Myers's Rum Signature Cask Collection Sazerac 18 (75cl, 43%)

Jamaican dark rum finished in a barrel that previously held Sazerac 18 Year Old straight rye whiskey. It is 86 proof, 750mL, drawn from a single barrel, and is one of five expressions in the Signature Cask Collection launched in October 2024. The collection takes five single barrels of Myers's Original Dark Rum, made from 100% molasses and a blend of pot- and column-still distillates matured in Jamaica, and finishes each in a different Buffalo Trace Antique Collection cask. This expression is the rye one, pairing spicy 18-year-old rye wood with sweet Jamaican molasses rum. Myers's dates to 1879, founded by Frederick Louis Myers. The nose shows rye spice, orange peel and warm spices. The palate blends spicy rye character with fruity rum notes of banana, pineapple and vanilla, with the rum's natural sweetness balancing the rye's sharpness. The finish is medium length with lingering peppery rye character.