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Velier Uitvlugt ULR 1997
"Coconuts falling on your head," as one taster put it — this tropically-aged Uitvlugt from Velier runs on coconut, glue and varnish, caramel, dark fruit and wood. It's lighter and creamier than most Demeraras, almost column-still soft, but layered underneath. Many call it the best Uitvlugt they've had. The one recurring gripe: a finish some wished ran longer.
The community says- Coconut-glue nose
- Complex and balanced
- Well-integrated alcohol
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How does Velier Uitvlugt ULR 1997 taste?
Aggregated from 116 community reviews.
Coconut-and-glue Demerara, light yet deeply complex Adored across the board — coconut, solvent, caramel and wood in a light-but-complex Demerara. A few felt the finish tails off, and fruit lovers noted it's not their profile.
Demerara fans chasing coconut-and-solvent complexity
People who mainly want bright, fruit-forward rum
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How is Velier Uitvlugt ULR 1997 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.3 sits in the “Excellent” band. 99% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
2% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 116 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Just retasted this one and this time it scored higher, maybe because I had a perfect day for this kind of rum. The nose is intense and fruity with wood, spices, and varnish trailed by chocolate, tobacco and light marzipan. The palate is sweet and sharp at the same time with fruits, spices, tobacco, oak and light licorice and grass. The finish is medium to long and warm with oak, coconut and tea. A few drops of water will release a lot of extra flavours on the palate and finish.
Review by Jakob
Absolute Champions League from Guyana. Fantastically balanced between sweetness, wood, spice and subtle fruitiness. Excellent!
Review by Giorgio Garotti
Another beautiful uitvlugt velier! Intense and very fruity with a nice caramel note! The spices and chocolate act as a garnish and make everything very mouthwatering! Wood integrated perfectly! A very balanced rum indeed and amazing to drink!
Review by Oliver
One of the best Uitvlugt that I have had the pleasure to taste so far. Light yet complex. Heavenly.
Review by Joachim Guger
A wonderful tropically matured Demerara. Lots of glue, caramel and coconut on the nose, fat and oily on the palate. A nose that likes to accompany a double corona, intoxicating. It's a real shame that there's nothing more to come. Anyone who has a bottle in their collection can count themselves lucky.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Tasted it yesterday; I'm still smiling blissfully now. 😍 Update 2024-10-01: Today I had the rare opportunity to taste this great rum again (many thanks to ander_s for the great surprise). While I gave the rum an exuberant 94 points at the time, I'm a little more reserved today. These are of course only nuances, but for my taste the rum could taste a little "darker", the REV-Head in me comes through ... Nevertheless, an incredible pleasure - see my opening sentence.
Review by Maxence
Very sweet and round profile with coconut, molasses, vanilla, pastries, walnuts, wood. Amazing rum 😋
Review by Serge
Incredibly tasty. Wonderfully light column profile with coconut, vanilla, oak, caramel, some fruit and a wonderful glue and solvent note. Convinced me both blind and normal. Insanely delicious, light, multi-layered and wonderfully lingering ... 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
Review by Pavel Spacek
Amazing nose, rum + nuts taste .. Old Velier Demerara rum is the best thing you can taste in the rum world. The rums were aged in the tropics for several years by mistake and nobody refilled the barrel. The Andel tax was 90% or more, which is why the taste is especially full and intense. Even though it is an extra expensive product, I recommend to taste a rum from this series at least once in your life.
Review by Dr.Django
Blind probiert und absoöut geflasht worden! Hab schon gedacht einen absoluten Hidden Gem gefunden zu haben. Pustekuchen... Absolut genialer und zurecht schon legendärer Rum. Super intensiv, super ausbalanviert mit teopischen und roten Früchten, einer schönen Portion Holz und Karamell. Ewig langer Abgang.
Review by Johannes
A top representative of the Guyanas!
