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SMWS R2.18: Demerara Distillers (El Dorado)

“Sticky spice cake” · Past release, no longer on sale
Sticky spice cake - SMWS R2.18Sold outApr 2024
R2.18

Sticky spice cake

SMWS regionGuyana
Age18 years
ABV58.7%
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritRum
Distillery from SMWS code R2
RegionGuyana

In short · Demerara Distillers (El Dorado) (Guyana), 18 years.

“Sticky fruits tumbled towards us like an avalanche of mangos in syrup, strawberry jelly and pineapple marinated with cloves and star anise.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS R2.18 is a single cask of Demerara Distillers (El Dorado), in Guyana, 18 years old, bottled at 58.7%, released in the Apr 2024 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered R2.x is from Demerara Distillers (El Dorado).

How the price compares
At £85, this 18-year-old cost more than 4 of the 5 Demerara Distillers (El Dorado) bottlings aged 16–18 released 2021–2025 that we hold. They ranged from £79.50 to £92, with a median of £83.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Demerara Distillers (El Dorado)

At Diamond, on the east bank of the Demerara River, Demerara Distillers keeps alive the stills of Guyana's lost estates: the wooden Port Mourant vat still, said to date from 1732, the Versailles single wooden pot and the Enmore, the last wooden Coffey still in the world. From them come marks of astonishing range, from heavy and oily to light. The house brand is El Dorado. DDL's.

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