really, there are lots of places for the magic to happen with this stuff.
Watching you try to keep a straight face on that first sip was hilarious
I think I actually make a better face on the Hamilton 151 video! That might be a little more special, TH-cam has no shortage of people making faces trying to imbibe Wray and Nephew...
@@differentspirits4157 In all seriousness though, well done. I appreciate a serious review of Wray & Nephew White Overproof. From what I understand, it is definitely a rather polarizing acquired taste. It is one of the rums I haven't mustered the nerve to try yet. I just uncorked my first serious Jamaican rum today, Appleton 12 Year Rare Blend, and I absolutely loved it. I will try Smith & Cross next, and if I enjoy that level of funk then I will muster the courage to buy a bottle of the (in)famous Wray & Nephew White Overproof. I am researching Wray & Nephew now in anticipation, which is how I came across your review... which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Thanks! Appleton 12 is one of the classics. In many ways W&N (as a blend of pot and column distillate) is actually more like an unaged Appleton than it is like S&C, which of course is pure pot still stuff. It's really the bottling strength that gives W&N its reputation, not the aggressiveness or even the funkiness of the spirit itself (that's what my Rum Fire video is all about). That doesn't mean it's not still polarizing, but lots of stuff in spirits is polarizing. And there aren't a lot of videos on youtube of folks shooting Springbank or Thomas Handy. :)
@@differentspirits4157 Are you active on www.rumratings.com? I would love to read your ratings and tasting notes.
@@Santaklose11 As a Jamaican , I suggest you try it with orange juice Pepsi or eggnog.
This past weekend was my first time sipping on this and I must say I have never had something burn/evaporate in my mouth so fast!! However with coke, it isn’t so bad, but boy I felt the effect quickly.
Water. It likes water. :)
Nice review. I’m mostly a whisky drinker but do like brandy and mezcal. What other white sipping rums do you recommend? I like bold flavors and like funky flavors
Thanks! That question has a very, very long answer, but I'm going to limit myself to Hampden's Rum Fire. 😁
@@differentspirits4157 thanks!
This one is a classic. It's in most Jamaican households. I'm interested in you reviewing more white rums, and un-aged spirits. They don't get any love, and they can sometimes be just as, if not more interesting as aged spirits. Take care.
-Alex
Thanks! I do think they're starting to get a *little* attention elsewhere, but surprisingly almost none on the youtube. I've reviewed a whole bunch of other unaged rums, mezcals, etc. if you want to hunt around my channel, it's just that they're drops in a giant youtube ocean mostly filled with whiskey reviews...
@@differentspirits4157 I'm still going through the channel, and enjoying it immensely so far. I'm no stranger to the un-aged spirits myself. I prefer them many times, especially lately. Aging *sometimes can take things in a homogenized, sweet direction. Take care. We'll chat again, hopefully.
-Alex
You can still get aged white rum. They just charcoal filter it so it turns white again.
I have been sipping this rum since i was 10 years old back in Jamaica. My dad always sent me to the store to buy it and i knew where he would hide it so i would get a few sips before he finished it. This rum is in every household in Jamaica. Not Rhum Bar, not Rum Fire. J Wray and Nephew all the way. Its the best sipping rum. There is something special about it when it hits your throat. I also sip it raw.
I hope you're okay with me still liking Rum Bar and Rum Fire too. :)
@@differentspirits4157 oh yeah. Those are great rums but i know as a fact this Wray & Nephew rum is in every household on the island. There is something about that rum. There is also a lot of stories about that rum. They use it to run away evil spirits. They use it for medicinal purposes. There are stories of people having the flu and they clean themselves with that rum and in 2 minutes they feel much better. This rum have a lot of stories associated with it. Its legendary in Jamaica.
It gets sweeter from the cane sugar with more water added. Very good review everything you said was on point.
Thanks, and thank you for commenting!!
I just discovered your channel and am so grateful for your most excellent and well thought out reviews. Your eclectic taste in spirits, ie Baiju is so refreshing. My spirits collection is varied over many different types. I am currently sipping on Amari and Rums. Keep up the great in depth reviews.
Thanks for watching and commenting!! Eclectic is what I'm going for...
