The quality of Zaya rum sucks balls,the owner ship changed and now the rum tastes like gasoline. If you can find a bottle with the real palm leaf on the neck that’s the good stuff now it has a paper one . Clever marketing the little disk on the bottle used to say twelve year old rum now it say a blend of twelve different Rums if you look closely
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11 Jul '18
The newest bottles don't even have a paper sleeve on the neck, they have a metal screw top and collar. I picked up a bottle for what I thought was a great price of $25 last year in Florida. I just opened it a couple days ago and I have to say I agree with you this stuff is horrible.
I had a bottle stashed in my cellar and finally got over there tonight (I have been living at my GFs house, my house is basically booze storage.) I was thrilled to see it has the straw wrap!! Opened it tonight and - although it is definitely a sweet bomb, at least it tastes good. The newer stuff basically tastes like vanilla extract.
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United States
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12 ratings
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20 Sep '18
I too was horribly disappointed by Zaya. Little more than brown, sugary booze. For half the price, I'd pick a bottle of Captain Morgan spiced over this. And I mean that seriously. The label is horribly misleading as well, giving the impression you are getting an aged product when in fact the 12 should refer to the number of grams of sugar in any given bottle.
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Switzerland
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390 ratings
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2 Dec '18
It's too bad if you see what is going on with a few big distillers. Not just Zaya, it seems Zacapa 23, Dictator 20 is not the same again. Probably they pushed the solera system too much.
I get more and more into single cask rum, expensive but worth every drop.
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United States
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0 ratings
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1 Jan '21
I find it definitely too sweet to drink straight but I think it does well as an old fashioned with both Angostura and orange bitters and very little (if any) added sugar.
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United States
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64 ratings
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2 Jan '21
I agree. When I first got a bottle 5 years ago Zaya was excellent, one of my favorite rums back then. About 2 years ago my stash ran out and I bought a new bottle...and it tasted very very off...like a bunch of syrup with vanilla extract. It’s not horrific like Kraken is too me, but it’s a very far cry from what it used to be. What a shame.
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don
Posted 24 Jun '18 from Canada with 11 ratingsThe quality of Zaya rum sucks balls,the owner ship changed and now the rum tastes like gasoline. If you can find a bottle with the real palm leaf on the neck that’s the good stuff now it has a paper one . Clever marketing the little disk on the bottle used to say twelve year old rum now it say a blend of twelve different Rums if you look closely
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Scott T
From United States with 121 ratings Replied 11 Jul '18The newest bottles don't even have a paper sleeve on the neck, they have a metal screw top and collar. I picked up a bottle for what I thought was a great price of $25 last year in Florida. I just opened it a couple days ago and I have to say I agree with you this stuff is horrible.
I had a bottle stashed in my cellar and finally got over there tonight (I have been living at my GFs house, my house is basically booze storage.) I was thrilled to see it has the straw wrap!! Opened it tonight and - although it is definitely a sweet bomb, at least it tastes good. The newer stuff basically tastes like vanilla extract.
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Hector
From United States with 35 ratings Replied 7 Aug '18Its a real shame what they did to this rum.... If you like a rum with some hints of vanilla, try Angostura 1919
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IceMan
From United States with 12 ratings Replied 20 Sep '18I too was horribly disappointed by Zaya. Little more than brown, sugary booze. For half the price, I'd pick a bottle of Captain Morgan spiced over this. And I mean that seriously. The label is horribly misleading as well, giving the impression you are getting an aged product when in fact the 12 should refer to the number of grams of sugar in any given bottle.
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Andy (PREMIUM)
From United States with 110 ratings Replied 16 Nov '18Zaya used to be one of my top rums maybe 8-10 years ago. I haven't tried it recently, really disappointing to hear it has gone down hill :(
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don
From Canada with 11 ratings Replied 30 Nov '18I emailed them regarding my disappointment, of course they did not give a reply
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Rene Rum
From Switzerland with 390 ratings Replied 2 Dec '18It's too bad if you see what is going on with a few big distillers. Not just Zaya, it seems Zacapa 23, Dictator 20 is not the same again. Probably they pushed the solera system too much.
I get more and more into single cask rum, expensive but worth every drop.
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Xaria1k
From United States with 0 ratings Replied 1 Jan '21I find it definitely too sweet to drink straight but I think it does well as an old fashioned with both Angostura and orange bitters and very little (if any) added sugar.
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Mujuru
From United States with 64 ratings Replied 2 Jan '21I agree. When I first got a bottle 5 years ago Zaya was excellent, one of my favorite rums back then. About 2 years ago my stash ran out and I bought a new bottle...and it tasted very very off...like a bunch of syrup with vanilla extract. It’s not horrific like Kraken is too me, but it’s a very far cry from what it used to be. What a shame.
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vomi1011
From Germany with 280 ratings Replied 2 Jan '21Good to know. It was a blend of five different rums.
I enjoyed it for Christmas, cocoa, cinnamon, and spice. Very warming.
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