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BE47231B-98D7-413E-A4FF-18DE314AC9A8Guyana Demerara Distillers Ltd George Morton Ltd
George Morton Ltd DDL O.V.D. Old Vatted Demerara 100cl bottle
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Aged rum · 7 years · 40%

George Morton Ltd DDL O.V.D. Old Vatted Demerara

Anyone wanting an easy, wood-forward Demerara to mix rather than study will get the most out of this one. Expect dark chocolate, cocoa, burnt sugar and heavy oak, with a soft, slightly sweet body at 40%. Several tasters find it flat and one-note, and the long finish leans bitter for some. Fine in tiki cocktails, less rewarding neat.

The community says
  • Dark chocolate & cocoa
  • But: Flat, one-note
  • But: Bitter finish

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How does George Morton Ltd DDL O.V.D. Old Vatted Demerara taste?

Summarized by AI from community reviews.

Woody, dark, flat everyday Demerara Divides people: a decent, molasses-and-wood everyday Demerara for some, too flat and bitter on the finish for others. Most agree the 40% and simple profile hold it back.

Perfect for

People wanting a cheap wood-heavy Demerara for tiki and mixing

Less suitable for

Anyone after a bold, complex Demerara to sip neat

Experience level · Novice (2/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oaky

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

6.0/10 Pleasant

25 community reviews
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Distribution of all 25 ratings
9–10 0%
8–9 0%
7–8 16%
6–7 28%
5–6 20%
4–5 28%
0–4 8%

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Review by Timo Groeger

Timo Groeger
Aug 20253,258 reviewsGermany
6.0/10

Hiking through the ghost wood in Oelde. Just by the Oelder waterfalls and drinking a new rum. Comes very dark, especially dark chocolate, cocoa, and also wood. Not a must-have drunk, but okay.

Review by Johnny Rumcask

Johnny Rumcask
Dec 2024226 reviewsGermany
4.1/10

Nobody needs it: the nose is musty, dark, woody. Not much on the palate: a little sweetness, soft - the whole thing doesn't match the nose at all. The finish is very long, but is limited to bitterness on the palate.

Review by Gregor

Gregor
Gregor
Jan 2023545 reviewsCzech
6.5/10

Solid price-performance ratio. Very strong wood tones. Just typical of guyana in my opinion. Too little percent

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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate

However, upon revisiting the rum I have found that it has a bitterness to it in the aftertaste that lingers rather too long. This makes the experience of drinking the rum a little unpleasant after a while. It's a good value rum and quite readily available. To me its a...
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Community shelf

12 bottles logged by 11 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

25% opened, 1 emptied.

9 sealed 2 open 1 emptied

What did the community pay for George Morton Ltd DDL O.V.D. Old Vatted Demerara?

Avg. community purchase price 12 €.

What members paid for this bottle, self-reported. Not a market value — the purchases are over three years old at the median and unverified.

12 purchased · 25 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of

Details about George Morton Ltd DDL O.V.D. Old Vatted Demerara

A rum from Guyana, bottled by George Morton Ltd, at 40%.

CountryGuyana
Raw materialMolasses
ABV40%
Age7 years
Volume100cl

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Demerara Distillers Ltd

Distillery

Demerara Distillers Ltd 

Avg Rating 7.8/10 over 250 Rums

Demerara Distillers is the company that ended up holding everything. As Guyana's only surviving rum maker, its Diamond plant runs the world's last wooden pot stills and the last wooden Coffey still alongside modern columns, draws 24 different marks from them, and blends them into El Dorado. It is also the reason most Demerara on the shelf comes from one address.

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