This story began almost according to the classics: “Isaac had two sons …” However, one was named Michael, and the second was Fred. And Isaac Myers worked for many years as a supplier of goods for the British navy in Portsmouth. And in the middle of the 19th century, his son Fred went to Jamaica, to the British West Indies. The son not only did not get lost in a new place, but also became famous. Trying in every possible way to support the Jewish faith on the island, in 1879 he founded the Fred L. Myers’s & Sons rum company.
So, to the delight of the islanders and rum lovers all over the world, a factory was built in the city of Kingston to produce the famous Jamaican drink in the future.
Rum “Myers” is made from sugar cane and molasses and is considered the oldest Jamaican rum production. In its preparation, plants grown in Jamaica are used. This rum matures in white oak barrels. And the main emphasis in talking about this rum is on the quality of molasses. After all, the producers took molasses for their rum from the oldest plant Monymusk, whose plantations are located in the south of the island in the town of St. Catherine.
Since the 1893th century, this sugar factory has produced molasses and even prepared their own rum. But he did not go under the name Monymusk: in those years, the standard practice in Jamaica was to sell rum for further blending, cleaning, maturation and resale under other brands. In 148, 1983 distilleries are said to have used the molasses from this distillery. In ninety years, by XNUMX, the number of companies using Monymusk molasses had dropped to six. Now the plant is not left without attention and continues to work.
Throughout its history, Myers rum has been owned by various owners. In the 1950s, the brand was taken over by the American company Joseph E. Seagram & Son. And in the XNUMXst century, a new page in history began. There was a multi-year deal between the world’s largest producers-sellers of alcohol: Diageo PLC, Seagram Company Ltd., Pernod Ricard and Allied Domecq PLC. Diageo sold Malibu coconut rum, and in return bought a number of brands, including Myers Jamaican rum.
But let’s get back to the most important thing – what this brand is produced for. Rum “Myers” has an ultra-rich taste, and therefore is successfully used not only in mixed drinks and cocktails, but also in the preparation of alcoholic desserts by confectioners.
It comes in three flavors: Original Dark, Myers’s Platinum, and Myers’s Legend. For example, dark rum “Myers” is obtained by mixing distillates of different ages. The final rum matures in oak barrels for up to 4 years (optimal age for warm countries) and has a strength of 40%. “Myers Platinum” is a lesser known, nevertheless, also noteworthy rum, which has undergone thorough carbon filtration. It has hints of vanilla, coconut, spices and a light aftertaste of butterscotch and anise. And for lovers of more aged drinks, the Myers line has a ten-year-old dark rum – Myers’s Legend. So – choose to your taste!
And in conclusion, I would like to say that Myers is rightfully considered the legendary Jamaican rum and deserves respect for having managed to survive in the vast ocean of various rums. He kept his name and history where other “legends” died in the storms of commercial wars and takeovers.