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Caroni 20 Year Old That Boutique-y Rum Company Batch #1

Lot: 560

Caroni 20 Year Old That Boutique-y Rum Company Batch #1

Winning Bid: £170

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Caroni
Age: 
20 year old
Vintage: 
1998
Region: 
Trinidad
Bottler: 
TBRC
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
53.7%
Bottle Size: 
50cl
Distillery Status: 
Closed
Production method: 
column still
Base: 
Molasses
product Details

Caroni 20 Year Old That Boutique-y Rum Company Batch #1

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.

Distilled in 1998 on the Caroni column still, this was bottled as a 20 year old by That Boutique-y Rum Company, sister brand to the Whisky and Gin bottlers of the same nomenclature, famed for their irreverent graphic novel style labels.

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