Caroni 23 Year Old 1994 Velier 100 Proof Heavy Guyana Stock Rum
  • Category Rum
  • Distillery Caroni
  • Style Rum
  • Alcohol 50%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.

Caroni

23 Year Old 1994 Velier 100 Proof Heavy Guyana Stock Rum (0.75l, 50%*) *please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary

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The history of the Caroni distillery differs from source to source, but what we do know is that it was a key ingredient of the British Navy rations around WW2. Its famous "high-ester heavy" Rums helped make up the Caroni signature flavor, but as the Trinidadian sugar industry gave way to imported molasses and in turn making distilling less economical, Caroni distillery was eventually closed in 2003.

Luckily, one Italian distributor, Velier, and its inimitable CEO Luca Gargano acquired some of its warehouse stock in 2005 and struck Rum gold. The following releases of the Caroni stock by Velier are now considered game-changing and helped cement the legendary status Caroni now holds amongst collectors.

This double matured Rum was distilled in 1994 and aged in the humid, tropical climate of Trinidad until 2008, when the barrels were transferred to Demerara Distillers Ltd's warehouses in Guyana, and selected by Luca Gargano for this release in 2017. This is the first of the Guyana stock to be bottled and, at the time, the oldest tropically matured Caroni ever released.

 


*This bottle is a collector’s item; we will not be able to entertain any refunds or exchanges.

**Individual orders are limited to one item per person, as we wish to give everyone the opportunity to participate.

***Any kind of transit damage is insured and will be reimbursed.

  • Category Rum
  • Distillery Caroni
  • Style Rum
  • Alcohol 50%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.
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Common Rum classifications: White, Golden or Amber, Dark, Spiced, Añejo and Age-Dated Rums.
Rum is a sugar cane based spirit, primarily made in the Caribbean and Latin America, but you can really find Rum in many corners of the world.
Rum used to be accepted as a form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
Mount Gay Rum is the oldest existing Rum company in the World dating back to 1705. This is also the year Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Britain’s Parliament.
Rum is why we measure alcohol proof. To make sure Rum wasn’t watered down, it had to be ‘proven’ by soaking gunpowder with it. If it was ‘overproof’ (higher than 57.15 % vol.), then the gunpowder would ignite, but if it wouldn’t, it was ‘underproof.’
You might find Rum masquerading itself under other nom de plumes, like Ron, Rom and Rhum.
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Common Rum classifications: White, Golden or Amber, Dark, Spiced, Añejo and Age-Dated Rums.
Rum is a sugar cane based spirit, primarily made in the Caribbean and Latin America, but you can really find Rum in many corners of the world.
Rum used to be accepted as a form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
Mount Gay Rum is the oldest existing Rum company in the World dating back to 1705. This is also the year Guy Fawkes tried to blow up Britain’s Parliament.
Rum is why we measure alcohol proof. To make sure Rum wasn’t watered down, it had to be ‘proven’ by soaking gunpowder with it. If it was ‘overproof’ (higher than 57.15 % vol.), then the gunpowder would ignite, but if it wouldn’t, it was ‘underproof.’
You might find Rum masquerading itself under other nom de plumes, like Ron, Rom and Rhum.
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