Myers's Original Dark Rum

Aroma is burnt molasses, tar, gas station odors. Maybe earthy. Taste is sweet, strong alcohol burn and tar earth flavor on the finish.

Rating: 12/23 N: I get a bit of fake caramel, but it fits nicely with the fireworks, tobacco, spice and tropical fruits (mango, pineapple, orange, banana). It's a forceful nose, but not a bad one. There's perhaps a faint hint of chocolate. P: The mouthfeel is thinner than expected with more of a rubbery tobacco presence. The tropical fruits come out quickly, along with the tobacco. I do taste the alcohol a bit and it is just a tad harsh. It's strongly flavored and not terribly complex, but decently balanced and kind of tasty. The alcohol presence does become increasingly obvious and intrusive though. F: A waft of alcohol lingers on the finish, along with a bit of rubbery bitterness, smoke, and chocolate. It's a bit underwhelming, but far from awful. This seems like a great dark rum for mixing. I should probably pick up a bottle for that purpose. For just sipping, Blackwell is the better choice. I could kind of sip this though, so it's better than I'd recalled. The harshness is a bit much though and so is the aggressive punch from the smoke that drown out most of the fruit. I'm on the fence between 11 and 12, but I think I'll land on 12 because of the clear usefulness of Myer's as a mixer.