UITVLUGT DISTILLERY
Uitvlugt (pronounced “eye-flut”) is a village in Guyana, located on the West bank of the Demerara River. The name is Dutch. Back in the 17th century, most sugar cane plantations produced their own rum. The Dutch-owned Uitvlugt Distillery was established around 1750, housing double wooden pot stills that produced a heavy style rum.
However, the spread of Coffey’s continuous still and competition to pursue the lucrative European export markets accelerated a decline. By 1970, there were just four distilleries left in Guyana. The process culminated in 1974-75 with the Government privatising the sugar plantations and distilleries and amalgamating them into one large distillery owned by what was termed the Guyana Liquor Corporation. The process was completed when Enmore Distillery closed in 1993 and Uitvlugt Distillery in 2000.
The stills and other equipment from these distilleries were moved to the Diamond Distillery, leaving this as the sole surviving distillery in Guyana.
Our rum was distilled in the legendary Port Mourant wooden still, during the time that it was still housed in the iconic lost Uitvlugt Distillery.
To the best of our knowledge, the rum was European matured, arriving in Liverpool before being transported to the Old Bushmills Distillery in Ireland. It was transferred to glass in 2015.
A piece of history, this rum has fruit cake and dried fruits (sultanas, raisins) on the nose, sweet black treacle on the palate and burnt caramel on the long finish – very complex!
