Caroni HTR 1998 Cadenhead's 18 Year Old

Established in 1923 on the site of the sugar factory for which it was named, Caroni was a key ingredient of British Navy rations, where it's famous high ester 'Heavy' rums help to make up the signature flavour. Sadly, with the decline of the Trinidadian sugar industry, the Islands distillers became more and more dependent upon imported molasses, making distilling less and less economical. The writing then, was already on the wall when in 2001 the Trinidadian government sold a 49% share in the holding company to Angostura. Caroni was shuttered in 2002 and a behemoth of flavour was lost to the world.

A 1998 vintage, this HTR (heavy type rum) was pot distilled from molasses and bottled from a single cask by Wm. Cadenhead in Summer 2017, the independent bottlers 175th anniversary year.