I am currently working on some general information on Guyanese Rum. Below you can find information on and profiles of some of the (former) distilleries and styles/ marks as well as tasted bottlings. For further information on Demerara rums and the histories of the distilleries let me refer you to the article The Demerara Distilleries by Marco and the reviews on this page.
A list of DDL’s marks:
Albion
The Albion Estate was a sugar plantation along the Berbice river founded by William Innes. Dating back to 1802, they most likely started planting sugar in or just shortly after 1840. As usual, it seems very likely that it didn’t take them long to start distilling rum to make use of the accruing molasses. After several mergers and ownership changes, Albion Estate, like many others, ended up in the hands of the Booker Group in 1939. Today it is still producing sugar for GuySuCo. When the Albion Distillery shut down for good in January 1968, their Wooden Coffey Still has been brought to Uitvlugt Distillery, which should be responsible for all of the “true” Albions we know. The mark “AN” might stand for Albion and Nigg, the plantation next to Albion Estate. It seems plausible that the two merged at some point in time. Interestingly, we can find this mark in a table containing all of DDL’s marks, where we learn that the Savalle Still (from Uitvlugt) and thus not the Enmore Wooden Coffey Still took over the production of the Albion style. The originial Albion Still probably got scrapped when some of Uitvlugt’s remaining stills have been brought to the Diamond Distillery around 2000. Fun ‘fact’: The Port Mourant Still most likely spent some time here before it has been brought to Uitvlugt.
- El Dorado Albion 2004 14YO (2004-2018), 60,1%
- S.B.S Diamond Distillery (Albion) 10YO (2012-2022), 64,6%
- The Nectar of the Daily Drams “AW” Diamond (Albion) 10YO (2021-2022), 62,5%
- Velier Albion 1983 25YO “AN” (1983-2008), 46,4%
- Velier Albion 1986 24YO “AW” (1986-2011), 60,9%
- Velier Albion 1994 17YO “AN” (1994-2011), 60,4%
Blairmont
- Velier Blairmont 1982 29YO “<B>” (1982-2011), 60,4%
- Velier Blarimont 1991 15YO “<B>” (1991-2006), 56%
Diamond & Unknown
The history of the Diamond plantation goes back to the mid 18th century. Even though they planted sugar (besides coffee), there is no evidence that they also distilled rum back then. They probably did not even own a sugar mill to process the cane. Diamond seems to have started distilling rum in the early 19th century when they stopped planting coffee, which became increasingly unprofitable. Today, Diamond is the only remaining rum distillery in Guyana and home to Demerara Distillers Limited. DDL is the result of a 1983 merger between the owners of the Diamond-, Enmore- and Uitvlugt distillery. When Enmore and Uitvlugt closed their distilleries for good in 1994 resp. 1999, the remaining useful stills have all been brought to the Diamond Distillery. For rums that have been distilled after 2000, the name Diamond Distillery thus does not necessarily tell us the style of the rum, in fact ‘true’ Diamonds are relatively rare with independent bottlers but from time to time we get a few. Therefore, the following list contains Diamond rums as well as a few other rums which I couldn’t attribute to one of the other styles with certainty.
- Anam na h-Alba Guyana (Diamond Distillery) 10YO (2007/8-2018), 66,6%
- Arnisser No. 5 Guyana (Diamond Distillery – Still?) 2010, 65,5%
- Barmetro & Milano Rum Fest Diamond 14YO (2003-2017), 55,8%
- Cadenhead’s Caribbean Distillers “PDW” 30YO (1972-2003), 53,1%
- Cadenhead’s Diamond Distillery “SVW” 15YO (1987-2003), 63%
- Cadenhead’s Guyana 12YO (column still) (1988-2000), 46%
- Cadenhead’s Guyana 10YO (1990-2000), 46%
- Compagnie des Indes Diamond (Blend) 11YO (2007-2019), 43%
- Compagnie des Indes Diamond (Blend) “Madeira Finish” 12YO (2007-2019), 42%
