The Whisky Find Diamond The Design Rum #2 (Bar Maeda) 1998
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"Nix mehr vom Diamond 1998" is the recurring complaint — most tasters expected a Guyana rum and got something that reads like a peated, whisky-finished Scotch instead. Smoke, peat, black tea and a faint peach note dominate; several call it muffy, soapy, or watered-down. One detailed reviewer found charred wood, pineapple and cocoa on aeration, but most just felt the classic Demerara character had vanished.
The community says- Peach and tea notes
- Keep in mind: Whisky-peat dominates
- Keep in mind: No Guyana profile
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How does The Whisky Find Diamond The Design Rum #2 (Bar Maeda) 1998 taste?
From community reviews · summarized with AI
Peaty, whisky-like — barely reads as Guyana Divisive and mostly disappointing: the long whisky-peat finish buries the Guyana profile, and few tasters recommend it. Scotch drinkers are the only ones who might click with it.
Peated Scotch fans curious about crossover rum
anyone wanting classic Demerara character
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Review by Thunderbird
I can't do anything with this Diamond... it's neither fish nor meat. The aromas somehow don't fit together. The nose is floral, fruity and sweet at first. The longer it lingers, it becomes smoky. On the palate, it seems thin or watered down at first! This is followed by smoke, bitterness, wood and charred notes. The finish is vegetal please... I can't recognize anything of the Guyana Diamond
Review by LukaŽiga
8,2:On the nose, the first impression we get is a grassy and flowery molasses, fruity with pear and citrus fruits, slightly salty and peated. On aeration, the wood is charred and spicy, with whisky finish notes, slightly metallic, fruity with peaches and pineapple, banana and the molasses is herbaceous, minty, vegetal with tea.In the end, caramelized Demerara sugar rounds the nose notes. 7,7:On the palate, the attack is light, dry, grassy and flowery, fresh with tea, fruity with pear, citrus and yellow fruits, as the wood is charred, smoky with caramel, spicy, slightly bitter with peat, metallic patina and rubber.When oxidation does its job, some new fruits join like pineapple and jack fruit, dried fruits, the molasses becomes herbaceous and the wood brings dark chocolate, perhaps cocoa and nuts. 7,5:The finish is long, dry, slightly dirty, furry, the molasses brings pencil shavings, black tea, is fresh and flowery, mineral, while we have faint fruits, like jack fruit...and nutty, spicy wood, vanilla is the most obvious. Clearly PM..
Review by Leo Krüper
Indefinable. Alcohol but quite well integrated.
Review by Johannes
Relatively musty and soapy. For me not a typical Guyana profile. Can't really taste Diamond.
Review by Serge
In der Tat leider etwas Whisky lastig. Nicht wirklich Islay torfig, aber dennoch so stark nach Whisky, dass es den Rum kaputt macht. Highlights für mich: eine leichte Pfirsich-Note sowie etwas heller Tee. Muss man nicht probieren. Wer Scotch mag, kann ihn ja mal probieren. Aber vom 1998 Diamond ist definitiv nix mehr zu schmecken.
Review by zabo
Honestly, I'm not really sure if this is really a rum from Guyana. Either my taste is totally limited right now or this thing really only tastes like a peaty whisky. Unfortunately, not my thing at all.
Review by Jakob
The nose offers a hint of nothing - at best, I have associations with a sweet fruit spirit that has been heavily diluted. On the palate, a bit more happens, again fruit, also wood, caramel sweetness, spices, and a smoky aroma are recognizable. It's drinkable but has very little in common with what one imagines a Diamond 1998 to be. Quality-wise, it's flawless, but a bit too reduced, which costs a lot of expressiveness.
Review by Banana Joe
Oh dear, this rum is really a disappointment. The whisky finish was way too long. Shame. Guyana not recognizable to me.
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Details about The Whisky Find Diamond The Design Rum #2 (Bar Maeda) 1998
A rum from Guyana, bottled by The Whisky Find, at 46,6%.
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