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Velier Uitvlugt ULR ULR 1997
"Coconuts falling on your head," as one taster put it — this tropically-aged Uitvlugt from Velier runs on coconut, glue and varnish, caramel, dark fruit and wood. It's lighter and creamier than most Demeraras, almost column-still soft, but layered underneath. Many call it the best Uitvlugt they've had. The one recurring gripe: a finish some wished ran longer.
The community says- Coconut-glue nose
- Complex and balanced
- Well-integrated alcohol
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How does Velier Uitvlugt ULR ULR 1997 taste?
Aggregated from 117 community reviews.
Coconut-and-glue Demerara, light yet deeply complex Adored across the board — coconut, solvent, caramel and wood in a light-but-complex Demerara. A few felt the finish tails off, and fruit lovers noted it's not their profile.
Demerara fans chasing coconut-and-solvent complexity
People who mainly want bright, fruit-forward rum
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.3 sits in the “Excellent” band. 99% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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98% rate it 8 or higher. 16 selected write-ups from 117 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Just retasted this one and this time it scored higher, maybe because I had a perfect day for this kind of rum. The nose is intense and fruity with wood, spices, and varnish trailed by chocolate, tobacco and light marzipan. The palate is sweet and sharp at the same time with fruits, spices, tobacco, oak and light licorice and grass. The finish is medium to long and warm with oak, coconut and tea. A few drops of water will release a lot of extra flavours on the palate and finish.
Review by Jakob
Absolute Champions League from Guyana. Fantastically balanced between sweetness, wood, spice and subtle fruitiness. Excellent!
Review by Giorgio Garotti
Another beautiful uitvlugt velier! Intense and very fruity with a nice caramel note! The spices and chocolate act as a garnish and make everything very mouthwatering! Wood integrated perfectly! A very balanced rum indeed and amazing to drink!
Review by Oliver
One of the best Uitvlugt that I have had the pleasure to taste so far. Light yet complex. Heavenly.
Review by Joachim Guger
A wonderful tropically matured Demerara. Lots of glue, caramel and coconut on the nose, fat and oily on the palate. A nose that likes to accompany a double corona, intoxicating. It's a real shame that there's nothing more to come. Anyone who has a bottle in their collection can count themselves lucky.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Tasted it yesterday; I'm still smiling blissfully now. 😍 Update 2024-10-01: Today I had the rare opportunity to taste this great rum again (many thanks to ander_s for the great surprise). While I gave the rum an exuberant 94 points at the time, I'm a little more reserved today. These are of course only nuances, but for my taste the rum could taste a little "darker", the REV-Head in me comes through ... Nevertheless, an incredible pleasure - see my opening sentence.
Review by Maxence
Very sweet and round profile with coconut, molasses, vanilla, pastries, walnuts, wood. Amazing rum 😋
Review by Pavel Spacek
Amazing nose, rum + nuts taste .. 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 Serge
Incredibly tasty. Wonderfully light column profile with coconut, vanilla, oak, caramel, some fruit and a wonderful glue and solvent note. Convinced me both blind and normal. Insanely delicious, light, multi-layered and wonderfully lingering ... 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
Review by Dr.Django
Blind probiert und absoöut geflasht worden! Hab schon gedacht einen absoluten Hidden Gem gefunden zu haben. Pustekuchen... Absolut genialer und zurecht schon legendärer Rum. Super intensiv, super ausbalanviert mit teopischen und roten Früchten, einer schönen Portion Holz und Karamell. Ewig langer Abgang.
Review by Johannes
A top representative of the Guyanas!
Review by mto75
Let it air a little first. For 'only' 60% ABV, it comes across quite powerfully... then the nose reveals a wonderfully complex aroma of dried fruit (dates), tropical fruit, tobacco / cedar wood, varnish, caramel, milk chocolate. There is also a hint of Ahoy sherbet lemon wafting in the background. A pleasant sweetness on the palate, accompanied by spices, coffee and nutty, roasted notes. Beautifully balanced and a mega long finish. Great Demerara cinema!
Review by SaibotZtar
WOW outstanding nose Coconut, oak, chocolate, plum, vanilla, licorice, marzipan and slightly fruity madness complex in the nose really strong. On the palate beautiful sweetness floods the mouth mmhh lots of chocolate and coconut slightly reminiscent of a Belize... only much more complex and incredibly round. Some clove and tobacco in the finish. Delicious !!!
Review by zabo
Edit: nice representative from Guyana. In my opinion also very good, but some small detail or off-note bothered me, which I unfortunately can't name exactly. Unfortunately, this ruins a better rating. It may also be due to the price that expectations were set so high. Unfortunately, for me it's more of a collector's item than a rum that you can drink without giving it much thought. I would have imagined the finish to be much longer than it is. Franconian Tasting Gang goes Tiki Thanks Jakob
Review by Thomas Wille
Wow, what a rum. For me, the best Uitvlugt to date. What can I say, one of the best ever. Thank you so much for letting me try it .... 🙏
Review by TheRhumhoe
Si le Rhum avait un prophète, ce serait ce rhum. Un nez merveilleux, qui plonge au cœur du terroir de Demerara et ses notes épicées, caféinées et chocolatées, les fruits tropicaux et les notes pâtissières et sucrées suivant le fil avec un soupçon de colle et de vernis, de notes de tabac et de fleurs qui en font un rhum parfait sur le plan olfactif. La bouche laisse rêveur, on est comme guidé dans un poème avec le profil sombre, épicé et chocolaté, les fruits et cette profondeur incroyable. Un rhum élégant, complexe, équilibré, d’une douceur infinie et tout simplement délicieux. La finale est interminable, sur des notes florales, épicées, des amandes, du chocolat, du thé, du caramel, des fruits tropicaux, du bois et de la réglisse. La quintessence du rhum dans toute sa splendeur.
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
The estery coconut rocketship that is this uitvlugt. It is crazy how well the coconut integrates to the Demerara flavours, the spices and wood are evolving around this until they fade away into a long finish of caramel and wood.
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Auction results 1052 € – 1408 €
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Avg. community purchase price 1019 €
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Details about Velier Uitvlugt ULR ULR 1997
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by Velier, at 59,7%.
Uitvlugt closed in 1999. Why is the name still on bottles? The RumX guide →
Community purchases
137 bottles logged by 84 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
12% opened, 10 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier Uitvlugt ULR ULR 1997 cost?
Community paid 178–2,200 €.
Current best price: 1490.00 € – within the typical community range.
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137 purchased · 119 tasted · 72 wishlist · as of
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