Caroni Rum

There's rum you drink, and then there's Caroni, rum you hunt down. The Trinidad distillery closed over twenty years ago, and that's exactly what turns every remaining bottle into a race against time for collectors worldwide. With its tarry, almost petrol-like character, Caroni has become a cult name, driven by one simple, unrelenting fact: the stocks only ever shrink.

Caroni 1997/2022 Valinch & Mallet 24 years old Traditional Trinidad Rum 70 cl 57.9%

Item no.: 2227865479-1106-197280322-127

Distillery: Caroni
Bottler: Valinch & Mallet
Series: The Spirit of Art
Year: Distilled: 1997 Bottled: 2022
Age: 24 years old
Type: Traditional Rum
Cask number/type: Cask No. #887
Alc. strength: 57.9 %
Number of bottles: 245 pcs.
Un-chillfiltered
Natural Colour
70 cl.
Other: Single Cask - Limited Edition
670,00

1pcs.
603,00EUR
Caroni 1997/2023 Adelphi Limited 25 years old Single Cask Trinidad Rum 70 cl 56.8%

Item no.: 059763-615-662

Caroni 1997/2023 Adelphi Limited 25 years old Single Cask Trinidad Rum 70 cl 56.8%

Caroni 25 years old rum in the Adelphi Limited series. This rum is a Single Cask Trinidad Rum bottled at 56.8% and aged in a used Hogshead cask #25 with only 204 bottles available worldwide.

Distillery: Caroni
Bottler: Adelphi
Series: Adelphi Limited
Year: Distilled: 1997 Bottled: 2023
Age: 25 years old
Type: Single Cask Trinidad Rum
Cask number/type: Refill Hogshead / Cask No. #25
Alc. strength: 56.8 %
Number of bottles: 204 pcs.
Un-chillfiltered
Natural Colour
70 cl.
670,00

1pcs.
603,00EUR

About Caroni

Caroni is the closed Trinidad distillery whose industrial, tarry rum today ranks among the most sought-after in the entire rum world. The rum was distilled on a column still with a distinctive, petrol-like profile that was once common in Caribbean industrial rum but is now seen as a unique, almost unmatched style. For beginners, Caroni can feel harsh and challenging, but for collectors, every bottle is an investment: with the distillery closed and stocks dwindling, prices climb year after year, and Caroni now ranks among the most coveted names at international rum auctions.

History & Background

The Caroni distillery in Trinidad produced industrial rum in large volumes for most of the 20th century, primarily for blends and bulk sale rather than its own brand. When the distillery finally closed in the early 2000s, the remaining cask stocks were sold on to independent bottlers, who have since released them under the Caroni name. What was originally a rugged, inexpensive industrial rum has, as stocks have dwindled, evolved into one of the rum world's most sought-after cult names. Today, collectors around the world chase the last bottles with the same intensity whisky collectors chase closed Scottish distilleries.

Production & Style

The rum was distilled on column stills with a highly distinctive, tarry, petrol-like profile that has become a hallmark of the style.

Signature Style

Tarry, Intense, Industrial
The taste offers an intense, tarry character with an industrial, petrol-like finish.

Facts

Distillery	Caroni
Founded	1918 (distillery closed in 2002-03)
Pronounced	"kuh-ROH-nee"
Region	Trinidad
Country	Trinidad
Owner	Closed distillery; remaining stocks are today managed mainly by independent bottlers
Raw material	Molasses
Ageing climate	Tropical Trinidadian climate

Did you know?

Caroni closed for good in the early 2000s, but the distillery's remaining bottles are today among the most sought-after rum releases among collectors worldwide.

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