Myers’s Signature Cask Assortment Options 5 Rums, all Completed in Buffalo Hint Vintage Assortment Whiskeys

In relation to Jamaican rum, Myers’s is without doubt one of the most conventional names within the sport. The model has modified little because it first launched again in 1879. Nevertheless it’s about to endure a premiumization as vital as something all through its 145-year historical past. This month the portfolio expands with the introduction of two new collections: Signature Cask in addition to Signature Legends. Between them, a complete of six top-shelf expressions are set for cabinets. 

The attraction of the Signature Cask Assortment is apparent. It options 5 separate aged rums, every completed in barrels beforehand used to mature whiskeys from the Buffalo Hint Vintage Assortment — and every bought individually at a urged retail worth of $80 per bottle. That is the primary time ever that these cult American whiskeys have been used to affect the flavour of rum. And also you’re unlikely to ever see another model pull it off, contemplating Myers’s Rum and Buffalo Hint at the moment are each owned by the identical dad or mum firm: Sazerac.

“The concept to complete our Myers’s Rum in numerous whiskey barrels got here from a want so as to add a number of extra layers of complexity and taste to the rum. What higher method to try this than utilizing our award-winning Buffalo Hint Vintage Assortment barrels? Every expression of the Myers’s Rum Signature Cask Assortment would have a singular affect due to the kind of whiskey barrel that it was completed in,” says Drew Mayville, Sazerac’s grasp blender. “The concept was to optimize every expression by not solely the kind of whiskey but in addition by adjusting the proof to maximise the influence of every.” 

“These whiskey cask finishes would pair effectively and add depth, richness and complexity with Myers’s intrinsic darkish rum traits,” Mayville provides. “I’d say that the vison that we had turned out to be a smashing success and positively a dramatic change from typical rum completed in whiskey casks.”

The standout bottle of the bunch is Myers’s Rum Signature Cask Assortment: Completed in George T. Stagg Barrels. The expression of cask power bourbon has been deployed right here to paint a 100-proof cane spirit, leading to assertive components of cherry cola and treacle. The elevated ABV additionally permits for a lengthier end, whereby toasted oak and campfire smoke come out of the literal woodwork. But make no mistake, that is very a lot a rum — albeit one for individuals who respect a full-flavored American whiskey.

Conversely, bourbon followers who need to comfortably discover the rum house must steer towards the Signature Cask Assortment, completed in both William Larue Weller or Eagle Uncommon 17-Yr-Previous barrels. The convergence of caramel, vanilla, and baking spice will resonate with their proclivities. 

Those that choose extra tropical fruit fragrances from their rum, nevertheless, will need to flip their consideration towards the Signature Cask expressions seasoned with rye: both the Thomas H. Useful, bottled at 84.5 proof, or Sazerac 18 clocking in at 86 proof. Each brim with notes of banana and pineapple, solely barely hinting on the savory pepper spice characterizing their respective whiskey adulterants. 

Becoming a member of the Signature Cask Assortment on cabinets is the inaugural launch from the Myers’s Signature Legends Assortment: Legacy Mix #1. The continued collection will showcase new taste profiles in partnership with trade legends, as the gathering’s identify implies. For the debut, that legend is Richard Seale, grasp distiller and blender of Barbados’ Foursquare Rum. He labored with Sazerac’s Mayville to return away with a warming-yet-balanced 94-proof sipping rum. 

Creamy in physique and evolving from earthy funk to over-ripened mango fruit on the palate, this mix of Jamaican and Bajan juice reveals the type of profile that may solely include upwards of seven many years’ price of mixed trade expertise. 

“In crafting these rums, we centered on sourcing and experimenting with excellent spirits and producers to create category-redefining merchandise,” Mayville explains. “With these new collections, we’re crossing spirit classes to see how the flavors work together, difficult ourselves to assume creatively to develop merchandise that entice shoppers to strive one thing they might not have beforehand thought-about. The outcomes are really distinctive.”

Certainly, though it took over a century for the Myers’s model to start out getting experimental, these new choices current robust proof that good issues come to those that wait.