$117
A six year old Diamond from Germany’s HoneyBatcher at a fierce 69 percent, undosed and intense with nutmeg, cardamom, honey and a syrupy edge over dried fruit and wood, finishing warm, bitter and fruity.
Description
HoneyBatcher bottled this Diamond 2020 as a young single cask at a formidable cask strength, 69 percent, an unsweetened Guyanese rum from Diamond distillery stock. At six years and this proof it is a raw, high-intensity bottling rather than a polished older release, aimed at drinkers who want the spirit close to the cask.
Matured in ex-bourbon wood, the nose carries nutmeg, cardamom, honey and a syrupy richness, with dried fruit, honey, a fierce bite and wood on the palate, finishing warm, bitter, fruity and woody. The spice and honey give it character, but at 69 percent the alcohol drives hard and water is all but essential to tame it. As a dry, full-proof young Diamond it is a bold, spice-and-honey Guyanese rum for those who enjoy a powerful, undiluted cask over smoothness and age.
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