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rizzle · 09-22-2008, 03:43 PM

As many others have been doing lately I've been looking for the old Zaya and I've had no luck. Friday I walked into the liquor store and they had the new stuff from Trinidad so I picked up a bottle. Let me preface this by saying I never had the old stuff, but this is damn good. To me, it is similar to Centenario XX and Zacapa 23. It has that nice molasses flavor that I like in my sipping rums.

My review:

Give it a shot, I don't think you will be disappointed.

gorob23 · 09-22-2008, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rizzle

As many others have been doing lately I've been looking for the old Zaya and I've had no luck. Friday I walked into the liquor store and they had the new stuff from Trinidad so I picked up a bottle. Let me preface this by saying I never had the old stuff, but this is damn good. To me, it is similar to Centenario XX and Zacapa 23. It has that nice molasses flavor that I like in my sipping rums.

My review:

Give it a shot, I don't think you will be disappointed.

Good to hear

awsmith4 · 09-22-2008, 06:16 PM

Good to know, I will be on the look-out

Darrell · 09-22-2008, 09:35 PM

I just finished 2 fat fingers of Original Zaya.

Lorglath · 09-22-2008, 09:50 PM

anyone who has had both care to comment? I love the ol' stuff and am anxiously awaiting the new bottles.

Che · 09-23-2008, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Lorglath

anyone who has had both care to comment? I love the ol' stuff and am anxiously awaiting the new bottles.

The first thing to recognize is they are not the same. I'm partial to the old but have slowly come around to finding enjoyment in the new Trinidad release. Are you familiar with Angostura's rums - if so and you like them, you'll probably love the new Zaya. If you hate them, chances are you won't be in love with the current Zaya. The immediate difference in the new bottle is the pronounced vanilla.

poker · 09-23-2008, 11:59 AM

@#$%^& %^& !!!!

Anyone in the Denver area want 4 bottles of the old Guatemala made Zaya? Found a place with 4 bottles but they will not ship. Damn.

Lorglath · 09-23-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by poker

@#$%^& %^& !!!!

Anyone in the Denver area want 4 bottles of the old Guatemala made Zaya? Found a place with 4 bottles but they will not ship. Damn.

That blows!

poker · 09-23-2008, 12:55 PM

If anyone in that area wants em, they're all yours. All 4 bottles.

Argonaut Wine & Liquor
700 E. Colfax Ave.
Denver CO 80203

rizzle · 09-23-2008, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Chè

The first thing to recognize is they are not the same. I'm partial to the old but have slowly come around to finding enjoyment in the new Trinidad release. Are you familiar with Angostura's rums - if so and you like them, you'll probably love the new Zaya. If you hate them, chances are you won't be in love with the current Zaya. The immediate difference in the new bottle is the pronounced vanilla.

Interesting. Where I'm getting molasses, you're getting vanilla. Whatever it is I like it in my sipping rums and this one has it.

Do you find pronounced vanilla in Centenario XX and Zacapa 23?

Che · 09-23-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by rizzle

Interesting. Where I'm getting molasses, you're getting vanilla. Whatever it is I like it in my sipping rums and this one has it.

Do you find pronounced vanilla in Centenario XX and Zacapa 23?

Centenario has some vanilla overtures but I associate that more with the usual relations of charred barrel and likely the reuse of bourbon barrel specific.

Zaya, which is now made by the Angostura distillery, tastes like a continuation of the distillery's other products - all of which possess pronounced vanilla influence (MHO).

Zacapa 23... the most current bottle I've tasted has more barrel influence than I recall previous bottles. There is again, some vanilla traces, but I again think that is a fold of its oak influence. Both Centenario & Z23 have more of what I would describe a "molasses" central base than the new Zaya.

If I could hazard a guess, I think you might be relating the sweetness attributed to these two varied components as one & the same or similar. One point of distinction (for myself) is just as the two come in their natural extracted states, vanilla tends to be less hefty or "thick".

EDIT: But then again, maybe it's just me that tastes vanilla with the new Zaya. Given my disposition with regards to other product from the same distillery - maybe I'm tasting what I want to... or what I figure "it must taste like".