Rum Review: El Dorado Premium Rums
Posted by Arctic Wolf on April 7, 2010
El Dorado Premium Rums
El Dorado’s family of premium rums are distilled in Demerara County (Guyana, South America) and are popular throughout the world for their rich taste and sweetness. So popular that the word demerara has become an adjective used by reviewers of whisky and rum alike to describe this particular style of sweetness when reviewing fine spirits.
Demerara County in fact has a rich three hundred year history of rum production. Some of the wooden stills first used to produce their rum are still in use today, and I have said it before, if anyone ever puts together a list of the “seven wonders of the rum world”, these original wooden stills will be at the top of that list. The combination of old wooden stills in conjunction with modern stills and distilling techniques has allowed Demerara Distillers Ltd. (DDL) to build a reputation for outstanding quality and consistent production over many years. In fact, Demerara Distillers is the currently one of the largest suppliers of bulk Caribbean rums to Europe and North America.
Over the next few months I will endeavor to review all three of El Dorado’s Premium Rums. The 12 Year, The 15, Year and the 21 Year Old Rums. I shall kick off this series with a review re visitation of El Dorado 12 Year Old Rum. Although I have previously reviewed the 12 year Old I could not resist the chance to open a new bottle and see if my palate has changed. Here is an excerpt from the review:
“…This rum enters my mouth with a spicy sweet baking spice explosion. Deep dark brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, hints of orange peel and citrus fruit lay upon a foundation of spicy wood tannins….”
You may read the rest of the review here:
Review: El Dorado 12 Year Old Rum
Please enjoy this review and the follow up reviews I will be providing for the rest of the El Dorado Premium Rums!
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