The Whisky Find Diamond The Design Rum #2 (Bar Maeda) 1998
A niche, whisky-heavy Guyana rum for seasoned enthusiasts curious about experimental finishes. Expect smoke, peat, tea, pear and light molasses at a reduced 46.6%. RumX members mostly find the long whisky influence overwhelming and far from classic Diamond character.
- Interesting whisky influence
- Complex nose evolution
- Good alcohol integration
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How does The Whisky Find Diamond The Design Rum #2 (Bar Maeda) 1998 taste?
Aggregated from 10 community reviews.
Whisky lover’s oddball Guyana experiment A niche, whisky-heavy Guyana rum for seasoned enthusiasts curious about experimental finishes. Expect smoke, peat, tea, pear and light molasses at a reduced 46.6%. RumX members mostly find the long whisky influence overwhelming and far from classic Diamond character.
Scotch and peated-whisky fans who enjoy smoky, grassy, tea-like profiles and are curious how a long whisky finish transforms an old Guyana molasses rum.
Traditional Demerara lovers expecting clear Diamond 1998 character, and anyone wanting a rich, full-bodied, rum-forward profile without dominant whisky notes.
How is The Whisky Find Diamond The Design Rum #2 (Bar Maeda) 1998 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 5.4 lands squarely in the "Average" band. 10% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 50% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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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
Undefinierbar. Alkohol aber ganz ok integriert.
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
Also ganz ehrlich bin ich mir nicht gerade sicher ob dies wirklich ein Rum aus Guyana ist. Entweder bin ich gerade total Geschmackseingeschränkt oder das Teil schmeckt wirklich nur nach einem torfigen Whisky. Leider überhaupt nicht mein Fall.
Review by Banana Joe
Ohje, dieser Rum ist wirklich eine Enttäuschung. Das Whisky Finish war viel zu lang. Schade. Guyana für mich nicht erkennbar.
Review by Johannes
Relativ muffig und seifig. Für mich kein typisches Guyana-Profil. Diamond kann ich nicht wirklich rausschmecken.
Review by Jakob
Die Nase offeriert einen Hauch von Nichts - am ehesten habe ich Assoziationen mit einem süssen Obstgeist, der stark verdünnt wurde. Am Gaumen passiert dann ein Stück weit mehr, erneut Obst, auch das Holz, Karamellsüsse, Gewürze und auch eine rauchige Aromatik sind erkennbar. Das lässt sich trinken, hat jedoch nur sehr wenig mit dem gemein, was man sich unter einem Diamond 1998 vorstellt. Qualitativ betrachtet ist das trotzdem einwandfrei, aber etwas zu stark reduziert, was viel an Ausdrucksfähigkeit kostet.
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6 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
About the Diamond distillery
The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 5,069 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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