El Dorado Rare Collection Skeldon 2000. The only rums I have seen in my rum “career” that denote Skeldon are the Velier 1973 and 1978 releases. Which are long gone except for those with very deep pockets. As any rum blogger will attest researching Demerara Rums is on the most complicated and time-consuming pursuits. Excellent work by the likes of Marco Freyr of Barrel Aged Mind have helped with this. I will once again recommend reading his huge article on The Demerara Distillieries.
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On the 14th January 2016 Demerara Distillers Limited announced their first foray into the world of Cask Strength bottlings. Except they didn’t, well not directly anyway.
As of today (15th January 2016) the only place you will readily find information relating to these releases in any kind of “official” capacity is on the Velier website. Yes I know its in Italian. So here is a translation (it’s not perfect but you should get the general message)
An El Dorado Demerara White Rum aged for at least 3 years in oak casks, then double filtered through natural charcoal to remove the colour. This pretty much rounds off my El Dorado collection. The 3,5,12,15 and 21 have now been reviewed. Time will tell if any of the Single Cask, Spiced or Overproof offerings ever get a review. Time and Geography anyway as if I could actually get certain El Dorado rums I wouldn’t hesitate…..
I do enjoy reading other people’s rum reviews. Unfortunately I feel many reviewers take a very lazy approach to the reviews, often quoting in full, the notes on the bottle or the companies website. This can lead to very generic and to be honest quite boring review. It adds padding to the review but little else.
EL Dorado 15 Rum Review
By luck rather than judgement (very questionable if you read my El Dorado 12 review) the “Special Reserve” became the first El Dorado rum I ever tried. Having just received an expensive consignment of rum I happened to stroll into a well known discount store (Aldi) in a not so well known seaside town (Seaham Harbour). I found on their shelves El Dorado 8 Year Old. Obviously I immediately picked up a bottle and strode to the counter………
El Dorado 12 Year Old
For some reason I find myself wandering towards my rum cabinet saying “Elll Doooraaado” in a terrible Scottish accent. This is no reflection on El Dorado Rums, which are excellent. It is due to a longstanding advertisement campaign, by the BBC to promote a very shortstanding soap opera set in sunny Spain called Eldorado.