Caroni 1993 28 Years The Beast #2 S.B.S Single Barrel Selection Full Proof Trinidad Rum 49,6% Vol. - limitierte und seltene Abfüllung eines kühnen Full Proof Single Cask Trinidad Rum aus der geschlossenen Kultdestillerie Caroni!
A distinctive and rare vintage 1993 28 year old Caroni Column Still Full Proof Single Cask Trinidad Rum and the 2nd release of The Beast from the Danish bottler 1423 World Class Spirits from the 1423 S.B.S Single Barrel Selection Rum series, which is well known among connoisseurs. This Caroni Full Proof Single Cask Trinidad Rum was distilled in the old column still in the year 1993 and was matured for 28 years in a bourbon barrel before being bottled in October 2021 without added sugar or colouring in a limited edition of just 222 bottles without chill filtration at cask strength 49.6% vol.
1423 World Class Spirits was founded in 2008 by a group of whisky enthusiasts at a whisky fair in Denmark, who were impressed by a rum on offer at a small stand, started to delve deeper into the subject and began searching for casks. In the year 2009, the first own bottling of a Trinidad rum was presented. The young entrepreneurs then called this rum 1423, a name which later became the company name. Today, S.B.S stands for Single Barrel Selection and, as the name suggests, these are carefully selected single barrel bottlings with a limited number of bottles, which have not been blended and whose versatility and quality ensure exquisite flavour and enjoyment.
The Caroni distillery is said to have been founded in 1918, but there are several historical references to distillation having taken place there earlier in the 20th century. In 1936, it became part of the Tate and Lyle company, which used it as a base for expanding its eventually substantial sugar operations in Trinidad. Caroni was an important part of the British Navy s rations, where its famous high-proof heavy rums provided the signature flavour. With the decline of the Trinidadian sugar industry, Tate and Lyle sold a 51% majority stake to the government in 1970 before the company was fully nationalised in 1975. Although the newly formed Caroni (1975) Ltd. was able to supply itself with molasses, it continued to make losses for the next 25 years until the government attempted to minimise its stake by selling 49% of its shares, just enough to retain control. Angostura was the preferred bidder, but a dispute over the value of Caroni s stock cancelled the deal and and Caroni was finally closed in 2003 and a true giant of flavour was lost to the world.
The remarkable vintage 1993 28 years Caroni S.B.S Single Barrel Selection Trinidad Rum was given the addition The Beast on the bottle label for a reason, as it is without question a rum of extremes and not for the faint-hearted, but is not quite as extreme as the 1st release. Visually and in the glass, Caroni Rum The Beast #2 from the year 1993 is again more reminiscent of a bitter than a rum. The almost black color gives a good indication of the influence of the barrel on this rum. The tropical maturation has also left a clear mark on The Beast #2 and left heavy traces, the Caroni The Beast #2 is not a rum for cosy evenings by the fireplace, it smells of leather, solvents, menthol, a hint of wood and smoke in almost perfect harmony. On the palate it is intense, complex and medium-bitter with toasted oak, earth, leather varnish and a hint of tobacco and coffee. The finish is long and bitter with toasted oak. Compared to the 1st Beast edition, Caroni The Beast #2 shows a smoother character with a slightly rounder and finer profile.
Only a few rum lovers can make friends with rum from the closed Caroni distillery, this The Beast #2 Caroni Trinidad Rum is for the adventurous rum lover with a fantastic nose and a somewhat smoother character, but that also makes this Caroni beast particularly interesting.
Opinions may also differ on this exceptional Caroni Trinidad rum - a controversial gem of the Caroni distillery and unusual expression of a bold Trinidad rum!
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- Typ: Full Proof Single Cask Trinidad Rum - Independent bottling
- District: Trinidad
- Vintage: 1993
- Age: 28 years old
- Year bottled: October 2021
- Cask Wood Type: Bourbon Barrel
- Alcohol ABV% 49.6 - Cask Strength
- Vintage 1993 S.B.S Limited Single Barrel Selection - - The Beast #2
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- Destillation: 100% Column Still Distillation
- Aging: Tropical and Continental
- not chillfiltered / not coloured / no added sugar
- Packaging original boxed (box with traces)
- Producer/Importer: 1423 World Class Spirits ApS, Sivlandvaenget 1, 5260 Odense S - Denmark
- Country of Origin: Isle of Trinidad
- limited, one of only 222 bottles - unique bottling and very rare collector s rum!
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