Review by mto75
Let it air a little first. For 'only' 60% ABV, it comes across quite powerfully... then the nose reveals a wonderfully complex aroma of dried fruit (dates), tropical fruit, tobacco / cedar wood, varnish, caramel, milk chocolate. There is also a hint of Ahoy sherbet lemon wafting in the background. A pleasant sweetness on the palate, accompanied by spices, coffee and nutty, roasted notes. Beautifully balanced and a mega long finish. Great Demerara cinema!
Review by SaibotZtar
WOW outstanding nose Coconut, oak, chocolate, plum, vanilla, licorice, marzipan and slightly fruity madness complex in the nose really strong. On the palate beautiful sweetness floods the mouth mmhh lots of chocolate and coconut slightly reminiscent of a Belize... only much more complex and incredibly round. Some clove and tobacco in the finish. Delicious !!!
Review by Thomas Wille
Wow, what a rum. For me, the best Uitvlugt to date. What can I say, one of the best ever. Thank you so much for letting me try it .... 🙏
Review by zabo
Edit: nice representative from Guyana. In my opinion also very good, but some small detail or off-note bothered me, which I unfortunately can't name exactly. Unfortunately, this ruins a better rating. It may also be due to the price that expectations were set so high. Unfortunately, for me it's more of a collector's item than a rum that you can drink without giving it much thought. I would have imagined the finish to be much longer than it is. Franconian Tasting Gang goes Tiki Thanks Jakob
Review by TheRhumhoe
Si le Rhum avait un prophète, ce serait ce rhum. Un nez merveilleux, qui plonge au cœur du terroir de Demerara et ses notes épicées, caféinées et chocolatées, les fruits tropicaux et les notes pâtissières et sucrées suivant le fil avec un soupçon de colle et de vernis, de notes de tabac et de fleurs qui en font un rhum parfait sur le plan olfactif. La bouche laisse rêveur, on est comme guidé dans un poème avec le profil sombre, épicé et chocolaté, les fruits et cette profondeur incroyable. Un rhum élégant, complexe, équilibré, d’une douceur infinie et tout simplement délicieux. La finale est interminable, sur des notes florales, épicées, des amandes, du chocolat, du thé, du caramel, des fruits tropicaux, du bois et de la réglisse. La quintessence du rhum dans toute sa splendeur.
Review by Frank
What an incredible quality. A full-bodied, intense nose. Spicy, woody and yet fruity. Toasted, lovely sandalwood with some tobacco and leather. Then at the same time dried apricot and dried plum as well as cherry. Strong treacle, malty and vanilla powder. Palate: no less intense and full-bodied. Fine oak and piney sandalwood. Clearly almond, tending slightly towards marzipan. Dark roasted and therefore slightly bitter-salty. Beautifully spicy with nutmeg and clove. Dried, sour currant and light chocolate notes on the finish. Top of the league together with the other Velier
Review by Jarek
Nectar of the gods! So far the rum I've had in my glass. Addendum: had another 0.5 cl to taste today and the first impression was confirmed. Everything I like about Demerara is there and in just the right amount.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Nose and taste are very different in parts, a little too sticky for me personally, plus slightly floral notes of lavender and mint/eucalyptus. Blindly I would partly guess foursquare or worthy park because of the coconut! Thanks Rob! 😋
Review by Manuel
Pleasure at the very highest level. The smell alone (solvent, lots of spices) of the rum is indescribable. The rum unfolds its full aroma in the mouth. An absolute highlight that will be remembered for a long time.
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Details about Velier Uitvlugt ULR 1997
A Column Still Rum from Guyana, bottled by Velier, at 59,7%.
Community purchases
135 bottles logged by 82 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
11% opened, 9 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier Uitvlugt ULR 1997 cost?
Community paid 178–2,200 €.
Current best price: 1490.00 € – within the typical community range.
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135 purchased · 118 tasted · 68 wishlist · as of
About the Uitvlugt distillery
The Uitvlugt distillery is located in Guyana. Rums from Uitvlugt have been reviewed 2,433 times with an average of 8.5/10.
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