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Skeldon El Dorado Rare Collection SWR 2000
Guyana lovers and anyone who wants a dessert in a glass will settle right into this one. Tropically aged 18 years, it's all dark chocolate, coffee, burnt caramel and vanilla, with dried fruit, coconut and banana around the edges. Creamy, oily, and the 58% ABV sits so well you barely feel it. A few tasters wish it had more rough edges or complexity, but most just call it delicious.
The community says- Dark chocolate & coffee
- Alcohol perfectly integrated
- Creamy, oily body
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How does Skeldon El Dorado Rare Collection SWR 2000 taste?
Aggregated from 266 community reviews.
Rich chocolate-caramel Demerara, dangerously drinkable Widely loved as a chocolate-coffee-caramel Demerara that drinks far smoother than its ABV. The recurring quibble: it's so round and balanced that some want more edges or depth.
Demerara fans who love dark chocolate, coffee and caramel richness
Those chasing raw funk, edges or maximum complexity
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2% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 266 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by TheRhumhoe
A sublime Skeldon bottled by El Dorado, which is surely underrated because of the base brand. The nose is very expressive and elegant, carried by typical Guyana markers: chocolate, caramel, spices, vanilla, nuts and dried fruits mingle brilliantly with exotic fruits and fresh notes. A very deep and successful nose. The attack on the palate is just as intense and delicious, with the same dark, roasted and caffeinated structure, with a slight hint of saltiness. It's creamy and round, with no discernible alcohol. The finish continues in the same vein, with a slight bitterness. A highly expressive, multi-faceted rum that offers a superb alternative to the more expensive and sought-after Demerara.
Review by Jakob
Simply excellent. Brings the Demerara-typical, unique in this form oak vanilla note in perfection in glass. In addition, chocolate melt, hints of latte, fine spices, caramel, a touch of dried fruit and allspice ... I am impressed time and again by the aromatic force that this bottling conjures up in the glass. That a completely tropically stored Guyana in the Skeldon Marque with such a high-class profile remains available for so long at the issue price is in view of the current demand m.E. not rationally explainable - but shall be fine with me. An absolute price-performance tip, even at prices well beyond the 200€.
Review by cigares
The brother of the Skeldon 2001 S.B.S. “The Nectar,” but with many more nuances. A very similar nose with brown sugar, vanilla. More sweetness. Sweetness and liveliness, super interesting. A beautifully dark, lively, deep, and elegant palate. A long and rich finish. The empty glass reveals more fruit and a slight smokiness. It feels like being in a private English club with old varnished wood, a fireplace, and cracked leather armchairs. More balanced than the Enmore 1996, it deserves a few more points. The best alongside the Skeldon 2001 from S.B.S. RX13842 in this small tasting of Skeldons and more complex than the “Soulfire.”
Review by Tim
Sicherlich einer der besten Skeldons. Volle Ladung Schokolade voran mit röstigen Aromen, dazu allerlei Frucht, Vanille und Karamell. Riecht bombastisch lecker. Im Mund setzt sich die Nase fort, wobei die Schokolade und Mokka stark domieren, gepaart mit trockenem Holz und Leder. Zurück bleiben dunkle Noten, schwere Süße und Zitrusfrüchte. Maximal rund. Das ist genau mein Geschmack und der beste Rum, den ich bisher im Glas hatte. Deshalb die hohe Punktzahl!
Review by Mirco
Schon beim ersten Glas zeigt sich: eine Abfüllung, die immer wieder Freude bereitet. Mit etwas Zeit im Glas wird klar: sie ist mehr als nur „Spaßmacher“ sie spielt in der absoluten Königsklasse. Im direkten Vergleich mit den legendären Velier Skeldon 1973 und 1978 braucht sich der 2000er keineswegs zu verstecken. Blind verkostet hält er nicht nur mit…. er schlägt sich hervorragend und beeindruckt mit Tiefe, Balance und Charakter.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
wow🤤. eine Mischung aus banana split und Rum Traube Nuss Schokolade sowohl an der Nase als auch im Geschmack. sehr sehr geil! ein bisschen wie gebackene Honig Banane mit Zartbitterschokolade drüber geraspelt und dazu eine Tafel Rum Traube Nuss mit Orangenschale und getoastetem Fass. im Abgang dann dezente Mokka Kaffee Noten, getrocknete aprikose, Dattel, gesalzene Pekannuss, sowie schöne, leicht bittere Röstaromen und Tannine. Extrem lecker und ausgewogen! Im Vergleich zum Albion und Diamond CBH ist er mir aber fast etwas zu unkomplex. Aber das ist wirklich jammern auf sehr hohem Niveau. Dennoch ein absolut fantastischer Rum zu einem unfassbar fairen Preis für die gebotene Qualität! Definitiv nach wie vor der absolute King in Sachen PLV was Skeldon SWR angeht !!!😄🤘🏼
Review by Joachim Guger
Ein sehr guter, tropisch gereifter Demerara. Ausgeprägte Einflüsse vom Fass und Rosinen.
