Long Pond & Monymusk Myers‘s Original Dark

Myers's Original Dark is a four year old Jamaican rum blending pot and column still spirit from Long Pond, a historic Wedderburn style house, and Monymusk in Clarendon. It is molasses based and bottled unsweetened at 40%, and it sits honestly in the workhorse dark rum category rather than among the polished sipping bottles.

The nose leads with molasses, spice and prunes, and the palate is woody with dark chocolate, molasses and a smoky edge, finishing bitter, earthy and cocoa tinged, with just a touch of the funky tropical fruit that marks Jamaican rum. It is dark, clean and inexpensive, but the modest strength and straightforward profile point clearly toward mixing rather than neat sipping. This is the bottle to reach for when making a Cuba Libre, a Dark and Stormy or a tiki drink, where its real molasses character and hint of Jamaican funk carry well for little money.