Full Review

Myers’s

Myers’s
Signature Origin Collection The Guyana Blend Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Guyana
Alcohol: 41.5%
86 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$49

Myers’s
Signature Origin Collection The Guyana Blend Rum

Category: Rum (Aged more than 3 Years)

Date Tasted:
Country: Guyana
Alcohol: 41.5%
Amber color. Aromas and flavors of candied pepper, leather, brown banana, and cinnamon and vanilla roasted mixed nuts with a velvety, dryish medium body and a medium finish with accents of pickled pepper, vanilla candied walnuts, and banana bread. This should do well in a range of traditional cocktails and be a good companion for a cigar.

Tasting Info

Spirits Glass Style: Complex, Fruity & Spicy
Aroma Aroma: candied pepper, leather, brown banana, and cinnamon and vanilla roasted mixed nuts
Taste Flavor: pickled pepper, vanilla candied walnuts, and banana bread
Smoothness Smoothness:
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy in cocktails
Cocktail Cocktails: Cuba Libre, Daiquiri Natural, Dark & Stormy
Bottom Line Bottom Line: This should do well in a range of traditional cocktails and be a good companion for a cigar.

The Producer or Importer

Diageo North America

The Producer or  Importer
530 Fifth Avenue #4
New York, NY 10036
USA
1 646-223-2000

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