Review by Clément Boetto🤤🇫🇷
Demerara in all its splendor, an exceptional rum 🤤
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Excellent rum, but the price of 260 euros for me is not worth the purchase. Well balanced and represents all the characteristics that I love in a rum, unfortunately there are in my opinion many others competitive at half the price. Luckily I bought a sample.On the nose and palate woody and dark chocolate scents. Vanilla and caramel very weak and perfectly integrated.Finale below expectations.However a rum that I would never stop drinking.
Review by Tschusikowsky
Die Blaupause eines Guyana Rums🤩 Tee, Schokolade, Gewürze, Karamell, dunkle Schokolade, erdig, holzig, Sirup, Melasse. Dieser Rum steigt je länger in meinem Ansehen. Er ist sehr geschmeidig, hat genügend Komplexität ist dabei sehr geradlinig und auch zugänglich. Wunderbar! Gefällt mir mit jedem Mal trinken etwas besser.
Review by DomM
More open and fruity with less heavy dark notes compared to continental aged 2001 batch.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
26.10.2025 Part 2 / Evening Session Today we have an El Dorado Rare Cask online tasting and I've been looking forward to it. I will keep the score and just enjoy the rums and I have all of them on my shelves as well. ---------------- Yet another great rum from El Dorado even better than Albion. A masterpiece with a fruity profile with a lot of cask notes.
Review by Maxence
Quite a similar profile to its brother Albion 2004. An amazing rum !
Review by Oliver
Clearly outshines much more expensive Guyana Columns! A blend of Velier Skeldon and El Dorado Albion. Outstanding great value.
Review by Basti
Tasted together with the 1998 DLR. Overall a little less fruit and more roasted notes such as coffee. Alcohol also perfectly integrated here. An outstanding rum. Edit: Evaluated again together with the Albion. Both at eye level for me and the nose is just outrageously delicious :P
Review by zabo
Franconian Tasting Gang Edit: at the tasting we tried some El Dorados like this one, as well as the Enmore and Albion. The conclusion: you can't go wrong with any of these bottlings. In contrast to the Velier bottlings, these are still available at affordable prices and the difference for me is only minimal. Whereby this one scored the "worst" ;-)
Review by BTHHo 🥃
Excellent 💪🏻
Review by RumTaTa
Nose: indescribably balanced and varied, at first the sweetness of caramel and cream toffee predominates, then walnut, bourbon and dried fruit come in and they are complemented by spice and barrel notes. Heaviness and creaminess can already be guessed!Palate: very oily texture and perfect continuation of the nose, still sweet (burnt sugar) but now more coffee, dark chocolate and wood. Still super balanced, here nothing stands out or dances out of line!Finish: again a harmonious continuation but not eternally longAt this rum I find absolutely nothing disturbing and that is at the same time the only thing you could reproach him: there are simply no corners or edges 😉One of the top-class easy sipper I know!
Review by Serge
The tastiest Skeldon I've tasted so far. Tastes better to me than the continental representatives of the same vintage. The chocolate and coffee side is intense at the same time, but still brighter and not as engaging, which suits the rum well and leaves room for the remaining flavors Edit: Comparison within the Rare Collection: CBh 1st place, then EHP 96, then Albion and then Skeldon.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,8:On the nose, a coconut bursts into our nosetrils, with raisins, dried apricots, an orange and a banana, simultaneously with roasted wood notes like caramelized nuts, chocolate and spicy cinnamon, vanilla. On aeration, a molasses is vegetal, dark with black tea, tobacco and coffee from roasted wood. A pleasant experience... 9,2:On the palate, the attack is delicious and round with toasted coconut, dried apricots, raisins, orange and yellow fruits, as with tasty, sweet roasted wood notes like caramel, dark chocolate and spicy vanilla, with a whiff of floral molasses.... 8,9:The finish is long, dry with roasted wood, in the end becoming charred, besides dried fruits, coconut, some fruits are also candied, some bitterness crawls in... Edit:19.4.25. 😍.
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Read full review →I like this rum a lot - it's a really top example of a Tropically aged Demerara. The Skeldon 1973 had perhaps the slight nod over it but this easily stands amongst the Velier Demerara bottlings I have tried to date. That is perhaps the only reason I'll stop short...
Details about Skeldon El Dorado Rare Collection SWR 2000
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, distilled by Skeldon, at 58,3%.
Community purchases
398 bottles logged by 268 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
15% opened, 19 emptied and repurchased.
What does Skeldon El Dorado Rare Collection SWR 2000 cost?
Community paid 192–290 €.
Current best price: 312.14 € – above the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+15 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
398 purchased · 270 tasted · 163 wishlist · as of
About the Skeldon distillery
The Skeldon distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Skeldon have been reviewed 855 times with an average of 8.9/10.
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