Established around 1670, the Diamond Estate is the only remaining rum distiller in Guyana. Located on the east bank of the Demerara river, the distillery is operated by Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL), the company created by the government in Guyana as it attempted to consolidate the nation’s rum production. This began in 1974 and culminated with the closure of Uitvlugt in 1999. In 1976 DDL also began laying down stock to mature, intending to launch its own brands for the first time, introducing the first El Dorado 15 year old in 1992. Diamond blends El Dorado using distillate from various combinations of its rum-producing stills, which include the pair of two-column English coffey stills, installed there in the 1950s and a rarely used high-ester John Dore pot still. These operate alongside the “Heritage Stills” acquired from Uitvlugt, which are Uitvlugt’s own historic four-column French Savalle stills, the Versailles and Port Mourant wooden pot stills, and the Enmore wooden coffey still, the oldest and last of its kind in the world.

The close working relationship between DDL and Luca Gargano’s Velier in the 2000s significantly raised the profile of the distillery’s various historic stills, prompting them to introduce this premium El Dorado Rare Collection range in 2016. The range showcases small batch bottlings of its various cask marques, much as the esteemed Italian distributors had done in the decade prior.

The Albion distillery closed in 1968 and unlike some of the other distilleries being shuttered around this time, its stills did not survive. The production of the style associated with the distillery did however, at Uitvlugt. The distillery's four-column Savalle still is incredibly versatile, today producing nine different marques, of which the Albion "AN" continues to be one.

The still was moved to Diamond 2000 and this was distilled on it in 2004. The rum was aged in bourbon casks and bottled in 2018.