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Uitvlugt
Founded
1871
Region
Guyana
Status
Closed
Company
Production type
Pure Single Rum,
Traditional Rum
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Uitvlugt (pronounced [eye-flut]) was a distillery in Guyana that was located on the estate of the same name, and was connected to its sugar factory which opened in 1871. The estate was named after the Dutch planter, Ignatius Charles Bourda Uitvlugt, who settled it in the 18th century. When the government in Guyana began to nationalise its sugar industry in 1975, it embarked on a long process of consolidation which eventually saw Uitvlugt closed in 1999.
In its years of operation, the distillery produced rums from Guyana-made molasses, mostly from its own sugar factory. Its main still was a four-column French Savalle, however at times it was also home to the Versailles single wooden pot still, Port Mourant double wooden pot still, and Enmore two-column wooden Coffey still. All historically significant, they were moved to Diamond in 2000 where they operate as the country's "Heritage Stills."
While not strictly marketed as a brand, the Uitvlugt name is trademarked by Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) and can only be used to refer to rum produced by the company on its four-column Savalle still. The majority of these are rums bottled from casks bearing the ICBU marque (after estate founder Ignatius Charles Bourda Uitvlugt).
The earliest official reference to Uitvlugt and ICBU was on a distillery bottling from 2005, produced in collaboration with, and for exclusive distribution by Velier SpA in Italy. Then in 2010, an ICBU rum was released as part of the Single Barrel range from DDL's in-house El Dorado brand. The last Velier collaboration releases were bottled in 2014, and since then Uitvlugt has been the reserve of the El Dorado portfolio, featuring in its limited edition Rare Collection and Blended in the Barrel series.
1983-1999
1976-1983
1921-1976
Former Stills
ICBU Four-column Savalle still
1920s-2000
PM Double wooden pot still
1953-2000
VSG Single wooden pot still
1994-2000
EHP Two-column wooden Coffey still
1994-2000
Former brands
Various