Regular customer with lots of experience with rum just brought back a bottle of Pyrat that was markedly sweet and even had a little tinge of Cointreau or other orange flavoring to it. This used to be a go to rum for deep toasted nut, coffee and butterscotch flavors with a DRY finish.
I think this has been the protocol for a while. Love this rum in my Dark and Stormys. I’ve yet to find a far superior one for the drink. Maybe the orange accentuates the lime.