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Uitvlugt 1997 The Wild Parrot

Lot: 6030092

Uitvlugt 1997 The Wild Parrot

Winning Bid: £500

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Uitvlugt
Age: 
n/a
Vintage: 
1997
Region: 
Guyana
Bottler: 
The Wild Parrot
Cask Type: 
n/a
Bottled Strength: 
48.9%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
Production method: 
n/a
Base: 
Guyana molasses
product Details

Uitvlugt 1997 The Wild Parrot

The Wild Parrot is a collaboration between Stefano Cremeschi and Hidden Spirits. Hidden Spirits is part of a new generation of independent Italian bottlers. Founded by Andrea Ferrari, the company operates an online store for fine and rare collectible spirits, as well as bottling some very respected independent single malts and rum.

This rum was distilled at Uitvlugt in 1997 on one of Guyana's heritage stills, although which one is not made clear.

Uitvlugt, pronounced [eye-flut] was located on the west bank of the Demerara river near the Dutch-established town of the same name. The distillery was established at the end of the 18th century and remained Dutch-owned until the government in Guyana began to nationalise and consolidate the country’s rum production in 1974. Thereafter it became part of the portfolio of Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL), who closed it down at the end of 1999. Uitvlugt originally operated double wooden pot stills, however these were replaced by a four column French Savalle still in the early 1920s. A double wooden pot still was reinstalled in the 1950s however, moved there from the closed Port Mourant distillery. In addition, Uitvlugt also received the EHP wooden coffey still and Versailles single wooden pot still when DDL closed Enmore in 1994. These four are all now known as the “Heritage Stills,” and have remained operational since being moved to Diamond in 2000, the last remaining distillery in the country.

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