William Grant & Sons Diamond Wood‘s Old Navy Rum
For curious explorers on a budget, this 57% Demerara navy rum delivers heavy caramel, molasses and dark chocolate with licorice, coffee and roasted notes. RumX members mostly use it in cocktails or grogs, though some enjoy it neat for its old-school, dark profile and strong price-to-value ratio.
- Great value
- Intense flavor
- Classic navy style
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How does William Grant & Sons Diamond Wood‘s Old Navy Rum taste?
Aggregated from 47 community reviews.
Old-school, dark and cocktail-ready For curious explorers on a budget, this 57% Demerara navy rum delivers heavy caramel, molasses and dark chocolate with licorice, coffee and roasted notes. RumX members mostly use it in cocktails or grogs, though some enjoy it neat for its old-school, dark profile and strong price-to-value ratio.
Fans of dark, roasted Demerara profiles who want a powerful, affordable navy rum for Dark & Stormy, grog, tiki and rum & cola, with some occasional neat sipping.
Those sensitive to alcohol burn, drinkers who dislike bitter-roasted notes, or anyone avoiding heavily colored, old-school dark rums.
How is William Grant & Sons Diamond Wood‘s Old Navy Rum rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.3 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 68% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 10% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Review by Montana
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.
Review by Galli33
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🤪
Review by AlexSBk
Eigentlich ein krass leckerer PLV-Hammer für „Nicht-Nerds“.
Review by Pascal Elkuch
For the price, a solid rum. Not sweet but finely spicy.
Review by zabo
For me, this is the weakest of the four that Lot-NAS has split. I don't like it pure at all. In my opinion, it doesn't really work that well in the CubaLibre either. I think there are better things for the money, both pure and as a mixer
Review by Piotr Ignasiak
Deep caramel and burnt sugar smell, some prunes. Sweetness and bitterness in taste. Long finish. Should be great in cocktails.
Review by Frank
At the Rum House in Praha. Have noticed that I am not online and here there is no WiFi. Could not save my impressions therefore. So now from memory, which is not difficult no Woods:Insanely dark it is. Neatly colored with sugar cuoleur, that is also to smell and taste (even though it should not 😉)Nose: very dark, spicy, molasses and malty-woody. Clearly dark chocolate and lots of licorice, plus slightly burnt caramel. I don't find it bad at all, seems oldschool somehow. 7.5 Palate: the nose impression continued here. Dark-roasty, malty-woody, lots of molasses, slightly bitter and dark chocolate and licorice to boot. Simple, but effective. Totally ok. 7.6.Matched the evening very well ☺️
Review by Boletus
Very powerful, heavy and oily, ''Wood's Old Navy Rum'' offers an ideal introduction to the dark, unsweetened world of Guyana rums. Of course, it cannot hide its youth due to the metallic-alcoholic undertones and there is also a certain bitterness, but I still find the mixture of molasses, toffee, liquorice and tart herbal candy quite impressive, especially due to the low price level.
Review by Maxime Leclerc 🇨🇵
Not bad in dark & stormy
Review by Pavel Spacek
100% caramel semi-sweet
Review by Johannes
Among the cheap rums one of the better....
Review by SuppenHuhn
Ziemlich bitter, leicht unangenehm bitter
Review by Serge
Typical dark, malty profile of colored navy rums. But for that - and in the price segment - actually not bad. Certainly good as a grog but also drinkable on its own.
Review by Godspeed
For cocktails only. A classic from what I understand, perhaps the tip you need to make good tiki cocktails without ending up penniless. For me, however, it's still of no interest.
Review by Émile Shevek
It is full-bodied and sweet/melty with hints of woody and spicy, licorice, dark leather and 100% dark chocolate in a lingering finish where some plum and toastiness can also be heard. The abv is poorly integrated though, too much alcohol can be felt. Great in a rum and cola
Community purchases
75 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.
Also on the wishlist of 14 members.
About the Diamond distillery
The Diamond distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Diamond have been reviewed 5,053 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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