El Dorado 25

[Junsas]

A few month ago i got my hands on a bottle of El Dorado 25. I absolutely love the 12y and 15y old. Looking forward to opening the 25y on a special occasion (which hopefully will come soon ).

How many bottles of this rum have been produced? On your website you state, that only 3000 bottles were produced in 1999. My bottle has a small label which says it is bottle 0324 of 2008. Do you have some of the rum stored in steel tanks or something similar and bottle it every year?

I also saw varying proof statements on the 700ml (40% abv) and 750ml (43% abv) versions. Why this difference?

Junsas

[El Dorado]

Originally Posted by Junsas

A few month ago i got my hands on a bottle of El Dorado 25. I absolutely love the 12y and 15y old. Looking forward to opening the 25y on a special occasion (which hopefully will come soon ).

How many bottles of this rum have been produced? On your website you state, that only 3000 bottles were produced in 1999. My bottle has a small label which says it is bottle 0324 of 2008. Do you have some of the rum stored in steel tanks or something similar and bottle it every year?

I also saw varying proof statements on the 700ml (40% abv) and 750ml (43% abv) versions. Why this difference?

Junsas

Sorry I did not respond to you earlier but the days seems to grow shorter - probably need a 30 hours days.

If you love the 12 years and 15 years then you will go head over heels in love with the 25 years. This rum is so soft and smooth it is like velvet. It disappears from your palette before you realise you are drinking it.

I can tell you the exact number of bottles that have been produced so far but it is not very large. I'll try to get the number and give it to you.

No we do not have the rum stored in steel tanks or any such thing. As rums from our warehouses come to age then we blend and bottle. Because the minimum age of the rums in the blend is 25 years old the quanyity produced is limited. The 25 years was actually produced as a one off rum for the millennium. We had never planned a 25 years old rum hence when the demand came we could not supply as was required.

The 700 ml (43%) is for the European market and the 750 ml (40%) is for the US, Canada and other markets.

[Tony8669]

Is it still possible to get ED 25 in ontario canada or the usa. ED 25 is the king of rums. I wish i didnt drink my bottle so fast during a week long fishing trip this summer.

[Ruminsky Van Drunkenberg]

Originally Posted by Tony8669

Is it still possible to get ED 25 in ontario canada or the usa. ED 25 is the king of rums. I wish i didnt drink my bottle so fast during a week long fishing trip this summer.

Oh, I don't know about the king of rums...the Rum Nation Demerara 23 year old is pretty stellar, and the English Harbour 1981 25 year old is exceptional. That said, I think we can agree that the older El dorados are for sure among the royalty of rums.

[aerozep]

I found this for Ontario:
http://www.thebeerguy.ca/our_brands/...oduct_id=70658

My El Dorado 25 is numbered: 0220 of 2008 (sticker underneath canister). Does that mean the production run was limited to 2008 bottles? (if so, kind of odd number)

[goofienewfie]

Originally Posted by aerozep

I found this for Ontario:
http://www.thebeerguy.ca/our_brands/...oduct_id=70658

My El Dorado 25 is numbered: 0220 of 2008 (sticker underneath canister). Does that mean the production run was limited to 2008 bottles? (if so, kind of odd number)

I can't recall what bottle number is on mine but I believe the "2008" is just the year of the bottling. The folks at ED haven't stated how much was bottled, as far as I know. My understanding is that there have been several bottlings across years and at different ABV.

[aerozep]

Out of curiousity, what other bottle numbers do people have? Particulary interested in high numbered bottles and bottles that don't have "#### of 2008".

[Ruminsky Van Drunkenberg]

Originally Posted by aerozep

Out of curiousity, what other bottle numbers do people have? Particulary interested in high numbered bottles and bottles that don't have "#### of 2008".

I just bought two bottles marked "xxx of 2011", so it seems reasonable to assume the numbers refer to years.

[Jamie76]

Originally Posted by Ruminsky Van Drunkenberg

I just bought two bottles marked "xxx of 2011", so it seems reasonable to assume the numbers refer to years.

I'm curious...I am assuming that the ED 25 is no longer being made, however there seems to be a good supply up in the Great White North. Is it just low demand? I've not seen it here in the States in recent years, and about the only place I see it online is through European vendors. I still have my hopes up that I will eventually obtain one.

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Jamie76

I'm curious...I am assuming that the ED 25 is no longer being made; I still have my hopes up that I will eventually obtain one.

Since the 25 years is on the company's web site, we can safely assume that it will be available again. I would say that quantities are limited, so it's not available year round, but it's not an anniversary or one-time release.