Demerara Rums - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Sunny&Rummy Member Melbourne, FL Joined: Jun 13, 2013 Posts: 601	S Sunny&Rummy Posted posted on Mon, Sep 9, 2013 9:24 AM Yeah, El Dorado is pretty much the only game in town (Other than Lemon Hart 151) in Florida as well. Fortunately for me, I love the stuff. ED 5 is sufficient for the vast majority of my mixing needs for drinks calling for Demerrara. ED 8 works well as a mixer too and I think it is a quite passable sipper, but for the few dollars more I will usually pick up ED 12 or ED 15 for sipping. ED 15 is a top 3 all time sipping rum for me (Cockspur 12 and Barbancourt 15 are my other favorites). ED 15 will very occasionally make its way into a high end cocktail (makes an Excellent premium Mai Tai and a very good Captain's Blood as well). I just bought a bottle of ED 12 this weekend and it found its way into a coupe of excellent Mai Tais as well (an ED 12 and Smith & Cross combo was especially good). Also did a bit of sipping with the ED 12. It is noticeably sweeter with more vanilla notes than the ED 15. Not Zacapa or Zaya sweet, but I have to be in the mood for a sweeter rum when I sip the 12. Very recently I finally got my hands on a bottle of ED 3 Light rum and it is really a great premium light mixing rum. More depth than Cruzan but not quite as exotic as Banks 5 Island and it's Batavia Arrack notes. It's about $10 more than Cruzan so it probably won't replace it as my everyday white mixer, but that decision is entirely a money issue. If I could afford the ED 3 every day I would never buy another bottle of Cruzan light. The only other El Dorado product I hae had is their Demerara Dark. It is chock full of that burnt, acrid taste AdOrAdam described in the Woods and the OVD, and in amounts over a half-ounce it really overpowered most drinks. It took a couple of years to go through a bottle. Before LH 151 became available I was mostly using it in tandem with another 151 rum (usually Golsing)to try to achieve a passable substitution for Lemon Hart. I really wish we had more Demerara options here in the States. But unless I am mistaken, ALL of the Guyana rum being produced is coming out of Demerara Distillers regardless of the labels, right? I would love to those old wooden Coffey stills in person. Delicious living Caribbean history right there.

Yeah, El Dorado is pretty much the only game in town (Other than Lemon Hart 151) in Florida as well. Fortunately for me, I love the stuff.

ED 5 is sufficient for the vast majority of my mixing needs for drinks calling for Demerrara.

ED 8 works well as a mixer too and I think it is a quite passable sipper, but for the few dollars more I will usually pick up ED 12 or ED 15 for sipping.

ED 15 is a top 3 all time sipping rum for me (Cockspur 12 and Barbancourt 15 are my other favorites). ED 15 will very occasionally make its way into a high end cocktail (makes an Excellent premium Mai Tai and a very good Captain's Blood as well).

I just bought a bottle of ED 12 this weekend and it found its way into a coupe of excellent Mai Tais as well (an ED 12 and Smith & Cross combo was especially good). Also did a bit of sipping with the ED 12. It is noticeably sweeter with more vanilla notes than the ED 15. Not Zacapa or Zaya sweet, but I have to be in the mood for a sweeter rum when I sip the 12.

Very recently I finally got my hands on a bottle of ED 3 Light rum and it is really a great premium light mixing rum. More depth than Cruzan but not quite as exotic as Banks 5 Island and it's Batavia Arrack notes. It's about $10 more than Cruzan so it probably won't replace it as my everyday white mixer, but that decision is entirely a money issue. If I could afford the ED 3 every day I would never buy another bottle of Cruzan light.

The only other El Dorado product I hae had is their Demerara Dark. It is chock full of that burnt, acrid taste AdOrAdam described in the Woods and the OVD, and in amounts over a half-ounce it really overpowered most drinks. It took a couple of years to go through a bottle. Before LH 151 became available I was mostly using it in tandem with another 151 rum (usually Golsing)to try to achieve a passable substitution for Lemon Hart.

I really wish we had more Demerara options here in the States. But unless I am mistaken, ALL of the Guyana rum being produced is coming out of Demerara Distillers regardless of the labels, right? I would love to those old wooden Coffey stills in person. Delicious living Caribbean history right there.

Post #692965 by Sunny&Rummy on Mon, Sep 9, 2013 9:24 AM