El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 yr old white rum

[Edward Hamilton]

I received a bottle of this rum today after hearing about last night in the Appleton Reserve chat. It's only sold in Ontario at the LCBO for now, so don't ask me where you can buy it.

I'll be taking a picture of the bottle and posting it tomorrow. If I can sort it out I'll be doing a short video tasting online and will post details like the time, etc. as soon as I have it sorted out.

[RonJames]

sounds like a treat, for the tongue and the eyes on this sitedrool.gif

[Patapouf]

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on it. The 3 year is my favorite white. I can only imagine this one. I should ask my mom to bring me one from Ontarion the next time she comes in NB.

[Arctic Wolf]

I have to admit my skepticism. I like the ED 3 yr white, as well as the Flor de Cana 4 yr dry white. To me these are excellent rums where the charcoal filtering took that last bit of rough edge off the rum but enough flavour remained to make them really nice.

At six years, the flavour from the barrel aging should already be very smooth and I really wonder what the point of filtering the rum to a clear colour would be. At this point I think rather than any rough edges being taken off, a serious dent in the taste must also occur.

I am probably wrong, as El Dorado has proven in the past to be capable of seriously delighting me, but I remember my first taste of the Diplomatico blanco. (I was told by the rep it was 12 years old) After tasting it my impression was, why would you take a superior product like the 12 year old Diplomatico and then filter most of that wonderful taste away?

I can't help but think I may have the same reaction to the El Dorado 6 white.

[Edward Hamilton]

Here's a bottle shot (http://www.ministryofrum.com/rumdetails.php?r=947) I took this morning.

I'm as skeptical as you are Arctic Wolf, but I'll be opening it over the weekend live on ustream.tv. There's no special access to see it and I'll post a link as soon as the details are worked out. Unfortunately, I've got to take care of some of business this afternoon.

[Count Silvio]

Deluxe... :mad:

[Edward Hamilton]

I'll post a link to the live feed in a few minutes. I'll be opening the first bottle of El Dorado 6 yr old Silver Rum that I've seen.

You can ask questions in the rum chat by following the link at the top of the page or in the nav bar, if you are a logged in member.

If you aren't a member you can still see and hear the live feed.

[Edward Hamilton]

This is the first Live Video Feed from the Ministry of Rum. You can also ask questions.
To see the video from ustream.tv, click on the Live Video link at the top of this page.
To ask questions or just watch the chat, logged in members can click Ask Questions above and see the chat.

Anyone should be able to see the video and audio feed but only logged members can ask questions through the chat.

[Arctic Wolf]

Good job Ed! I agree 100% with your finial statements on age and maturity. My favorite rums tend to be in that 6 to 12 year window.

[Edward Hamilton]

Here's a link to the review I did on El Dorado Deluxe Silver 6 year old RUM (http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4709538).

That page will change in the next couple of days so please don't bookmark it. You can, however, bookmark this post.

[RonJames]

damn work computer with no speakers, can't wait to get home and hear the video.

[Stamina1914]

I have to admit my skepticism. I like the ED 3 yr white, as well as the Flor de Cana 4 yr dry white. To me these are excellent rums where the charcoal filtering took that last bit of rough edge off the rum but enough flavour remained to make them really nice.

At six years, the flavour from the barrel aging should already be very smooth and I really wonder what the point of filtering the rum to a clear colour would be. At this point I think rather than any rough edges being taken off, a serious dent in the taste must also occur.

I am probably wrong, as El Dorado has proven in the past to be capable of seriously delighting me, but I remember my first taste of the Diplomatico blanco. (I was told by the rep it was 12 years old) After tasting it my impression was, why would you take a superior product like the 12 year old Diplomatico and then filter most of that wonderful taste away?

I can't help but think I may have the same reaction to the El Dorado 6 white.

Interesting point. So are you saying then by default white rums have a limit as to how old they can be. That is, one wouldn't take a 7+ aged rum and filter it because it just will not taste good?

[Edward Hamilton]

It's not that a 7 year old white rum wouldn't be any good, but rather that there is a diminishing return when you filter a rum that has aged so long.
Carbon filtering makes sense for younger aged rums, but since you loose so much flavor when you carbon filter to remove the color, at some point you're not making the rum better but simply aging it longer.

On the other hand, I've read about white rums that were aged ten or more years, a claim that has never been confirmed by any distiller.

[RonJames]

great video, brought out some things that I wouldn't have expected with this rum. Video function worked good and looks to be a nice addition to the MOR. cheers.gif

[Joe Riley]

I'm sorry that I missed the chat, but I wanted to say that I'm not wild about the packaging on this rum, but it is a WHOLE lot better than the wide-shoulder (somewhat heart-shaped) bottle that they've been using recently.

The aesthetics of the bottle are one thing, but the width of the heart-shaped bottle makes displaying them on our shelves murder.

[Arctic Wolf]

Interesting point. So are you saying then by default white rums have a limit as to how old they can be. That is, one wouldn't take a 6+ aged rum and filter it because it just will not taste good?

I think I was hinting that there must have been a reason why El Dorado, (or anyone else) would filter a rum of 6+ years. Filtering a quality aged rum makes no sense economically.

Thus for this to make economic sense the 6+ year old rum must have had less value than the resulting white. Given everybody's (well almost everybody's) perceived lack of value in a white rum, the situation in my mind must be dire to make the rum company want to incur extra expense to produce what will be perceived as a lower value product.

Maybe there is too much aged rum in the pipeline and over production is being filtered for a new potential market, or maybe somebody screwed up a blend.

I noticed and posted my impression of a new white aged whisky that has just appeared in the marketplace. These whites seem to be coming online right after everyone ramped up production to take advantage of the larger demand for premium spirits. Maybe a miscalculation in the growth of this demand is the cause of all of these new 'premium' white spirits.

[gdbear65]

I have to agree with Edward - this rum is very drinkable, smooth finish with a light flavor profile. Unfortunately for me, the flavor of alcohol comes through a bit too strongly for me to enjoy straight, so I'm a little disappointed with it.

[chrism76]

Here's a bottle shot (http://www.ministryofrum.com/rumdetails.php?r=947) I took this morning.

I'm as skeptical as you are Arctic Wolf, but I'll be opening it over the weekend live on ustream.tv. There's no special access to see it and I'll post a link as soon as the details are worked out. Unfortunately, I've got to take care of some of business this afternoon.

I realize this was done a long while ago but what a great idea!

Live feed of opening and tasting a bottle of rum.. Awesome idea.

Let me know if you have one coming.. I'd surely like to see that!