Made from molasses, it was in finding a use for the byproduct of sugarcane, in the Caribbean, that Rum came into being. Every island has its own distinct style, with each of the island’s distilleries producing a further variation . While white rums readily form the base for a number of varied cocktails, dark rums, aged in ex-bourbon and cognac barrels, can take on great depth of flavour. They typically exhibit exotic, tropical-fruit aromas and a warm spiciness that, like any great spirit, is worthy of appreciating on its own.

El Dorado Port Mourant Uitvlugt 2010 Orange is a molasses rum from Guyana. It was distilled at Diamond, on the banks of the Demerara River, the only distillery still active in the country. This distillery has the particularity of having brought together all the stills of the old plantations of Guyana, which have now disappeared. Among these stills, the famous wooden pot-still from Port Mourant, and the 4 columns from Uitvlugt.

The assembly of these two “marks” (PM and ICBU) was carried out before ageing, hence the term “blended in the barrel”. Distillation took place in 2010, and the rum was bottled cask strength in 2019.

El Dorado Diamond Port Mourant 2010 Green is a blended in the barrel from the famous Demerara distillery. This region of Guyana was once home to dozens of distilleries, each producing a different style of rum. These distilleries have all closed today, but some of their stills and recipes have been preserved.

The Diamond distillery has blended rums from Coffey columns and the legendary Port Mourant pot-still before ageing.

These rums were distilled in 2010, placed in old bourbon barrels, and bottled brut de fût in 2019.