- Compagnie des Indes Diamond (Blend) “Armagnac Finish” 11YO (2007-2019), 60%
- Corman Collins Diamond 25YO (1996-2021), 46,6%
- E.H. Keeling & Son Old Demerara (1960s), 45%
- El Dorado Blended in the Barrel Uitvlugt/ Enmore (2008-2020), 47,4%
- El Dorado Blended in the Barrel Diamond/ Port Mourant (2010-2020), 49,1%
- El Dorado Blended in the Barrel Port Mourant/ Uitvlugt (2010-2020), 51%
- El Dorado Blended in the Barrel Port Mourant/ Uitvlugt/ Diamond (2010-2020), 49,6%
- El Dorado Rare Collection Diamond “<SVW> DLR (20 years CBH) 20YO (1998-2018), 55,1%
- Kintra Diamond 13YO (2003-2017), 53,1%
- Le Gus’t Demerara 14YO (Caroni cask) (2002-2016), 46%
- Le Gus’t Demerara 14YO (Caroni cask) Optimum Proof (2002-2016), 61,6%
- Le Gus’t Demerara 16YO (Caroni Cask) Optimum Proof (2002-2018), 60,4%
- Le Gus’t Demerara 16YO (Caroni Cask) Full Proof (2002-2018), 66,9%
- Liquid Sun Diamond 10YO (2003-2013), 51,1%
- Origin R Guyana (28 months Port Cask) 11YO (2007-2018), 50%
- Our Rum & Spirits Diamond 12YO (2003-2016), 62,8%
- Our Rum & Spirits Diamond 13YO (2003-2017), 63,7%
- Our Rum & Spirits Diamond 14YO (2003-2018), 64,5%
- Plantation Guyana Ancestrale Cognac Finish 17YO (1999-2017), 56,3%
- Romdeluxe Diamond “MDS” 25YO (1996-2021), 50,8%
- Rum Artesanal Diamond 20YO (1998-2019), 52,1%
- Rum Nation Demerara Solera No. 14, 40%
- Rum Nation SBRR Diamond 2005 11YO (2005-2016), 58,6%
- Rum Nation SBRR Diamond 2005 11YO (2005-2016), 58,3%
- Samaroli Demerara Dark 12YO (2005-2017), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara (Port Mourant) 28YO (1989-2018), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara (Port Mourant) 13YO (2002-2015), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara Dark 12YO (2005-2017), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara Dark “KFM” 14YO (1991-2005), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara Dark (Versailles) “REV” 12YO (1994-2006), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara (Versailles) 20YO (1985-2006), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara Symphoney (2003 & 2004-2021), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara 18YO (2002-2021), 48%
- Scottish Independent Distillers Demerara 7YO (2009-2016), 44%
- Selected Cask Community Diamond Distillery 5YO “Malt Whisky” (2013-2018), 62,9%
- Silver Seal Guyana 20YO (1983-2003), 46%
- SMWS R2.6 Guyana 14YO (2003-2018), 51,3%
- Velier Diamond 1981 31YO “S<W>” (1981-2012), 60,1%
- Velier Diamond 1993 12YO “<>W” (1993-2005), 61,4%
- Velier Diamond 1996 15YO “SVW” (1996-2011), 64,6%
- Velier Diamond 1996 16YO “SSN” (1996-2012), 63,4%
- Velier Diamond 1999 15YO “<S>” (1999-2014), 53,1%
- Velier Diamond 1999 15YO “SVW” (1999-2014), 64,7%
Enmore

The history of the Enmore estate dates back to Thomas Porter (1748-1815), an English merchant from Tobago. In 1782, he bought a few lots at the eastside of the Demerara river to grow cotton. One of his sons, Henry Porter (1791-1858), eventually inherited this lot and it was most likely him who named it Enmore. From then on, the mark E.H.P., which might ring a bell with someone who has a proclivity for Demerara rums, was used as the call letters for Enmore. Unlike we are inclined to believe, the “E” in E.H.P. does not necessarily have to stand for Enmore but instead rather for Edward, as in Edward Henry Porter. Over the years, the Enmore plantation absorbed quite a few neighboring sugar plantations and grew up to one of the biggest estates in British Guyana. The still we associate with Enmore is the Wooden Coffey Still. Made from Demerara greenheart, an evergreen tree native to Guyana whose wood is so hard that it cannot be worked with standard tools, it is the last still of its kind. After the closure of Enmore, the still has first been moved to the Uitvlugt Distillery in 1995 and subsequently to the Diamond Distillery (home to DDL) in 1999, where it is still located today.
