William Grant & Sons Diamond Wood‘s Old Navy Rum
Most enjoy its heavy molasses, coffee and dark chocolate profile and strong value, while critics find it too bitter, boozy and clearly colored. Consensus: solid, characterful mixer, niche but fun neat.
Cocktail enthusiasts and Demerara fans wanting a cheap, dark, unsweetened navy-style rum with big roasted molasses, coffee and licorice notes that can punch through cola, Dark & Stormy and tiki builds.
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How does this rum taste?
Old-school dark, punchy cocktail workhorse
If you like robust navy or Demerara rums and mostly mix, this gives you loads of dark flavor and strength for little money—just expect some rough, bitter edges neat.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to high ABV or bitterness, and drinkers avoiding added coloring or looking for a smooth, sweet, easy-sipping rum to drink neat.
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About the Diamond distillery
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The smell is very strong, very spicy, roasted aromas, dark chocolate - extremely pleasant. A taste of coffee, dark chocolate, alcoholic burn, spices, oily finish.A very pleasant Navy rum.
Very cool dark color😎 It‘s a nice daily driver with some lovely notes of the barrel, dried fruits and dark chocolate, some hidden notes of licorice, prunes and cinnamon. In addition i found a bitter note, which I couldn‘t assign. The alcohol is integrated very well. Allez les bleus🤪
Eigentlich ein krass leckerer PLV-Hammer für „Nicht-Nerds“.
For the price, a solid rum. Not sweet but finely spicy.