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SMWS R2.22: Demerara Distillers (El Dorado)

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R2.22

Sardine rides a bike into a pickle

SMWS regionGuyana
Age15 years
ABV61.7%
Cask2nd fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritRum
Distillery from SMWS code R2
RegionGuyana

In short · Demerara Distillers (El Dorado) (Guyana), 15 years.

“We found a superb aroma of brake fluid and hot brake pads at first nosing.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

SMWS R2.22 is a single cask of Demerara Distillers (El Dorado), in Guyana, 15 years old, bottled at 61.7%. Every Society bottle numbered R2.x is from Demerara Distillers (El Dorado).

How the price compares
At £80, this 15-year-old cost more than 3 of the 5 Demerara Distillers (El Dorado) bottlings aged 15–17 released in 2021 that we hold. They ranged from £77.50 to £83, with a median of £80.
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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