- Berry Bros & Rudd Guyana (Enmore) 13YO (2004-2018), 62%
- Bristol Classic Rum Enmore 18YO (1980-1998), 46%
- Bristol Classic Enmore 12YO (1988-2000), 46%
- Bristol Classic Enmore 20YO (1988-2008), 43%
- El Dorado Rare Cask Enmore 22YO (1993-2015), 56,5%
- El Dorado Rare Cask Enmore (EHP) 21YO (1996-2017), 57,2%
- Kill Devil Diamond Distillery (Enmore) 12YO (2004-2016), 61,1%
- Mezan Enmore/ Uitvlugt 2002, 40%
- Moon Import Demerara “EHP” Sherrywood 7YO (1994-2001), 46%
- Rum Nation SBRR Enmore (EHE) 1997 19YO (1997-2016), 58,7%
- Silver Seal Enmore 32YO (1975-2007), 50%
- Silver Seal Enmore 32YO (1977-2009), 64,4%
- Silver Seal Enmore 12YO (2002-2014), 46%
- Silver Seal Enmore 11YO (2003-2014), 50%
- The Secret Treasures Enmore 20YO (1980-2000), 40%
- Transcontinental Rum Line Guyana (Enmore) 14YO (2004-2018), 60,1%
- Transcontinental Rum Line Guyana (Enmore) 14YO (2004-2018), 60,2%
- Ultimatum Diamond Distillery (Enmore) 12YO (2004-2016), 46%
- Velier Enmore 1987 13YO (1987-2000), 56,6%
- Velier Enmore “ELCR” 1995 15YO (1995-2010), 61,2%
- Velier Enmore & Port Mourant 1998 16YO “EHPM” (1998-2014), 62,6%
- Whiskybroker Diamond Distillery 12YO “MDXC” (2004-2016), 63,5%
- Whiskybroker Diamond Distillery 12YO “MDXC” (2004-2017), 62,4%
La Bonne Intention
- The Nectar of the Daily Drams Guyana “LBI” Diamond (La Bonne Intention) 10YO (2021-2022), 62,6%
- Velier La Bonne Intention 15YO (1985-2000), 40%
Port Mourant

According to Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL), the Port Mourant Sugar Estate has been founded in 1732. However, from a map from 1802 we know that the entire region around said estate solely planted cotton at that time. Moreover, no source until 1813 mentions the name Port Mourant, which we now know must have been a cotton plantation founded by Stephen Mourant along the Berbice river between 1802-1813. Cotton quickly went out of fashion and at some point between 1813 and 1821 the estate must have shifted towards growing coffee and sugar instead. Consequently, it doesn’t make much sense that a distillery might have been at work before that period. The Port Mourant Distillery operated at least until 1954 but reports do not mention any further rum output after 1958. According to production lists, the last active years seems to have been 1955; it was just another victim of rationalization measures by the Booker’s group. Their Wooden Double Vat Still has then been brought to Albion and later, after Albion’s closure (1967-1969), to Uitvlugt, Booker’s main distillery. All available Port Mourant rums until 1999 have thus been distilled at Uitvlugt Distillery, before some of the remaining stills have finally been consolidated at DDL. Concerning the year stated by DDL (1732), Marco from BAM has an interesting theory: If this number is/was engraved in the copper parts of the Port Mourant still, it is somehow understandable why DDL might have mistaken it as the founding date of the estate. But what if Stephen Mourant simply bought the still from an upstream or any other estate in the region? Perhaps the metal parts were just bought following the easing of trade relations in 1732 and then combined with the native Guyanese wood. If this is correct, the still, or parts of it might indeed date back further than the period 1813-1821.
- A.D. Rattray Port Mourant 10YO (1999-2009), 46%
- Adelphi Diamond (Port Mourant) 19YO (2002-2021), 59,%
- Aurum Diamond (Port Mourant) 17YO (2002-2019), 51,8%
- Banks Connoisseur’s Cut MPMM (Malt Whisky Cask) 16YO (1997-2013), 59,58%
- Banks Connoisseur’s Cut MPMC (Cognac Cask) 15YO (1997-2013), 56,46%
- Barmetro & Milano Rum Fest Port Mourant 12YO (2005-2017), 57%
- Berry Bros & Rudd Demerara (Port Mourant) 32YO (1975-2007), 46%
- Berry Bros & Rudd Demerara (Port Mourant, Laphroaig Finish) 15YO (1992-2007), 46%
- Berry Bros & Rudd Uitvlugt (PM) 26YO (1991-2018), 55,3%
- Boogieman Uitvlugt 27YO (1990-2017), 49,7%
