Sample TBRC Caroni 1998 Islay Cask Finish 20yr 63% 3clCaroni Batch 12 Islay Cask Finish is a traditional rum from the legendary Caroni distillery, which closed its doors in 2002, this molasses based rum from HTR Heavy Trinidad Rum has been aged for 20 years and then matured for an unspecified amount of time in a cask that had previously held peated Islay whisky

More than just a bottler of rum

and Monymusk

with notes of strawberry

however this was replaced with a five-column still in 1975

whose history is closely linked to that of Demerara Distillers

lamb's wool

it takes us to the banks of the Ciron to admire the botrysized vineyards of Sauternes

a testament to its rarity and uniqueness

Bally was acquired by Remy Cointreau

and the other two for its contract-distilling operations

and Quentin de Behault

when Mika offered us this TDL