Myers's Original Dark

I rated this rum as a mixer, not as a sipper.. and it is a very good mixer, for the price you pay.
Heavy on molasses, and coffee aromas. You get tropical fruits and sweet, so be careful when you mix it with other ingredients.
When neat, is not well balanced with a strong burn from alcohol.

Ok as a mixer, very molasses tasting. Smells like licorice.

So, friends, I will try to answer quickly. Open the bottle, pour into a glass. The first thing that happens is the smell of alcohol hits the nose. But after a while the flavors start to stand out each. Yes, at first it looks like the well-known Captain Morgan the Dark. But later, I distinctly feel the aroma of bitter almonds, an oak barrel after roasting and wine aged in it, a grape seed. And, I think, ginger. I don't feel molasses with caramel there. We try. You know, friends, it seems to me that I drink Armenian cognac. Slightly hard, but it does not interfere, with a slight bitterness, an oak barrel, a distinct bitterness of a grape seed. But there is no rum in the smell or taste yet! The drink warms me, the bitterness of the grape seed pleasantly flows through me inside. And after the third sip, an aftertaste appears. This is no longer cognac, this is already rum, but it very much resembles Captain Morgan the Dark. I lift an empty glass to my nose. Now the smell is absolutely individual, peculiar only to this rum and at the same time reminiscent of sherry. I can't conclude if this rum is good or bad. Here the consumer decides everything, it is strictly individual. Did he like me? I'm not happy, the second time I will not buy this particular rum. But this bottle I bought will definitely not stand idle on the shelf and will be drunk little by little. Why? The taste of rum is so multifaceted and specific that every time you can find new notes in it. In addition, I really love Armenian cognac!

A classic molasses based very dark rum with sweetness and a bit of a vanilla nose. Strong enough to perfectly balance a classic rum and coke, a basic dark addition to original mai tais, and a must have for any tiki bar. Not the best, but a big step over Sailor Jerry's, Bacardi, Captains and the bottom shelf darks.

This is classic Jamaica funky stuff plus there is something special from Myer's - something delicious and easy to drink. Good for sipping and for mixing (I liked grog based on it)

I’m too lazy to make rum cocktails, this is meant for making cocktails. I would not suggest sipping it, but it works well with baking, like a rum cake

This rum has rich fruit sweet smell, raisins, honey. For taste its sweet. Theres raisins dominating with plantain and herbs. In backgroud i can recognise honey with oak. Its really flavorfull rum and it beats many expensive competitors but somehow I cannot enjoy it neat. Maybe because of lot of sweetness. This would be a superb mixer. I would not try it again because i am sipper.

Note tipiche Giamaicane, corposo, da miscelazione.

This almost tastes more like Demerara rum than a traditional jamican funk. I like it for a dark rum, but I’m just not huge into dark rums.

Too sharp neat, but works well in cocktails. Rum old fashioned? Get me more of that!