- Bristol Classic Rum Port Mourant 20YO (1980-2000), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 20YO “Marsala Finish” (1982-2002), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 10YO (1985-1995), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 11YO SC (1985-1996), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 12YO (1985-1997), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 12YO (1986-1998), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 12YO -no finish- (1988-2000), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 17YO (1990-2007), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 25YO (1990-2015), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 13YO (1999-2013), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 14YO (1999-2014), 46%
- Bristol Port Mourant 15YO (1999-2015), 46%
- Cave Guildive Port Mourant 10YO (2005-2016), 55%
- Cadenhead’s Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) “PM” 36YO (1964-2000), 69,3%
- Cadenhead’s Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) “GM” 30YO (1974-2005), 60,3%
- Cadenhead’s Demerara (Port Mourant) 30YO (1975-2006), 40,5%
- Cadenhead’s Demerara (Port Mourant) 32YO (1975-2007), 40,3%
- Cadenhead’s Demerara (Port Mourant) 33YO (1975-2008), 40,6%
- Cadenhead’s Demerara (Port Mourant) 36YO (1975-2012), 38,5%
- Cadenhead’s Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) “MPM” 12YO (1998-2010), 62%
- Cadenhead’s Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) “MPM” 18YO (1999-2018), 58,7%
- Cadenhead’s Diamond Distillery (Port Mourant) “MPM” 14YO (2003-2017), 59,1%
- Compagnie des Indes Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) 21YO (1993-2015), 51%
- Compagnie des Indes Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) 18YO (1997-2016), 57,9%
- Compagnie des Indes Port Mourant 13YO (2002-2015), 58%
- Compagnie des Indes Port Mourant 12YO (2005-2018), 45%
- Compagnie des Indes Port Mourant 9YO (2008-2018), 55%
- Compagnie des Indes Port Mourant 8YO (2010-2018), 43%
- Duncan Taylor Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) 23YO (1989-2012), 54,9%
- Duncan Taylor Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) 17YO (1997-2015), 52,8%
- Duncan Taylor Diamond Distillery (Port Mourant) 12YO (2002-2015), 53,4%
- Duncan Taylor Diamond Distillery (Port Mourant) 14YO (2002-2017), 53,8%
- Duncan Taylor Diamond Distillery (Port Mourant) 10YO (2003-2013), 54,4%
- El Dorado Rare Cask Port Mourant (PM) 20YO (1997-2017), 57,9%
- El Dorado Rare Cask Port Mourant (PM) 16YO (1999-2015), 61,4%
- Greenheart Collection Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 31YO (1989-2021), 47,3%
- Habitation Velier Port Mourant 2015, 59%
- High Spirits Demerara (Port Mourant) 28YO (1974-2002), 54%
- High Spirits Demerara (Port Mourant) 32YO (1975-2007), 52%
- High Spirits Port Mourant 21YO (1997-2019), 49,9%
- Jack Tar Guyana Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) “Dream Catcher” 30YO (1991-2022), 56%
- James MacArthur’s Port Mourant (1990-?), 50%
- Kill Devil Diamond Distillery (Port Mourant) 8YO (2008-2016), 59,3%
- Kill Devil Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 16YO (1999-2016), 51,9%
- Kintra Port Mourant 21YO (1997-2019), 49,1%
- Kintra Port Mourant 12YO (2005-2018), 55,9%
- L’Esprit Port Mourant 11YO (2005-2016), 60,1%
- Masam Port Mourant 16YO (2003-2019), 53,5%
- Mezan Port Mourant 2005, 40%
- Moon Import Demerara Sherry Wood (Port Mourant) 1975, 46%
- Moon Import Demerara Port Mourant Sherrywood 13YO (1995-2008), 46%
- Murray McDavid Port Mourant 13YO (Guigal Hermitage Syrah Finish) (1991-2005), 46%
- Murray McDavid Port Mourant 13YO (Sauternes/ Laphroaig Finish) (1992-2005), 46%
- Nobilis Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) “PM” 31YO (1989-2021), 50,8%
- Nobilis Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) “PM” 26YO (1995-2021), 52,6%
- Plantation Extreme No°2 (Port Mourant) 18YO (1999-2017), 59,7%
