Diamond Reserve Dark Rum

Diamond Reserve Dark is the everyday Demerara rum from the people who make El Dorado. Demerara Distillers Limited runs the last distillery in Guyana, at Plantation Diamond on the east bank of the Demerara River, where it consolidated all the country's historic stills — including the Port Mourant double wooden pot still, the oldest working still in the world — and the marques that go with them; Diamond Reserve is its entry-level range, sold under the Demerara Rum geographical indication. The Dark is molasses rum from a blend of the house's stills, aged in used bourbon casks, and bottled at 40% ABV. DDL's notes: the embodiment of the Demerara region, with subtle woody character, hints of dark spice, a full-bodied palate, and an aftertaste of bittersweet chocolate. The Lone Caner, reviewing the range, found DDL's Diamond rums nowhere near as throwaway-cheap as most brands at the price, with clean, real distillate underneath. Expect the Demerara signature in a young, mixing-strength register: a nose of molasses, dried fruit, licorice, and a whisper of the Port Mourant wooden-still funk, opening into a medium-full palate of brown sugar, cocoa, and warm spice, finishing with the bittersweet chocolate note the distillery describes. Honest note: this is a bar-well dark rum, built for mixing rather than sipping — the El Dorado range is where DDL gets serious. For a Dark 'n' Stormy, a Rum and Coke, a Painkiller, a Mai Tai split, or a Demerara punch, it's the cheapest way to get Guyana's stills into a glass.

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