Wood’s 100 Old Navy Rum

Wood’s was established in 1887 by the Wood’s Distribution Company in Liverpool. Seeing all the sailors unloading their Demerara rum on the docks, the Wood’s company seized an opportunity to set up an import agreement with the Diamond Distillery to buy their rum, bottle it and sell it to the British Navy.

Wood’s is a blend of three rum marques, each with its own unique history, and all distilled at the Diamond Distillery in Guyana. Guyana was a Dutch colony in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with up to 380 sugar plantations, most with their own rum distillery. In 1814 Guyana was taken over and united by Britain, formally becoming British Guiana in 1831. When the British abolished slavery in 1833, labour became more expensive and the price of sugar dropped, so the sugar plantations were consolidated. By the end of the 20th century only the Diamond Distillery remained, which still uses two of the original wooden pot stills and many of the original rum marques. 

The term ‘navy rum’ specifically describes rums distilled in wooden pot stills. (just because it’s a dark rum or sailors drank it doesn’t make it a navy rum) The only remaining working wooden pot stills in the world can be found at the Diamond Distillery in Guyana.

57% ABV / 70cl

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