As a whisky drinker, time in the glass, adding water etc.... this is a real find. You got to like bananas however lol! Rotten bananas specifically! :) This takes water really well also. I added up to pretty much the same amount 50/50 and it took it on no problem delivering wonderful flavours.
I appreciated your review and your process was exactly what I was looking for. Straight off you said about not shooting or downing this. Very important and sound advice. Can't believe people would do this with this spirit.
A wonderful value overproof rum.
Thanks for the kind words!
Been trying to explain to ppl for years that this rum is nice to drink just as how one would have scotch. It is really smooth.
It's a true malternative!! :)
I hope you become successful in your endeavours. Nice review
Thanks, much appreciated!
I once came into work with this mixed in my large coffee cup. Co-workers smelled the alcohol from both my cup and breath. I thought at least one person would go to management, but I never got in shit.
I'mma go out on a limb and say that Jamaican rum is a poor choice for stealth drinking on the job. :D
Captain Jack Sparrow wud like a few drink of this trust me.
Turns out pirates of the time actually drank a hell of a lot more *brandy* than rum! No really, true story! (cocktailwonk.com/2019/12/setting-record-straight-british-navy-rum.html)
Thank you for this review, although the try & reaction videos are fun, having a more detailed review of the rum is appreciated. This particular rum has a very distinct smell that's immediately noticeable and unmistakable.
Thanks for commenting! It really is a gem, this stuff.
Try it like a Gentleman Drunkard -
White Rum tonic water over ice with a lime slice. Eat something salty while enjoying this Rum.
Cheers 🍻
Am Jamaican and I drink this run every week so good and I drink it with grapefruit juice and my weed
Only every week?? :D
How do you know no dunder or anything was used in the process? Source?
I don't! W&N keeps the blend secret, so I'm guessing. Certainly you wouldn't use dunder for the column-distilled portion of this, but I'd guess even most of the pot distillate has been kept relatively low-ester. In retrospect I am pretty sure there's some heavier marques in there for top notes (especially after reviewing a NYE/HM th-cam.com/video/4OlU6bD1axA/w-d-xo.html ), but I doubt that they make up much of the final composition.
Great video. This stuff is delicious if you can temper the heat a bit. Similar to overproof Lemon Hart, which is similarly strong but tasty.
As the comments below indicate, apparently it's pretty normal for older folks in Jamaica to have their Wray with a bit of water. Which is to say, apparently I'm an old Jamaican man inside.
Met this rum first at a Caribbean party in Hackney / London a couple of years ago. I first thought it must have been a cheap spirit based on the strong alcoholic kick, but the sweet sugarcane aftertaste really reeled me in. Loving it ever since! Actually, having a rum coke with it right now...
It's a cheap spirit AND it reels you in!! :D
I think this tastes quite a bit like mezcal. Very atypical rum. I can't believe it's so popular in Jamaica where so much incredible rum is made. The finish of W&N white overproof is a touch sweeter than mezcal. I am reminded of a review I did for Lost Spirits in 2017 for The Whiskey Wash. This stuff reminds me of those whiskeys. Brian Davis used THEA (Targeted Hyper-Esterification Aging / his term) to create his strange whiskies. I didn't really like them and I didn't trust they were safe to drink. I gave away the bottles after I did my review and I never swallowed the whiskey that I tasted. For me, the finish of W&N overproof is the best part. I'm not a huge mixologist but I suspect this rum's popularity hinges almost entirely on mixing it into tropical drinks.
At least part of its popularity hinges on its strength as a mixer, yes!
You'll be disappointed to hear that I also maintain a fondness for the Lost Spirits range :D (although I liked the old, pre-THEA Leviathan far more than anything in the current lineup).
Yes! What a great one to work with - Chers!
I mean, this is one of those bottles I'll pop open just to sniff while I'm busy going about my day. instant blast of banana pudding and vanilla ice cream w/ banana slices and Nilla wafers and banana flambé w/ oils and simple syrup and rose water and mango flesh. its a dream.
Yup. It's a miracle that they can sell something this good all around the world at this price.
Good review. We have a lot of decent Jamaican products here in England thanks to the colonial connection, and this is one of the finest. I enjoy it neat but with a glass of water to hand to drink between sips. I appreciated you identifying liquorice in the palate. That's exactly what I've been experiencing but hadn't been able to place it until now.
