Dark Rum

Dark rum — often called black rum or navy rum — is distilled from molasses and aged in heavily charred oak, picking up deep color and notes of caramel, toffee, burnt sugar, and baking spice. Jamaican dark rums (Myers's, Hamilton) lean funky and ester-rich; Demerara rums from Guyana are thicker... Read More

Dark rum — often called black rum or navy rum — is distilled from molasses and aged in heavily charred oak, picking up deep color and notes of caramel, toffee, burnt sugar, and baking spice. Jamaican dark rums (Myers's, Hamilton) lean funky and ester-rich; Demerara rums from Guyana are thicker and more molasses-forward; Navy-style rums (Pusser's) historically blended Caribbean sources for the British Royal Navy's daily tot.