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Velier Uitvlugt Modified GS 1996
Coconut, dark caramel and dried fruit pour out of this tropically-aged Uitvlugt, with toasted oak and spice underneath. Give it air and several tasters get banana split with chocolate; one even mistook it blind for a Foursquare. The palate runs sweeter and oilier than the nose, with a long, woody-spicy finish. Loved, though a few find it less complex than other top Demeraras.
- Coconut and caramel
- Long spicy finish
- Alcohol well integrated
+10
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How does Velier Uitvlugt Modified GS 1996 taste?
Aggregated from 72 community reviews.
Rich, oily Demerara with coconut and oak Most people adore this for its creamy coconut-caramel richness and seamless alcohol at 57%. The recurring honest note: gorgeous but not the most complex Demerara, and very hard to find.
Demerara fans who love rich, sweet, oily tropical aging
Anyone chasing maximum complexity or a long bottle hunt
How is Velier Uitvlugt Modified GS 1996 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 9.0 lands squarely in the "Excellent" band. 98% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Selected write-ups from 72 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 72 ratings
Review by DomM
Nice Guyana column profile on the nose. Coconut, milk chocolate and some vanilla with notes of dried fruits. Starts off with an additional note of wet cardboard and needs some time to breath to open up and lose its alcoholic note. The patience is well rewarded, however. Personally, I prefer the 96 Diamonds but make no mistake, this is an excellent representation of what you (should) love about DDL rums. On the palate also a rich and deep Demerara profile with dried fruits, coffee and dark caramel notes. Some sweetness works well with the fruity notes. It’s not the most complex out of the top Dermeraras but to me a excellent representation of the profile‘s highlights.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... The Old Velier Demerara rum is the best thing you can taste in the rum world. The rums were aged in the tropics for several years by mistake and nobody refilled the barrel. The Andel tax was 90% or more, which is why the taste is especially full and intense. Even though it is an extra expensive product, I recommend to taste a rum from this series at least once in your life.
Review by Maxence
Pretty close to its big brother from 1997 vintage. Sweet, round, another strong Uitvlugt from Velier !
Review by Rodolphe
Well, now it's time to taste one of the Unicorns you hear so much about, but rarely see in your glass... Big demerara profile of nuts, vanilla, coconut, cooked sugar, it's woody but pleasant and greedy. On the palate, it follows the same pattern, which is very good. So verdict: very, very good, but not necessarily better than other, less hard-to-find dark demerara. So very happy to be able to share this bottle for "only" 600€ 😅, tomorrow if I come across it again at the same price, I'd rather take 1 diamond CBH + 1 Skeldon + 1 Albion from El Dorado, all 3 are at the same level, or so equivalent...
Review by Adrian Wahl
Unfortunately, I can't quite go along with the 90+ ratings. But it's fantastic to be able to drink a rum like this. Thank you Rodolphe for this great split.
Review by Thunderbird
The nose is fantastic ... delicate tropical fruit, sweetish caramel with vanilla, confectionery and something nutty... The palate appears much stronger, initially caramel-like, but then quickly switching to the woody, spicy side (with light caramel and confectionery aromas here too). The longer it lingers on the palate, the clearer the woody influence. Becomes slightly bitter. The finish is more on the dark side. This is an excellent rum, without question. But at this price, I'd rather get myself a few El Dorado Rare Casks. Many thanks to Rodolpho for the sample
Review by Joachim Guger
Very dark and oily. Glue, coconut, dried apricots, caramel. Powerful and yet balanced. Not complex, but insanely beguiling 😍😍😍 The spiciness comes out over time. Then full, warm and oily in the mouth. Woody and resinous. Long, woody and above all spicy finish. Very cool.☺️ A wonderful rum. Simpler, but it tastes better than its brother from 1997. Too bad there was no Savalle as part of the Rare Collection. ☹️ Shoutout to Rodolphe! 🙏🙏🙏
Review by cigares
A rum tasted in a restaurant. A sweet nose of caramelized almonds and vanilla coconut with old wood, old leather.A palate with sweetness, broad and deep aromas. An old club house in a tropical climate with cups full of fruit.An incredible finish with flavors that play hide and seek.The empty glass sums it all up. A wonderful tropical Demerara experience.
Review by Oliver
On par with the Uitvlugt 1997!
Review by mto75
something special in a glass for Christmas, of course 😊Dried fruit, butterscotch, floor wax, tobacco, old barrel, also something slightly sour that perhaps comes closest to aceto balsamico. A pleasant blend of concentrated spice, toasty aromas, caramel and chocolate on the palate. Many thanks again to Rodolphe for sharing such a treasure at the original price!
