Rum from La Maison du Whisky, part of their Transcontinental Rum Line range, and this is release #3

 A 17 year old rum from the Uitvlugt distillery in Guyana.

The two casks used for this batch spent 2 years ageing in Guyana before being shipped to Europe to further mature for 15 years in continental weather.

No. of bottles 528

Uitvlugt, pronounced was located on the west bank of the Demerara river near the Dutch-established town of the same name. The distillery was established at the end of the 18th century and remained Dutch-owned until the government in Guyana began to nationalise and consolidate the country’s rum production in 1974. Thereafter it became part of the portfolio of Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL), who closed it down at the end of 1999. Uitvlugt originally operated double wooden pot stills, however these were replaced by a four column French Savalle still in the early 1920s. A double wooden pot still was reinstalled in the 1950s however, moved there from the closed Port Mourant distillery. In addition, Uitvlugt also received the EHP wooden coffey still and Versailles single wooden pot still when DDL closed Enmore in 1994. These four are all now known as the “Heritage Stills,” and have remained operational since being moved to Diamond in 2000, the last remaining distillery in the country

DISTILLERY: UITVLUGT

AGE: 17 YEAR OLD

VINTAGE: 1999

REGION: GUYANA

BOTTLER: LMDW

CASK TYPE: N/A

BOTTLED STRENGTH: 46%

BOTTLE SIZE: 70CL

DISTILLERY STATUS: CLOSED

PRODUCTION METHOD: FOUR-COLUMN SAVALLE STILL

BASE: GUYANA MOLASSES