Enmore

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Region

Guyana

Status

Closed

Company

Demerara Distillers Ltd

Production type

Pure Single Rum, Traditional Rum

The Enmore sugar estate was established by Edward Henry Porter in the early 19th century after he converted from his father's former cotton plantation on the east bank of the Demerara river. Its rum distillery was nationalised by the government of Guyana in 1976 and placed in the control of Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) in 1983. Consolidation efforts by the company saw it closed down in 1994.

Until its closure, the distillery's rum was either sold in bulk or contributed to the blends of DDL's El Dorado brand.

While not marketed as a brand in the traditional sense, the Enmore name is a trademark of Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL). Rums produced at the distillery on its two-column wooden coffey still were usually identified by the EHP marque, and it along with a handful of others are labelled as Enmore when bottled in unblended form.

The first official bottling of Enmore was released in 2007 as part of the DDL collaboration with Italian distributors, Velier SpA. The partnership lasted until 2014, in which time a further three were bottled, as well an an Enmore component in one the Blended in the Barrel releases. In 2010 an EHP marque was also included in the Connoisseur Range of single barrel El Dorado bottlings by DDL, and subsequent Enmore rums have also appeared as part of that brand's Single Stills and Rare Collection series.

Demerara Distillers Ltd

1983-1994

Guyana Liquor Corporation

1976-1983

Booker Brothers, McConnell & Co

-1976

EHP Two-column wooden Coffey still

1880-1994

VSG Single wooden pot still

1974-1994

El Dorado

Various

Enmore ELCR 1995 Full Proof 16 Year Old

Demerara Distillers Ltd

Velier, IT

This is a tropically aged 16 year old, full proof Demerara rum. It was bottled from eight barrels distilled at Enmore in 1995 and bottled in February 2011.

Albion AN 1989 Full Proof 19 Year Old

Demerara Distillers Ltd

Velier, IT

This is an AN marque rum, traditionally associated with the Albion sugar estate. Its distillery was shut down in 1968 and its marques were then produced at various other distillers. This one was distilled by Demerara Distillers Ltd at Enmore using its wooden Coffey still.

Enmore MEA 1988 Full Proof 20 Year Old

Demerara Distillers Ltd

Velier, IT

Unlike the majority of the rums in the Velier "black bottle" collaboration with Demerara Distillers Ltd, this one was not founded in the latter company's warehouses but was instead continentally aged in the UK for 20 years before bottling.

Enmore MEA 1990 Full Proof 18 Year Old

Demerara Distillers Ltd

Velier, IT

Unlike the other rums on the Velier "black bottle" collaboration with Demerara Distillers Ltd, this rum was not found in the latter's warehouses. Instead, it was continentally aged for 18 years in the UK, but selected as an example of Demerara rum no longer available to be found in Guyana.

Albion AW 1986 Full Proof 25 Year Old

Demerara Distillers Ltd

Velier, IT

This is an AW marque Demerara rum, a style traditionally produced at the Albion sugar estate. After the closure of its distillery, its marques have continued to be produced at various different places. This once was distilled by Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) on the wooden Coffey still at Enmore in 1986.

Enmore EHP 1998 Full Proof 9 Year Old

Demerara Distillers Ltd

Velier, IT

Enmore 1987 Full Proof

Velier

Albion AN 1994 Full Proof 17 Year Old

Demerara Distillers Ltd

Velier, IT

This AN marque rum was distilled by Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) on the wooden Coffey still in its final year at Enmore distillery. It was bottled in February 2011 from four casks #7100, #7101, #7102, #7103.

This is one of a number of legendary bottlings produced collaboratively by DDL and Velier between 2005 and 2014.