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
A great release and I really like how long the finish is on this rum. Woody, fruity with spices and a well balanced full bodied rum. Killed a bottle and should have bought more. But it's always easy to look in the rearview mirror and want something.
Review by travel_and_rum 🇧🇪 Christophe Klubert
Everything you ime in a demerara, a crazy delicacy! It's just incredible stuff in a glass...
Review by Alessandro
The first Demerara Velier I have tried. On the nose vanilla and caramel, on the palate initially caramel predominates then wood and spices that persist on the long finish. In my opinion given today's market value it is out of price, with a little less quality better to get a Demerara rare collection like Albion, Skeldon, etc.
Review by zabo
Tasted the blind tasting again and ranked it at 8.9 points. Stays the same. Also a real grenade. But it wasn't quite as harmonious blind, at least for me, which is why it was just on the edge of excellent.
Review by SaibotZtar
Sehr leckerer Uitvlugt. Schön würzig süffig. Schwer am Gaumen mit ölige zäher Konsistenz... leichte Süße mit Kokosnuss Vanille und Gewürzen . Sehr lecker wenn auch sehr sehr teuer, leider . Vielen Dank Rodolphe für das Sampl.
Review by TheRhumhoe
An angel from heaven, brought down to earth in liquid form. The nose is an absolute delight, carried by spicy flavors (vanilla, nutmeg, pepper, chili), roasted notes of mocha, almond and hazelnut, gourmet aromas of chocolate, caramel, cookie and toffee, exotic fruits and a floral freshness. The whole is extremely fragrant, elegant and well-balanced. You could stay on the nose for hours. On the palate, we reach ecstasy with this very creamy, very rich and incredibly delicate profile. The gourmet flavors described above sit perfectly alongside spicy, roasted and woody flavors, offering a superb blend of deliciousness and complexity beyond comprehension. The fruit and floral notes are more subdued, but add that little something extra that clearly makes the difference among the great rums. The alcohol is perfectly integrated. On the finish, warm, spicy flavors set the ball rolling, before chocolate, caramel, fruit, cream and menthol take over in an uninterrupted show of impeccable transition. A truly epic, rum-like experience that awakens all the senses, much to our delight. A rum to fall in love with.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Wow. This is Guyana/uitvlugt? Smells after 1h breathing rather like the best banana split with caramelized coconut chips ever!🤤🍫🍌🥥 Had I blind rather put to Barbados Foursquare. Taste also really awesome sweet, spicy after fully ripe banana, coconut, 50% chocolate, caramel candy.... Mega tasty and intense, extremely balanced. My association with banana split with coconut caramel goes through full flavor, in the finish comes through some fresh mint and medjoul dates. Incredibly good!
Review by Tom Buteneers
There has been said and written a lot of things about this already. I can only add that for me, it’s amongst the best Demerara rums I’ve tasted so far in my rum journey. I could just stick my nose in the glass forever. Dark, sweet, nutty, herbaceous with a slight bitterness in aftertaste and some astringent tones in the sides of the mouth from the wood that remain for quite some time. Best things I can compare it to are some of the El Dorado Rare Cask releases (Skeldon, Albion,…) Being able to taste a sample at this moment in time for a very affordable price is something to be peticularly thankful for. Shoutout to Rod for the split 🙌 I’m reluctant to drinking the last drops because after that it will be gone 🥲
Review by Frank
Elegante, hochwertige Qualität, wie erwartet. Nase: würzig-fruchtig-karamellig. Eine angenehme Süße von Sahnetoffe steht einer frischen Note von Blutorangenschale gegenüber. Dazu dann noch Pfeifentabak mit Vanillearoma und eine leichte, feine Schokoladen-Note. An Frucht finde ich noch etwas Rosine und verrucht Brombeere. Gaumen: hier deutlich würziger und holziger und weniger fruchtig süß. Er wirkt eher bitter-salzig und röstig, hat die Säure von Melasse. Würze geht Richtung Muskat und Haselnuss. Ganz hinten etwas altes Stroh. Nase besser aus Gaumen. Aber meckern auf hohem Niveau!
Review by Serge
Update: Blind tasting ... came to the same rating again in blind. Very tasty rum. Much more inconspicuous on the nose than on the palate. Here, bold coffee and malt notes come together to create a noble column profile. Wonderful. My first Velier Demerara - thank you Rodolphe for this split 🙏
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Details about Velier Uitvlugt Modified GS 1996
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by Velier, at 57,2%.
Community purchases
87 bottles logged by 64 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
13% opened, 6 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier Uitvlugt Modified GS 1996 cost?
Community paid €146–€1,761.
Current best price: €899.00 – within the typical community range.
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About the Uitvlugt distillery
The Uitvlugt distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Uitvlugt have been reviewed 2,412 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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