138: The Rumcast Guide to Guyana Rum (Part 2)

You can watch the video version of this episode on YouTube.

After releasing Part 1 last week, we're back with the second installment of our guide to all Guyana rum. We kick off Part 2 with a discussion of DDL's influence on the modern rum landscape through its El Dorado releases and notable releases from independent bottlers.

Next up, we confront the additives questions that have been associated with the distillery since the early 2010s. What have they said about their practice of aging with caramel in the barrel? What's the current status of the practice at the distillery?

At the end, we close things out with a game of True or False with the Demerara Rum GI. What does the GI say about aging at origin? And sweetening Demerara rum?

Tune in for all this and more, and catch up on Part 1 if you haven't already.

We consulted a good amount of sources for this episode, which you can peruse below:

• The Lone Caner's "The Age of Velier's Demeraras" Series:

  • Part 1

  • Part 2

  • Part 3

• Du Rhum interview with Luca Gargano

• Velier's catalog of DDL releases

• Our own interview with Shaun Caleb

• The Demerara Rum GI

• The Ian Burrell Facebook post on the Demerara Rum GI we referenced

• DDL's statement in response to social posts about the GI

• Demerara Distillers Annual Shareholder Reports

• The RumX community's amazing "Crowdsourcing Guyana Rum Marks" thread

• El Dorado Official Website

• Barrel Aged Thought's epic Demerara piece

• A number of Cocktail Wonk pieces:

  • Demerara Distillers Ltd. Pt. 1 and Pt. 2

  • Q&A with Shaun Caleb

  • Q&A with Komal Samaroo

  • Q&A with Sharon Sue-Hang

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