O.V.D Demerara Rum, 70 cl

Product Information

No Bananas Today— Jamaican rum, Demerara Rum, Crème de Banane, Bitters, Simple syrup, Lime juice, Banana

When a rum has won no less than seven golds at the Carribean Rum Taste Test you know you’re onto a winner, quite literally. Shifting from a commodity-oriented to brand-focused business, the company diversified into the beverage industry. Today, DDL is the leading producer of non-alcoholic beverages in Guyana. The company serves as the bottler for international brands such as PEPSI, Seven-Up and Slice and is the producer of its own range of carbonated soft drinks under its SOCA brand. To put this type of ageing into context: 5 years’ ageing in Barbados is around the same as 10-15 years if it was aged in somewhere like Scotland.

Large slave rebellions broke out in West Demerara in 1795 and on the East Coast of Demerara in 1823. [34] Although these rebellions were easily and bloodily crushed, according to Winston McGowan, they may have had a long-term impact in ending slavery: XO’ stands for extra old and is a blend of different rums aged between seven and 15 years old. It’s dry and oaky on the nose, yet is fruity and slightly sweet in taste, then has a smooth finish. If you want to pinpoint the home of rum, then Barbados is a great place to start. Its rum-making techniques make it pretty much the modern home for rum, creating a rum that’s usually fruity but well balanced.

When something is aged in somewhere like the Caribbean then this is called, rather obviously, tropical ageing. Here the climate, heat and humidity play a big role in how it ages in a barrel.In 1755, Gedney Clarke, a Barbados merchant and plantation owner, [10] requested political representation, [11] therefore the administration was moved to the island of Borsselen, [8] 20 miles (32km) upriver near plantation Soesdyke which was owned by the commander of Demerara. [12] The decision was criticised because the island was hard to defend, [13] and the planters had started to build houses around the guard post near the mouth of the river. That settlement later became known as Stabroek, [8] and in 1782 the capital of the colony. [14] The town was renamed Georgetown in 1812. [15] Oostindie, Gert. "‘British Capital, Industry and Perseverance’ versus Dutch ‘Old School’? The Dutch Atlantic and the Takeover of Berbice, Demerara and Essequibo, 1750-1815" BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review (2012) 127#4 pp 28–55. Unfortunately, for the consumer, more than a few producers simply ignore that last rule and bottle things they call rum that could easily be confused with cough syrup, muscatel wine or cotton candy," Hamilton says. What to Look for When Buying Rum Wood's is made from the finest sugar cane and distilled in Guyana, South America. Bottled at 57% abv, it is one of the highest percentage volume dark rums out there right now, at least at this price.

Demerara grew rapidly, [7] and attracted many English planters. [8] The Dutch West India Company, who had a monopoly on the slave trade, was unable to supply them, leading to illegal smuggling from English colonies. [9] El Dorado 12 year old: I prefer this over El Dorado’s better known 15 year old. It’s clean, smooth, and easy to drink and doesn’t have the price point of the 21 year old.Guyana was a pristine land inhabited by Arawaks and Caribs when Christopher Columbus came ashore in 1498, though it was not produced on a large scale until the late 1700s, roughly a century later than in the rest of the Caribbean. As Guyana’s plantation owners entered the sugar industry late, they were able to import advanced equipment for milling sugarcane and the industry exploded. a b "Caribbean Nations Have High Hopes For the Biden-Harris Administration". South Florida Caribbean News. 2021-01-20 . Retrieved 2021-01-20. Column Still: One of two basic rum distilling methods employed since the 19th Century. Setups typically consist of two tall, stainless steel tubes filled with metal plates that extract impurities from heated alcohol vapors as they rise through the system.

June 27, 2020 DDL DONATES 34,000 CASES OF JUICE TO THE CIVIL DEFENSE COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRY & CIVIL SOCIETY Netscher, Pieter Marinus (1888). Geschiedenis van de koloniën Essequebo, Demerary en Berbice, van de vestiging der Nederlanders aldaar tot op onzen tijd (in Dutch). The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff.Fruited rum is great but can often be over the top. Plantation has got it spot on here, delivering authentic fruit flavour alongside others, such as ginger, cola and vanilla. You have the likes of Don Papa which is made in the Philippines and renowned for its honey-like taste. Then Ableforth's Rumbullion! Is based in Kent but this rum is made from selected Caribbean rum and Madagascan vanilla. There is, of course, Australian favourite Bundaberg which uses its own sugar cane.