- Plantation Extreme No°4 Port Mourant 27YO (1993-2020), 51,9%
- Rendsburger Bürgermeister Rum Port Mourant 32YO (1975-2007), 56,9%
- Renegade Guyana Port Mourant 6YO (Tempranillo Finish) (2003-2009), 46%
- RDL Rum Club 100 Port Mourant White, 73,6%
- Rum Artesanal Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 31YO (1989-2021), 50,1%
- Rum Artesanal Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 25YO (1993-2019), 52,1%
- Rum Nation Demerara 26YO (1974-2000), 43%
- Rum Nation Demerara 25YO (1975-2000), 45%
- Rum Nation Demerara (Port Mourant) 23YO (1989–2012) , 45%
- Rum Nation SBRR Port Mourant 21YO (1995-2016), 57,7%
- Rum Nation SBRR Port Mourant 18YO (1998-2016), 57,8%
- Rum Nation SBRR Port Mourant 17YO (1999-2016), 57,4%
- Rum Nation SBRR Port Mourant 21YO (1999-2000), 58%
- Rum Nation SBRR Port Mourant 18YO (2001-2019), 57,6%
- Rum Sponge Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 27YO (1993-2021), 47,6%
- Rum Swedes Guyana (Port Mourant) 10YO (2002-2013), 61%
- S.B.S Port Mourant Overproof (2018), 75%
- S.B.S Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) 30YO (1990-2021), 53,1%
- S.B.S Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) Oloroso Finish 19YO (1998-2017), 62,4%
- Samaroli Demerara (Port Mourant) 28YO (1989-2018), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara (Port Mourant) #7 13YO (2002-2015), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara (Port Mourant) 19YO (2002-2021), 48%
- Silver Seal Demerara (Port Mourant) 28YO (1974-2002), 68,5%
- Silver Seal Diamond Distillery (Port Mourant) 17YO (2002-2020), 50,7%
- Silver Seal Port Mourant 37YO (1975-2013), 51,1%
- Silver Seal Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 30YO (1989-2020), 55,8%
- Silver Seal Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 23YO (1992-2016), 50%
- SMWS R2.9 Guyana (Port Mourant) “Demerara Deliciousness” 11YO (2008-2019), 62%
- Tamosi Karaya Uitvlugt Port Mourant 22YO (1998-2020), 61,1%
- That Boutique-Y Rum Company Port Mourant “AW” 11YO (2008-2019), 56,4%
- The Auld Alliance & Corman Collins (Samaroli) Port Mourant 14YO (2003-2017), 45%
- The Colours of Rum Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 21YO (1999-2020), 52,6%
- The Nectar of the Daily Dram Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 27YO (1990-2017), 53,7%
- The Rum Cask Diamond Distillery (MPM) 9YO (2008-2018), 62,2%
- The Rum Cask Diamond Distillery “MPM” 10YO Sherry Finish (2008-2018), 53,6%
- The Rum Cask Diamond Distillery “MPM” 12YO “Hampden Finish” (2008-2021), 60,3%
- The Rum Cask Uitvlugt (PM) 20YO (1997-2017), 56,5%
- The Rum Cask Uitvlugt Distillery (Port Mourant) 23YO (1997-2021), 54%
- The Rum Swedes Guyana Port Mourant 10YO (2002-2013), 61%
- The Whisky Agency Uitvlugt (Port Mourant) 25YO (1990-2016), 49,7%
- Transcontinental Rum Line Diamond Navy (Port Mourant) 12YO (2003-2016), 57,18%
- Transcontinental Rum Line Guyana (PM) 12YO (2005-2017), 58,1%
- Velier Enmore & Port Mourant 16YO “EHPM” (1998-2014), 62,6%
- Velier Uitvlugt 1990 17YO “MPM” (1990-2008), 66%
- Velier Port Mourant 1972 36YO “PM” (1972-2008), 47,8%
- Velier Port Mourant 1974 34YO “PM” (1974-2008), 54,5%
- Velier Port Mourant 1975 32YO “PM” (1975-2008), 56,7%
- Velier Port Morant 1985 11YO (1985-1997), 46%
- Velier Port Mourant 1993 13YO “PM” (1993-2006), 65%
- Velier Port Mourant 1997 15YO “UPM” (1997-2012), 65,7%
- Whiskybroker Uitvlugt Distillery “MPM” 17YO (1999-2017), 60,8%
- Whiskybroker Diamond Distillery (Port Mourant) “MPM GY” 10YO (2008-2018), 60,1%
- Wild Parrot Guyana Port Mourant 22YO (1999-2021), 51,9%
Skeldon
Established in the middle of the 19th century, Skeldon Estate’s founders adopted the most modern labour saving practices then available and vacuum pans were installed already early in the estate’s development. The sugar factory’s milling plant with a maximum capacity of more than 90 tonnes of cane per hour was installed in 1890.