Thanks! Licorice and anise/fennel is actually surprisingly common as a note in Jamaican rum - it comes up a lot in my zillions of Hampden reviews, for example...
Magnum is the best drink to come out of Jamaica
Seeing him trying to describe the smell of it is hilarious 🤣
It's TH-cam, trying to describe stuff is part of the game!! 😂
Feminine was it? Thank goodness for this review actually, because that standard videos out there are pretty ridiculous. I agree with you that these Jamaican over-proofs, for the price they retail for, are right up there and offer a lot more than other, more distinguished, spirits.
I regretted "feminine" the second I said it, and I think you can see it on my face... that was way closer to Jim Murray territory than I want to get, y'know?
I have to admit I like the ridiculous W&N videos more than if a pair of white guys stood in front of a barroom set and ostensibly reviewed it while actually bullshitting for five minutes.
@@differentspirits4157 I'm just pulling your leg. I agree about the vids but what's available is still pretty childish.
Wen u take your first sip is like it bus your head open 😆😅😂😃😁
So once there was this brand called John crow batty you wouldn’t want it with water because the water help to strengthen it
On the list for whenever I can get over to Jamaica to buy one!
@@differentspirits4157 John crow batty is like what Jamaica sends to Newfoundland....they get the raw, unfiltered....my friend tried it once and didn't know how he got home...he said he went blind for a minute, lololol
Ever try Goslings black seals 151proof
Great review btw quite a enjoyable sipper can take a good amount of water before it becomes bland
Thanks! I have tried the Goslings - not bad, certainly better than the standard 80, but I also think it's long since been surpassed by better options (Hamilton 151 comes to mind).
@@differentspirits4157 Unfortunately in Ontario the only 2 overproof rums we have at the LCBO is Goslings 151 and W&N we dont get much variety up here because its all government controlled. WE get Glenfarclas 15 tho and that can be hard to get in teh states I have heard
@@lurk7967 Hmm, it may be worth experimenting with your own vatting for overproof rum purposes - starting with, say, 1 to 2 of W&N to the Goslings. Good luck!
I totally get the liquorice, all spice, nutmeg and cinnamon aroma. I also detect pimento and citrus fruit zest.
Yup. And all yours for around the same price as a bottle of Jameson.
Wray and Nephew white rum is nice mixed but traditionally its chased with water and shot. Nowadays it's had with water over ice and sipped.
To channel Booker Noe for a moment, I think folks can drink it any damn way they want! :D
Yes with anything. We put in cakes. I put in carrot juice!
@@julieblack598 ...Wraykes? :D
Fast forward to 2024 and now there is a shortage of this fine spirit. Rum fire is still widely available
@@yankchef4067 Yeah, I don't know what's going on. Chicago is basically dry...
@@differentspirits4157 they had a press release citing the weather and some other factors I'm not really sure. They also announced they spent 60 or 80 million to increase their capacity. I found 2 in the hood today and scooped em up
Lapsang Souchong and Latakia, yes! I love this stuff, people think I'm a little off for drinking it straight with water, but it's so good. If you have a chance try Smith and Cross! Funk #49 (it's a song haha). I agree column stills get a bad wrap. Column still rye can be amazing as well. Cheers!
Thanks! I know Smith and Cross very well, but it's already gotten plenty of attention TH-cam-wise and so far I've been focusing more on products that fall through the cracks a little. Also, James Gang or Eagles?
@@differentspirits4157 that's true, lots of coverage of smith + cross. I love that you are reviewing overproofs straight. They are very much the islays of rum. I'm in Canada, but if you can get some Lamb's over proof you might enjoy it. James Gang and Joe Walsh all the way man! Eagle's are amazing though :)
Yeah, it's strange that we get a bunch of other Corby stuff down in the States (Wiser's...) but not Lamb's. As for reviewing higher-strength rums (I wouldn't even say "overproof" except that it's on the bottles, it's kind of meaningless outside the history of British tax law), I just see the values as absolutely killer at the moment!
@@differentspirits4157 might have to hoard them a little. Iit's anything LIKE malt whisky prices will shoot up in a few years! Cheers!
