El Dorado 3 Year Rum

El Dorado 3 is the white rum The Lone Caner nearly put back on the shelf for being 40% — and then found he could reasonably recommend, which he called quite an achievement. Demerara Distillers Limited makes it at the last distillery in Guyana, at Plantation Diamond on the Demerara River: rum from the Skeldon and Blairmont marques — French Savalle column distillate — aged a minimum of three years in ex-bourbon oak in the tropical heat, then double-filtered through natural charcoal to remove the color, bottled at 40% ABV. The Fat Rum Pirate took his hat off to DDL for bothering to age and filter a white for three years and still selling it at a working price. Difford's found a nutty, buttery nose with a hint of pineapple, citrus, and blue cheese in a good way, then a quite sweet, nutty palate with fresh mint, chocolate, butterscotch, and light pepper — a pleasingly characterful and soft light rum. The Lone Caner: an uncouth, street-tough edge and something strange and barbaric that survives the filtration, without scaring off drinkers who don't want a cask-strength clairin. A commenter gets loads of milk chocolate and vanilla and splits Daiquiris between this and Smith & Cross. Honest note: enthusiasts wish it were bottled higher. For a Daiquiri with body, a Mojito, a Demerara Mai Tai, or a Piña Colada with actual character, it's the aged white from the world's most storied stills.

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