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SMWS R13.4: Caroni

“Bizarre, bonkers and brilliant!” · Past release, no longer on sale
Bizarre, bonkers and brilliant! - SMWS R13.4Sold outJun 2021
R13.4

Bizarre, bonkers and brilliant!

SMWS regionTrinidad
Age23 years
ABV61.8%
Outturn222 bottles
Cask1st fill ex-bourbon barrel
SpiritRum
Distillery from SMWS code R13
DistilleryCaroni
RegionTrinidad

In short · Caroni (Trinidad), 23 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member We have learned to expect all sorts from this (unfortunately) closed distillery.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£275View on SMWS

SMWS R13.4 is a single cask of Caroni, in Trinidad, 23 years old, bottled at 61.8%, released in the Jun 2021 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered R13.x is from Caroni.

How the price compares
At £275, this 23-year-old cost more than 1 of the 3 Caroni bottlings aged 22–24 released in 2024 that we hold. They ranged from £250 to £275, with a median of £275.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Caroni

On the site of a Trinidad sugar factory, Caroni was established in 1923 and made heavy rum in pot and column stills, much of it for the Royal Navy's ration. As the sugar industry declined it was closed in 2002. In 2004, Luca Gargano of Velier found its warehouses still full of old casks, and the bottlings that followed made Caroni a cult. Lost.

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