Correct. This rum should be had with ice or water or in a cocktail or a clear soda like tonic water. Not Pepsi, sprite or coke because the flavours clash. Fruit juices are also very good like fruit punch.
Someone somewhere decided to bridge those two sides and invented Ting.
Yes, this is a slow SIPPER, that makes it enjoyable
Fast sipping this is a bad idea. :)
nice spirit collection behind you, sir.
those are books, the booze is off to the side. :)
i quite like this...is it refined no....but i quite like the burn..lol
I think the refinement is there, one just needs to break out the teaspoon and get it down to a more reasonable strength (but of course, then you lose the burn).
A very good rum review!
Thanks! First one ever.
@@differentspirits4157 I like rum reviews by whisky drinkers. They give a fresh view on the subject.
It is the best rum in the world. Just dont drink it straight.
I love to mix it with an Orange Juice with low acidity
switch that to grapefruit juice and I'm all in there with you!
Older folks drink it with water... younger folks chase it mainly with pepsi.. other sodas and energy drinks. Funnily he unprocessed versions tends to have more body...
I love that this is a spirit that unites a whole island, though, so that the only question is *how* to drink it. :)
@@differentspirits4157 whichever way the drinker sees fit
Rum and ginger sorel. 😋
Tough to find sorel here in the States! If you've got a decent recipe, I'm all ears. :)
@@differentspirits4157
Check the Mexican store. It is called Jamaica.
Boil two liters of water with smash ginger then pure about half pound of the Jamaica in the boiled water and let it sit for a couple of hours. Strain and sweet to your likens. Perfect chaser.👌just give you the recipe for Jamaican favorite Christmas drink.
Rum and coke, orange juice, water, cranberry juice are all good too.
$25 - 30 ??????
You are correct....they hate us in Australia.
This goes for $120 here
That's... that's something... ×_×
Jesus thats insane even in Canada which has a terrible booze monopoly its only 42... And usually we get fucked over on booze nothing cheper than 30 bucks for a full bottle this is actually a decent deal here
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If you can get your hand on a bottle of Sunset Strong Rum from St Vincent I dare you to try it.
It's Sunset *Very* Strong, thanks! :D And yes, I'm grabbing a bottle of that monster the next time I can hit a state that carries it...
Drinking it straight can cut your heart string
Earl Klugh would love this stuff! th-cam.com/video/Yx1QojWwkcw/w-d-xo.html
If adjectives was a person that would be you. 😂
Guilty as charged!
Drink it with coke pineapple orange pepsi
It's the best! I neck it.
I don't recommend necking W&N, but you do you!!
you need to try it with Pepsi, it really good
It'll make a mean rum and coke, I know that much!
Better with Ting
😂
Try it with grapefruit juice. Or a Ting
I love a good Wray and Ting, but the stuff is pretty dang good by itself too.
You’re absolutely right. Ting’s do taste great solo.
I can’t stand shooting stuff. I like straight everything lol
Shots just seem kind of sad to me.
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I just checked and all my chest hair is still there. :3 Maybe a bottle of John Crow Batty will bald me if I can find one.
@@differentspirits4157 it sure will , I only drink John crow batty rum when I have the flu or my sinus flares up and in a day or 2 im good to go . You can also try" Sunset Very Strong Rum " it will definitely leave you seeing sunsets
It's molasses your tasting
Remarkably different than other rums. If you like rums you must try. And ya only a complete fool would be shooting this. It's not even made to be sipped at that abv. But most know this.
Agreed all around!
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Chatting crap bro
no u
Lies and fairy-tales. My nose smells paraffin ( raw paraffin) :)
...wait, you mean the wax? the one that's odorless and tasteless?
The locals nickname it " devil's drink or Mike tyson cause all it take is one or 2 shots & you down for the count.😀😀😀😀😀
But deep inside, it's a softie!
@@differentspirits4157 You need to try the 150 overproof one that stays in Jamaica.the ones coming here is severely dumbed down because it has to meet the U.S standards .
Oh, I've been bugging my wife for a rum vacation to Jamaica for quite awhile now. We'll see what I can fit in the suitcase!
No one calls it that
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You know not what you speak!
I mean, maybe not, but can I still enjoy it?
bro it’s trash
no