El Dorado 15 Year Old Old Special Reserve Rum, 70cl

Product Information

Hemming, John; Bowles, Steve; Watson, Fiona (1988). "Maracá Rainforest Project Brazil 1987-1988" (PDF). Royal Geographical Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2017 . Retrieved 15 February 2019. Hemming, John. "The Draining of Lake Guatavita" (PDF). SA Explorers. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 August 2014 . Retrieved 15 February 2019. A este tiempo desnudaban al heredero en carnes vivas y lo untaban con una tierra pegajosa y lo espolvoreaban con oro en polvo y molido, de tal manera que iba cubierto todo de este metal. Metíanle en la balsa, en la cual iba parado, y a los pies le ponían un gran montón de oro y esmeraldas para que ofreciese a su dios. Entraban con él en la balsa cuatro caciques, los más principales, sus sujetos, muy aderezados de plumería, coronas de oro, brazales y chagualas y orejeras de oro, también desnudos, y cada cual llevaba su ofrecimiento. En partiendo la balsa de tierra comenzaban los instrumentos, cornetas, fotutos y otros instrumentos, y con esto una gran vocería que atronaba montes y valles y duraba hasta que la balsa llegaba al medio de la laguna, de donde, con una bandera, se hacía señal para el silencio. Waterton, Charles (1891). Moore, Norman (ed.). Wanderings in South America. London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Co, Ltd. p.192 – via gutenberg.org.

Candide satire of Voltaire published in 1759 describes a place called El Dorado, a geographically isolated utopia where the streets are covered with precious stones, there exist no priests, and all of the king's jokes are funny. de Gandía, Enrique (1929). "Capítulo VII: El Dorado". Historia crítica de los mitos de la conquista americana (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Juan Roldán y Cía. Nicholl, Charles (1995). The Creature in the Map: A Journey to El Dorado. London. ISBN 0-09-959521-4. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) Rivière, Peter (2006). The Guiana Travels of Robert Schomburgk, 1835–1844: Explorations on behalf of the Royal Geographical Society, 1835–1839. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p.274. ISBN 0904180867.RESTED FOR 15 YEARS. This rum has been laid down in oak barrels for at least 15 years then artfully blended using the Enmore and Diamond Coffey Stills, the Port Mourant Double Wooden Pot Still and the Versailles Single Wooden Pot Still - for you to savour and enjoy.

In 1637–38, two monks, Acana and Fritz, undertook several journeys to the lands of the Manoas, indigenous peoples living in western Guyana and what is now Roraima in northeastern Brazil. Although they found no evidence of El Dorado, their published accounts were intended to inspire further exploration. [38] Guatavita, Lake". British Museum Collection. Trustees of the British Museum . Retrieved 15 February 2019. RESTED FOR 12 YEARS. This rum has been laid down in oak barrels for at least 12 years producing a rich and diverse spirit. Blended to perfection using a combination of the Enmore and Diamond Coffey Stills and the Port Mourant Double Wooden Pot Still. El Dorado ( Spanish: [el doˈɾaðo], English: / ˌ ɛ l d ə ˈ r ɑː d oʊ/; Spanish for "the golden") is commonly associated with the legend of a gold city, kingdom, or empire purportedly located somewhere in the Americas. Originally, El Hombre Dorado ("The Golden Man") or El Rey Dorado ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief ( zipa) or king of the Muisca people, an indigenous people of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense of Colombia, who as an initiation rite, covered himself with gold dust and submerged in Lake Guatavita.

Awards for El Dorado 12

This is the best commercially available aged Demerara that I have enjoyed by some margin. Well done DDL! Take pride in your rum - No added sugar needed https://www.rumrevelations.com/post/el-dorado-15-rum-review-old-vs-new-where-s-the-sugar DDL Demerara El Dorado Guyana This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services. El Dorado, the name conjures images of the mythical city of gold ruled by El Rey Dorado, The Golden King. A legend of a South American tribal chieftain, who would be completely covered in gold dust as part of an ancient ritual. The chieftain would travel with a decorated raft to the middle of a gigantic lake and offer a sacrifice of gold to the god-monster they believed lived in the lake. With this ritual the chieftain was recognized as king.

El Dorado 15 Year Old Rumis ablended selection of different ‘vintages’ or batches of rums from different stills which is then aged in oak barrels. The base rums come fromthe Enmore and Diamond Coffey Stills, the Port Mourant Double Wooden Pot Still and the Versailles Single Wooden Pot Still. El Dorado rums are statically aged and the youngest rum in the blend is a minimum of 15 years old. a b c d e "Humboldt, Alexander von, Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America During the Years 1799–1804, (chapter 24). Henry G. Bohn, London, 1853". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03 . Retrieved 2015-03-04.

How does this rum taste?

By the mid-1570s, the Spanish silver strike at Potosí in Upper Peru (modern Bolivia) was producing unprecedented real wealth. [ citation needed]