- El Dorado Skeldon “SWR” 2000 18YO (2000-2018), 58,3%
- Kill Devil Diamond Distillery 15YO (2001-2017), 46%
- Nobilis Diamond “SWR” 21YO (2001-2022), 54,2%
- S.B.S Diamond Distillery “SWR” (Diamond – Skeldon) 19YO (2001-2021), 52,2%
- S.B.S Uitvlugt Distillery (Skeldon “SWR”) 24YO (1997-2021), 48,4%
- The Wild Parrot Diamond 18YO (2001-2019), 57,3%
- Valinch & Mallet 18YO (2001-2020), 52,5%
- Velier Skeldon “SWR” 1973 32YO (1973-2005), 60,5%
- Velier Skeldon “SWR” 1978 27YO (1978-2005), 60,4%
Uitvlugt

The Uitvlugt plantation has been founded at some point between 1759 and 1776. According to DDL, he original owner of the estate was a Dutch planter called Ignatius Charles Bourda Uitvlugt, whose initials are responsible for the marks ICB/U, ICB/C or ICB. GuySoCo mentions Ignatius Charles Border and Ursillya in this context. Uitvlugt started as a coffee plantation but has shifted fully to growing sugar by 1832. The distillery thus should not date back much further than this. Anyways, it quite likely precedes the invention of the Savalle still (patented in 1868), meaning that the still used by DDL today is most likely not (or not made from the remains of) the original Uitvlugt still. Nevertheless, it is very well possible that it has been added eventually to Uitvlugt Distillery, perhaps when the Booker’s group overhauled it in 1960. Following the consolidations of several Guyanese distilleries, Uitvlugt took over the production of Albion, Blairmont, La Bonne Intention and Skeldon. Consequently, some of the stills from these distilleries probably have been moved to Uitvlugt while others, i.e. redundant stills, have been scrapped (the Port Mourant still must have been moved earlier since the distillery was already closed in 1955, but most likely it went to Albion first). Following the fusion with Diamond Liquors Ltd, Uitvlugt has finally been shut down in 1999. Some of the stills survived this next and final consolidation, among them also the French Savalle Still, which is believed to be the actual Uitvlugt still. As explained above, its true origin might also be Blairmont, for instance.
- Cadenhead’s Green Label (Uitvlugt) 10YO (1998-2008), 46%
- Cadenhead’s Uitvlugt Distillery 16YO “MUI” (1998-2014), 60,2%
- Compagnie des Indes Uitvlugt Distillery 18YO (1997-2016), 45%
- Duncan Taylor Uitvlugt Distillery 16YO (1998-2014), 52,7%
- Duncan Taylor Uitvlugt Distillery 18YO (1997-2016), 53,5%
- Le Gus’t Uitvlugt 9YO (2007-2016), 50%
- Mezan Enmore/ Uitvlugt 2002, 40%
- Moon Import Demerara Uitvlugt Sherrywood 14YO (1998-2013), 46%
- Pellegrini Uitvlugt “Chocolate House” (Sherrywood Cask) 15YO (1998-2013), 46%
- S.B.S Diamond Distillery “SVL” (Uitvlugt Savalle) 17YO (2003-2021), 53,7%
- The Whisky Agency (bottled for The Nectar) Uitvlugt 14YO (1998-2012), 51,7%
- Transcontinental Rum Line Uitvlugt Distillery (Enmore?) 17YO (1999-2017), 46%
- Velier Uitvlugt 1985 27YO “UF30E” (1985-2012), 60,7%
- Velier Uitvlugt 1988 17YO “ICBU” (1988-2005), 52,9%
- Velier Uitvlugt 1996 18YO “Modified GS” (1996-2014), 57,2%
- Velier Uitvlugt 1997 17YO “ULR” (1997-2014), 59,7%
Versailles

Versailles was an estate and plantation on the west side of the Demerara river right next to Guyana’s capital Georgetown. It first appeared on a map from 1776, when it has been owned by Pierre L’Amirault. They solely planted coffee back than and gradually switched to sugar between 1829 and 1845. Pierre L’Amirault should have been a co-partner of the Jerusalem plantation on the east side of the river before that. In 1831, Versailles merged with the nearby Schoon Ord & Meerzorg plantation. Over the years, the owners of the estate changed several times and Versailles absorbed a few more neighboring plantations, before the Booker Bros. got their hands on it. In light of the multiple mergers, the mark VSG might very well be a combination of Versailles, Schoon Ord and Goed Fortuin. Similarily, SXG might simply stand for the latter two. The first sugar mill has been build in 1854, which allowed them to process the sugar cane and distill rum from the resulting by-product, molasses. It is very likely that the distillery also dates back to that time. Unfortunately not much is known about the it but they probably produced until around 1967. What seems likely is that they shut down for good by 1971, when several distilleries merged. What we know is that the sugar factory of Versailles shut down in 1978 and the distillery most likely could not have lasted longer than that. Anyways, their Single Wooden Pot Still has then been brought to the Enmore Distillery and later, via Uitvlugt, to the Diamond Distillery, where it is still producing today.
