Uitvlugt 1991 The Colours of Rum - Edition No. 7 - b. 2022 - 700ml

Uitvlugt is a village in Guyana, based on the west bank of the Demerara River. The Dutch-owned Uitvlugt Distillery was established around 1750, housing double wooden pot stills which produced a characteristically heavy rum. In 1975 the government began consolidating rum production, and this sadly saw the closure of Uitvlugt in 2000.

This is a continentally aged 30-year-old Demerara rum. Distilled in 1991, in Double Wooden Pot Still, and bottled in 2022 at 68,7% ABV. Matured in an ex-bourbon cask for 10 years and in ex-french oak for another 19 years. The cask yielded 277 bottles.

Tasting Notes:
“A funny past here, this baby was all aged in Europe, first ten years in bourbon and the rest in French oak. Wine then, I would suppose? Remember Uitvlugt got closed in 1999. This is from the ex-Port Mourant double wooden pot still that later went to Diamond.
Colour: light gold.
Nose: the exact opposite. This is grassy and petroly where the Enmore was all on thick raisins. Some burnt woods, fresh paint and putty, 'a Saturday morning at Ikea's' (no meatballs!) some linoleum, engine oil, dry vegetables (eggplants)… And a lot of ethanol that burns your nose and makes your spectacles opaque. Mind you, 68.7% at 30 years! They must have filled at still strength, given that this was aged in a cool climate.
With water: the expected anchovies and olives, lemongrass, pickled small artichokes..
Mouth (neat): don't. Like drinking half a bottle of Weak Knees sriracha sauce.
With water: I'm happy to report that we got it. Pure, almost crystalline citron liqueur with some oysters and tar. Green peppercorns.
Finish: very long and possibly the most vertical old rum I could try. Some lime juice and half a glass of Laphroaig C/S. Comments: they bottled a blade here. Loved this one too but it may give the casual taster a hard time. Oh and no live flames allowed!”

Note: SGP:463 - 89 points.
Source: whiskyfun.com