HTR

Dirty Caroni with chocolate

Praised for classic tar and rubber balanced with dark chocolate and dried fruit, this 61.5% Caroni shows good ABV integration and opens up with oxidation; some note a shorter finish.

Classic Caroni dirt
Well-integrated ABV
Balanced fruit and tar
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Details about this rum

Country
Distillery
RumX ID
RX358
ABV
61,5%
Vintage
Mark
HTR
Made from
Molasses
Age
18 years
Bottle volume
70cl
Bristol Classic Rum • Caroni 1997   18yr   61,5% HTR

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    How does this rum taste?

    RumX members love this Caroni for its unapologetically dirty, tar-and-rubber profile at 61.5%, lifted by dark chocolate and dried fruit. ABV integration is praised, and it blossoms with time and oxidation. While a few find the finish shorter than some 1997 peers, it remains a well‑liked Bristol release across 45 reviews for those seeking the classic HTR character.

    Aroma

    Rubber Tar Leather Dried fruit

    Taste

    Tar Rubber Woody Dried fruit

    How is this rum rated?

    Rating (0-10)
    8.6/10 48 reviews
    Top 31% Trinidad

    Tasting some Bristol Caronis. End of a bottle, an excellent thing to appreciate a Caroni. The glass perfumes the room before you even put your nose to it. The nose is strong and sweet at the same time, with bitter orange, dark chocolate and a hint of red wine and, of course, the distillery's typical perfumes. A lively attack, but immediately afterwards fruit and machine shop aromas come to the fore. A long, flavorful finish, with a return of bitter orange and chocolate. A hard, closed rum when the bottle is opened, but tasty with oxidation, and even better with lots of oxidation and a magnificent finish. One of the best of the tasting.

    A slightly older tasting. A very nice Caroni where you have the traditional rubber and tar notes as well as some fruit and chocolate. Really nice balance between the flavours and also pretty good ABV integration. Pretty good price at release and the empty glass was really nice.

    A really great Caroni! Classic Caroni notes with a light red wine character. Of the weaknesses of the 1997 batch is here absolutely nothing to notice.A serious alternative to the black bottles. Meanwhile, however, already difficult to get. This rum is my recommendation next to the 17 and 21 Extra Strong to dive into the Caroni world.

    Beautiful Caroni from Bristol. Typical, great nose, where you can recognize rubber, tar and leather. The palate also has rubber and tar, but there is also a nice fruitiness (dried fruit) and some wood. Very successful.

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