- Alambic Classique Enmore (Versailles) 28YO (1990-2018), 45%
- Barikenn Diamond “VSG” 8YO (2012-2020), 58,9%
- Berry Bros & Rudd Demerara Versailles Still 17YO (1985-2002), 46%
- Berry Bros & Rudd Demerara Versailles Still 22YO (1985-2007), 46%
- Berry Bros & Rudd Enmore (Versailles) 19YO (1988-2007), 46%
- Blackadder Enmore (Versailles) “VSG” 14YO (1996-2011), 47%
- Bristol Classic Rum Enmore (Versailles) 12YO (1988-2000), 46%
- Bristol Classic Rum Enmore (Versailles) 30YO “Sherry Finish” (1988-2019), 46,5%
- Bristol Classic Rum Versailles 11YO (1984-1995), 46%
- Bristol Classic Rum Versailles -no finish- 16YO (1984-2000), 46%
- Bristol Classic Rum Versailles Port Finish 18YO (1984-2002), 46%
- Bristol Classic Rum Versailles 12YO (1985-1997), 46%
- Bristol Classic Rum Versailles 13YO (1985-1998), 46%
- Bristol Classic Rum Versailles 22YO (1985-2007), 46%
- Cadenhead’s Enmore Distillery (Versailles) “XPD” 29YO (1971-2000), 64,7%
- Cadenhead’s Enmore Distillery (Versailles) “AWM” 16YO (1988-2005), 64,9%
- Cadenhead’s Enmore Distillery (Versailles) “VSG” 15YO (1990-2006), 72,5%
- Cadenhead’s Enmore Distillery (Versailles) “MEV” 26YO (1990-2017), 57,2%
- Cadenhead’s Enmore Distillery (Versailles) “KFM” 12YO (1991-2002), 66%
- Cadenhead’s Enmore Distillery (Versailles) “KFM” 16YO (1991-2008), 63,9%
- Cadenhead’s Enmore Distillery (Versailles) “REV” 11YO (1994-2006), 70%
- Cadenhead’s Green Label (Versailles) 25YO (1969/70-1995), 46%
- Compagnie des Indes Enmore (Versailles) 27YO (1988-2016), 52,7%
- Compagnie des Indes Enmore (Versailles) 29YO (1988-2018), 48%
- Compagnie des Indes Enmore (Versailles) 24YO (1990-2015), 58,1%
- Duncan Taylor Enmore Distillery (Versailles) 27YO (1985-2012), 52,5%
- Duncan Taylor Enmore Distillery (Versailles) 26YO (1990-2017), 54%
- El Dorado Versailles 12YO (2002-2015), 63%
- Flensburg Rum Company Enmore (Versailles) “KFM” 29YO (1991-2020), 45,4%
- Flensburg Rum Company Enmore (Versailles) “KFM” 30YO (1991-2021), 51,9%
- Flensburg Rum Company Enmore (Versailles) 27YO (1992-2019), 59,8%
- Golden Devil Diamond (Versailles) 2004 16YO (61,4%)
- Greenheart Collection Guyana Enmore (Versailles) 32YO (1988-2021), 48,2%
- Greenheart Collection Guyana Enmore (Versailles) 30YO (1990-2021), 54,2%
- Isla del Ron Enmore (Versailles) 25YO (1988-2013), 52,6%
- Jack Tar “Alpha & Omega Triple Cask Enmore” Guyana Enmore (Versailles) 30YO (1988 & 1990-2021), 51,6%
- Kill Devil Enmore (Versailles) 24YO (1992-2018), 46%
- Kill Devil Enmore (Versailles) 25YO (1992-2019), 46%
- Kintra Enmore (Versailles) 27YO (1990-2018), 53,7%
- Krüger Whisky Enmore (Versailles) 15YO (1988-2003), 45%
- Liquid Gold Caribbean Reserve Enmore (Versailles) 13YO (1988-2002), 46%
- Mezan Versailles 2003, 40%
- Moon Import Demerara Sherry Wood (Versailles) 1985, 46%
- Moon Import Demerara (Versailles) 15YO (1985-2000), 46%
- Moon Import Demerara Enmore (Versailles) Sherrywood 23YO (1988-2010), 46%
- Murray McDavid Versailles 14YO (Guigal Condrieu Finish) (1990-2005), 46%
- Nobilis Enmore (Versailles) “AWM” 32YO (1988-2021), 50%
- Nobilis Enmore (Versailles) “MEC” 32YO (1988-2021), 49,1%
- Nobilis Enmore (Versailles) “VSG” 30YO (1990-2021), 53,8%
- Nobilis Enmore (Versailles) “KFM” 29YO (1991-2021), 51,2%
- Our Rum & Spirits Enmore “MEV” 24YO (1990-2015), 61,2%
