On Wednesday, Myers’s Rum launched a new lineup featuring the first rums ever finished in the highly-coveted Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BATC) casks. Myers’s, which was acquired by the Sazerac Company in 2018, has leaned into more experimental releases in recent years as the brand aims to revolutionize rum production, similarly to how Sazerac did with whiskey.
Each of the new expressions features Myers’s Original Dark Rum crafted by Sazerac master blender Drew Mayville and are finished in barrels formerly used to age George T. Stagg, William Larue Weller, Sazerac Rye 18 Year Old, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye, and Eagle Rare 17 Year Old. The five expressions will live in Myers’s brand-new lineup dubbed the Signature Cask Collection. The launch comes on the heels of a similar strategy Sazerac implemented for its Tequila Corazon brand, which launched three añejos finished in some of the same prized barrels in January 2024.
Given the varying casks used for finishing, each rum in the series is bottled at varying proofs with all five delivering unique flavor profiles. The first, Myers’s Rum Signature Cask Collection – Finished in George T. Stagg Barrels, is said to be the most complex and powerful of the bunch, bottled at 100 proof. According to the brand, the nose is dominated by notes of leather, dark molasses, charred oak, and coffee. The influence of the barrels used to age the 15-year-old, barrel-proof bourbon is said to be felt on the palate, imparting deep brown sugar and dark cherry
