Myers's Original Dark

A personal favorite for many years. Great color and taste with a wonderful aroma. Perfect mixer for anything such as juice or soda, anything.

This has a strong molasses smell and really hits the spot in a cocktail. Lots of funky flavors, which I hear is typical of Jamaican rums. I think I'm in love.

And it even tastes good straight!

I get a strong cherry taste, grapefruit, and some wood taste/smell, way more complex than anything else I've had locally sold (our stores don't carry much though). Taste is very potent and so is the smell. It has some bitterness but it's not an offensive bitterness (like cheap stuff) to me.

I strongly suspect I am biased towards jamaican rums with a lot of hogo, take it as you will

Always Loved the MEYERS DARK ......
I seldom Have any anymore .. but Great memories of It from the 80's .. :)

I was introduced to Myers by my sea-loving rum-loving brother back in the 70's. It has been my go-to rum ever since. My preference is the way it was first served to me - Myers and Tonic with lime. I'm a bit older now and have modified it with diet tonic but still love it. My brother moved on to the high-end Anniversario Rum but I have stayed vigilant.

Especially good as a 'float' on Rum Runners and Piña Coladas. A truly outstanding dark rum!

indispensable in my kitchen !
think Rum balls, Rum carmal sauce and other Rum goodies

It's good when blended into Pina Coladas or with Lime and Coke.

I was searching for a drink that is easy to make and I tried them all. Vodka lemon, Whiskey sour, Averna sour, and many more (ok I skipped Tequila...). So I worked my way through the supermarket's liquor shelf from left to right. One day I found myself in front of the far right side of that shelf, the rum area.
I thought "hmm, the last time I had rum I was a teenager and it gave ma a bad headache". But on the other hand this kind of liquor wasn't on my radar at all, so I knew nothing about it. I chose a bottle that I never saw before - Meyer's dark rum. Because I didn't know what flavour I was about to experience, I also bought Schweppes ginger ale, bitter lemon and cola. Just to be sure. Long story short: it tastes awesome in any event! In fact I tried orange juice, apple juice, coconut milk and even hazelnut milk. Trust me: if you like the type of juice you mix it with, you cannot go wrong with Myer's dark rum! It's gonna fit perfectly. I have to admit though... Cola is my favourite mix. I always have a bottle of Myer's at home.

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!