# RomdeLuxe Guyana tasting kit added color **URL:** \ **Category:** Guyana\ **Created:** [November 25, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123 "2022-11-25T10:03:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MikeH](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/mikeh/32/8834_2.png) [@MikeH](https://community.rumx.com/u/MikeH)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/1 "2022-11-25T10:03:36Z")
I just received my Guyana tasting kit from RomdeLuxe and saw that 2 of the 3 rums have had color added. I have to say that I’m not too happy about that as they should have disclosed this on their website. So what about you? Do you mind about added color or not? ---
**Author:** ![Henry](https://community.rumx.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@Henry](https://community.rumx.com/u/Henry)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 10:30am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/2 "2022-11-25T10:30:44Z")
In general, I do mind about added color because I don’t see the point apart from suggesting to potential buyers that it is “older and better”. But Guyana is an exception because as far as I know adding color is somehow part of Guyanese rum. Black Tot told the story that they bought unaged rum from Guyana and were surprised that it was dark until they were asked and were told that that was normal for them. I’ve heard similar stories from other people as well but am not that much into Guyanese rum so I guess someone else in this forum will have more information on that. @lukasdrinkinghabits maybe? ---
**Author:** ![DevidedByZero](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/devidedbyzero/32/44040_2.png) [@DevidedByZero](https://community.rumx.com/u/DevidedByZero)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/3 "2022-11-25T10:36:22Z")
Question is if this stuff thats added to the rum while in the cask qualifies as “added color” as per regulation? 🤔 Maybe yes, maybe no and RDL just want to play safe and declare it as such anyway. I don’t think they added anything inbetween cask → bottle. ---
**Author:** ![MikeH](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/mikeh/32/8834_2.png) [@MikeH](https://community.rumx.com/u/MikeH)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/4 "2022-11-25T10:41:04Z")
Yes, it was added to the cask. ---
**Author:** ![DevidedByZero](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/devidedbyzero/32/44040_2.png) [@DevidedByZero](https://community.rumx.com/u/DevidedByZero)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/5 "2022-11-25T11:23:15Z")
That is a common practice for certain Guyana rums. The SWR/Skeldon “recipe” has this for example. Not sure if that’s something that’s usually/explicitly mentioned by the bottlers. Edit: See this excellent thread: > [@Crowdsourcing Guyana Rum Marks](https://community.rumx.com/t/crowdsourcing-guyana-rum-marks/491): > > Most of you might know this chart. I got this one from [singlecaskrum.com](https://singlecaskrum.com/countries/guyana/?utm_source=rumx&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rumx-forum). It goes back to a blog article by [cocktailoldfashioned.com](http://cocktailoldfashioned.com?utm_source=rumx&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=rumx-forum) and was created with the help of Stefanie Holt - back then she was a brand ambassador of El Dorado. This table has many empty cells and many of the Marks connected to Guyana rum are still hard to figure out. Some might be marks from brokers others from the distillers others might come just out of Luca Gargano’s mind. I’d be very happy if it is possible… ---
**Author:** ![lukasdrinkinghabits](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/lukasdrinkinghabits/32/25_2.png) [@lukasdrinkinghabits](https://community.rumx.com/u/lukasdrinkinghabits)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/6 "2022-11-25T13:28:21Z")
> [@DevidedByZero](#): > > That is a common practice for certain Guyana rums. The SWR/Skeldon “recipe” has this for example. Not sure if that’s something that’s usually/explicitly mentioned by the bottlers. As far as I recognize, I’ve never seen a bottle in which the “in cask coloring” done in Guyana was explicitly stated as “color added” on an IB Bottling. I remember most of the bottlings state “no color added” although it was colored in Guyana. I’m unsure which practice I appreciate more. Perhaps “colored in Guyana before bottling” would be a transparent solution to not produce any misunderstandings about the coloring. This practice of coloring in Guyana isn’t a secret anymore although there have been many myths like the “molasses coated casks” which never exists. Joshua Singh from 1423 told us in an online meeting, that they create a very thick and bitter caramel, which has more taste than E150, which is added to the casks after distilling. ---
**Author:** ![DomM](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/domm/32/206_2.png) [@DomM](https://community.rumx.com/u/DomM)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/7 "2022-11-25T13:56:13Z")
The RumClub 94 REV is an (and the only one I know) example for this suggestion… ![image](https://community.rum-x.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/90b27ce78604a1811d4b65a354e2c66bba68c7d2.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Kudzey](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/kudzey/32/4243_2.png) [@Kudzey](https://community.rumx.com/u/Kudzey)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/8 "2022-11-25T14:13:45Z")
Absolutely, I also remember to have heard that the guyaneese rums have been traditionally colored for centuries. ---
**Author:** ![lukasdrinkinghabits](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/lukasdrinkinghabits/32/25_2.png) [@lukasdrinkinghabits](https://community.rumx.com/u/lukasdrinkinghabits)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/9 "2022-11-25T16:55:16Z")
Never seen this before. Dirk knows what he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![MikeH](https://community.rumx.com/user_avatar/community.rumx.com/mikeh/32/8834_2.png) [@MikeH](https://community.rumx.com/u/MikeH)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.rumx.com/t/romdeluxe-guyana-tasting-kit-added-color/6123/10 "2022-11-25T16:56:09Z")
Thank you for posting the link! I just started to dive into Guyana rums so this makes for a very interesting read. 🙂