Review: Coyopa
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Coyopa Rum
www.coyoparum.com
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The packaging of Coyopa Rum is a classy mix of old and new. The square bottle and large, wood-handled cork reminiscent of rum’s fine heritage, as does paper seal, complete with handwritten batch numbers and distiller’s initials. But on closer inspection, the busy background of the colorful label is actually various images of a dancing couple, which gives a slight hint of modernism and trendiness. Personally, I enjoy the old-style found in many rum bottles, but in this case the blend seems to work rather well.
The rum inside is a rich, clear amber, and to the nose it smells cool and uncomplicated. Brown sugar is dominant beneath the chill, and little else makes itself immediately known.
The taste of Coyopa is much like the smell – simple and good. But it’s also surprisingly smooth. This is a rum that tastes first and foremost of rum – true and basic. But where this often results in a somewhat intimidating, or even harsh drink, with Coyopa it’s almost dangerously mellow.
A good basic rum, especially for those newer to the field, or who’d like a happy medium between the heavy dark rums and the sticky sweet lighter ones.
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No fair! Mine doesn’t do that (no matter how much I drink)
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As you may know Bilge, Sue Sea and I (at The Rum Project, linked at my name, below) are big fans of Richard Seale, who distills Coyopa under contract. And we love Richard.
But something was really missing for us on this one. After repeated tasting there was just something missing. Mind you we like “sweet” and “heat” – a classic combination that is usually quite attractive and satisfying. Think Zaya Trinidad.
Coyopa has the sweet. It has the heat. But it lacks sufficient balance and continuity; the peachy sweet, the leather astringency and the heat seem to fight one another – first one, then another, and then the first yet again. Confusing, choppy and not complex, a somewhat disconcerting experience.
Still, we’re not ready to give up on Coyopa. For the entirety of our review and thoughts (and 100 more honest reviews), stop by:
http://rumproject.com/rumforum/viewtopic.php?t=215&highlight=coyopa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYbT6ku0a8w
This is my video of the Coyopa musical rum bottle.