- Rendsburger Canal Rum Enmore Distillery (Versailles) (1988-2003), 46%
- Renegade Versailles (Château Latour Finish) 19YO (1988-2008), 46%
- Romdeluxe Enmore (Versailles) “MEC” 33YO (1988-2021), 48,2%
- Rumclub Enmore (Versailles) “REV” 27YO (1994-2021), 54,5%
- Rum Artesanal Diamond Distillery (VSG) 12YO (2004-2017), 53,7%
- Rum Artesanal Diamond Distillery (VSG) 16YO (2004-2021), 58,2%
- Rum Artesanal Enmore (Versailles) “VSG” 36YO (1985-2021), 54,3%
- Rum Artesanal Enmore (Versailles) 24YO (1990-2015), 61,2%
- Rum Artesanal Enmore (Versailles) “REV” 25YO (1994-2020), 51,4%
- Rum Artesanal Enmore (Versailles) “REV” 27YO (1994-2021), 53,1%
- Rum Nation Demerara 23YO (1985-2008), 43%
- Rum Nation Demerara 23YO (1990–2013), 45%
- Rum Nation Demerara 25YO (1990–2015), 45%
- Rum Nation SBRR Enmore (KFM) 2002 14YO (2002-2016), 56,8%
- Samaroli Demerara (Versailles) 20YO (1985-2006), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara Dark “KFM” 14YO (1991-2005), 45%
- Samaroli Demerara Dark (Versailles) 12YO “REV” (1994-2006), 45%
- S.B.S Diamond Distillery (Versailles) Marsala Finish 12YO (2003-2016), 62,8%
- S.B.S Diamond Distillery (Versailles) 17YO (2003-2020), 59,7%
- S.B.S Enmore Distillery (Versailles) 27YO (1988-2016), 51,8%
- S.B.S Enmore Distillery “REV” (Versailles) 26YO (1994-2021), 48,5%
- Silver Seal Enmore (Versailles) “XPD” 32YO (1971-2003), 71,8%
- Silver Seal Enmore (Versailles) 21YO (1986-2007), 55%
- Silver Seal Enmore (Versailles) 19YO (1988-2007), 57,4%
- Silver Seal Enmore (Versailles) 25YO (1988-2014), 55,7%
- Silver Seal Enmore (Versailles) 27YO (pink label) (1988-2016), 50%
- Silver Seal Enmore (Versailles) 27YO (yellow label) (1988-2016), 50%
- SMWS R2.7 Guyana (Versailles) 13YO (2004-2018), 63,4%
- Tamosi Kanaima Diamond Versailles 16YO (2004-2020), 58,9%
- The Golden Age of Piracy “Anne Bonny Anney” Guyana Enmore (Versailles) 29YO (1992-2021), 58,1%
- The Rum Cask Diamond Distillery “Black” “MDXC” 13YO (2004-2017), 62,5%
- The Rum Cask Diamond Distillery “White” “MDX” 13YO (2004-2017), 61,2%
- That Boutique-y Rum Company Enmore (Versailles) 27YO (1990-2018), 51,2%
- The Rum Cask Diamond Distillery “Black” “MDXC” 16YO (2004-2020), 61,7%
- The Rum Cask Enmore Distillery (Versailles) 28YO (1988-2017), 49,4%
- The Rum Cask Enmore Distillery (Versailles) 32YO (1988-2020), 47,9%
- The Warehouse Auld & Rare Enmore Distillery (Versailles) 29YO (1988-2017), 49,1%
- The Whisky Agency/ The Nectar Enmore (Versailles) 24YO (1988-2012), 50,5%
- The Whisky Jury Guyana Enmore (Versailles) 33YO (1988-2021), 48,9%
- Thompson’s Enmore Distillery 1977, 46%
- Thomson’s Versailles 1984, 46%
- Valinch & Mallet Enmore (Versailles) “REV” 26YO (1994-2020), 52,5%
- Velier Enmore (Versailles) 1988 20YO (1988-2008), 51,9%
- Velier Versailles 1998 9YO (1998-2007), 46,5%
- The Wild Parrot Enmore (Versailles) “Sanisbar Whisky” 26YO (1994-2021), 50,4%
Blends
- Samaroli Demerara Symphoney (2003 & 2004-2021), 45%
Official Blends
- El Dorado 3YO (old version), 40%
- El Dorado 8YO (old version), 40%
- El Dorado 12YO (bottled ~2008), 40%
- El Dorado 15YO (bottled ~2008), 43%
- El Dorado 21YO (old version), 43%; Re-reviewed (2021)
- El Dorado 12YO (bottled 2020), 40%
- El Dorado 15YO (bottled 2020), 43%
- El Dorado 21YO (bottled 2021), 43%
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