El Dorado High Ester Blend LBI DHE Demerara Ron Rum 2012 750 ML
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About this bottle
El Dorado High Ester Blend LBI/DHE is a Demerara rum from Guyana's Demerara Distillers Limited, blending two of the Diamond plant's historic wooden-still marques — LBI and DHE — distilled in 2012 and bottled after eleven years at 57% ABV. High-ester rums are pot-distilled to concentrate the funky, fruit-forward congeners that give Demerara rum its signature intensity, and this blend leans hard into that style: dark molasses, ripe banana, and a resinous, almost pungent fruit note up front, giving way to baking spice and scorched sugar on a long, warming finish. Built for rum drinkers chasing the wilder end of the Demerara spectrum, not a mixing rum.
How to drink El Dorado High Ester Blend LBI/DHE
Take this one neat, or with a single ice cube if the funk needs a little taming — at 57% it can shock a palate used to standard-proof rum. It's too aggressive and layered to hide in a daiquiri, but a splash in a Jungle Bird lets the high-ester funk cut through the Campari instead of getting lost.
Specs
Rum114 proof
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Questions about this bottle
What's the best way to serve El Dorado High Ester Blend LBI/DHE?
Serve neat in a tulip glass to catch the aroma, or add one ice cube to soften the 57% ABV; it holds its character well over a slow melt.
What do LBI and DHE mean on El Dorado rum labels?
They're marque codes for specific historic stills preserved at Demerara Distillers' Diamond plant in Guyana — each marque produces a distinct style of pot-still spirit, and this bottle blends two of them.
How strong is this rum?
It's bottled at 57% ABV (114 proof), noticeably stronger than a standard 40% rum, so a little goes further in a mixed drink.
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