Perola Bellamy‘s Reserve Perola 15th Anniversary Edition 2025

Bellamy's Reserve Perola 15th Anniversary Edition 2025 is a multi origin island blend from the bottler Perola, built from pot and column molasses distillate, given over ten years in Ex-Bourbon oak and bottled at a cask strength 51.5%. Despite that proof, it drinks far softer and sweeter than the strength would suggest.

The bourbon cask shapes everything here. The nose leads with nutty, hazelnut and vanilla notes over a clear bourbon character, the palate turns sweet with hazelnut, vanilla and fudge, and the finish stays nutty with bourbon and nougat. It is a comforting, dessert leaning profile, easy and approachable, though it tastes noticeably sweetened, with tasters putting it firmly in stepping stone territory and one citing a sugar figure around its base. As a sweet, nutty, bourbon forward sipper it is genuinely enjoyable for those who like that style, while drinkers chasing dry, transparent funk will find it too soft and rounded for their taste.