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"Caroni 85 Crosstasting, what an intense Monster, Rubber and tubing, diesel and old dried fruits in the nose, again the baked apple. Then just a lovely dirty caroni on the palate, again the baked apple …"

"This really has the vibe of the small skeldon brother. burned sugar, maritime notes and a lot of fresh rubber. on the palate it continues, although the rubber turned into talkum. a very warm and spice …"

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"Dégusté au Velier Live 2024, quel énorme morceau de rhum. Malheureusement, ils le savent et y mettent le prix. Le vieillissement lui a donné une sorte de lourdeur demerara. C'est vraiment un beau …"

"A new era of Guyana goodness and the good sign, that there is greatness still coming out of ddl. A dark and mellow profile with leaks and the caramel tones without being overly sweet. This is …"

"I have forgotten how straightforward this rum actually is. A real powerhouse and still the roundest and best of the batch. Fruit with rather young vibrant woods and never dominating ester. Quit a ride"

"What a treat of a Hampden. A well balanced powerhouse with fruit and ester and just a hint of buttery vanilla. This is a classic example of the prime days of Hampden before the necessities took over …"

"Uhh, this is why Chantal Comte is such a high class independent bottler. This is complex, with dark cherry notes, tobacco, wood, florally. It is such a wonderful spirit in all regards. Just in awe in …"

"What a fantastic 2000 offering. Fresh and dirty rubber and menthol. A load of roast aromas with tar and a hint of mentholy vanilla. Some tar to finish this strong caroni and really wakes it place at …"

"Oh what a joy. This really shows how you should do old continental.hampden. very impressive astringent goodness this is complex and never over the top and the typical pineapple note of Hampden that …"

"What a monster, a nose full of everything. Ester and red cherries, red fruits other kinds of. A bit of wood and nice. Palate explodes with fruits, herbal fresh notes of awesome. It goes just a bit …"

"A lovely powerhouse that presents loads of fruits and menthol in a rubbery dirty melange. Some sweet notes in the palate. The finish hits you with a ton of leather and wood notes. All in all a marvel …"

"A heavy oily and mechanical caroni that helps you liking it with a nice sweet aroma..this is what Caroni can be if it wants to be a crowd pleaser. Really catches you unaware and then makes Ou a happy …"

"Superb Courcelle with an outstanding Cask aging. Really something!"

"Velier with the big guns. This is a heavy rum with loads of wood influences. Anis and coffee, and while it makes all these quite well, I am missing some fruity notes to counter balance. It falls heavy …"

"I still really like this, eventhough i for sure is not the best 1996, it really comes a long way from lesser velier caronis. It is for me the weakest of the trilogy, since it is really forward on the …"

"It is a solid offering, but it is hardly in relation to the price..."

"For 1999 this is rather intense. It's in the nose as I would expect a shinanoya cask pick to be. That is a monster of a 99 with all the right notes. Nose is not overwhelming but the palate hits you …"

"Oh my, what a beauty this is. I love those old molasses martiniquaise rhums with the french own ferment. A flowerpot licking some Demerara vibes. This is an intense and lovely rum. Quite alive and …"

"A lovely Guyana that really shines in the nose, complexities of varnish and brine. Than pimento and spices, old leather and raisins. Late in the smelling comes some wood. On the palate this is a lot …"

"A proper Herr, very good kiwi ester goodnes. Perfect cask aging and very nice presentation. Not overwhelming but in very good balance. Potent and fresh. Makes a very nice old fashioned. I like this a …"

"Tasting gang is one of those Caronis that hit far less out of a fresh bottle. This one need oxidation to really come to its potential. Fruit and raw dough are sugared in a workshop. Quite the nice …"

"A very decent and lovely blend a good melange of awesome.flavours."

"Still a nice Port Mourant and a superb 1989. Very full tobacco and leather notes, some herbs but not über herbal. Perfect alcohol integration this was taken out of a cask at its peak. A very nice rum …"

"Grenade and the benchmark for Fiji 2001"

"Unfortunately a little too long in the barrel"

"A berry liquorice forward diamond. Very intense very lovely not the best but in the highest league of diamond. The sweetness in particular is very nice. Looses a bit at the finish. I really want more …"

"C'est vraiment un produit de base de la Caroni des années 2000, et à l'époque, avec un prix raisonnable, je suis vraiment heureux d'y revenir régulièrement. C'est aussi un excellent Old Fashioned. …"

"Après le bon vieux TRC, les accros de Plantation m'ont époustouflé avec cet excellent rhum. Ce rhum est percutant, bien équilibré et extrêmement fruité. Les esters sont omniprésents et bien que le …"

"What a pleasant experience from top to finish this is a burned melange of sugar and wood. Lots of spice and cocoa that turns into dark chocolate on the palate. This keeps up the good experience from …"

"I do feel like this is the better version of the hangar duo. It is like the 55% but just a bit, well more. The fruit shines through a lot more, and the mechanic workshop is less pronounced. Still by …"

"This one really can shine as far as watered down(ish) velier caronis go. A pleasant Caroni and a superb 1992. Again the Applejack in the nose, and a lovely dry adstringent finish that seems to last …"

"A TDL like running through a petal field or a canola field in bloom. has a little tone of jamaica in there and gets into a really nice melange. Some way afar from the menthol TDL but nontheless a …"

"Astringent monster. There is so much going on at the end. It is impressive how little woody the rum is. A great balance of barrel ageing and esters. A great hgml that deserves the top position"

"Quite a trip and restarting it tonight, some of the magic went away. Sadly this does not hold the excellent review I gave it the first time. Still a very good ,<>H that is so much better than the …"

"Oh wow, such an enormous intensity. Damoiseau turned up to eleven, spices and wood complex and selweet, some maritime palate at times. Lovely"

"This is a rather dry and lovely MEV. The nose really does not hint at the 61% ABV. The palate has power and charm. I really want to drain a bottle like this on a long evening with friends. This is the …"

"A very, very elegant Bally. Dryed flower petals thyme-honey. And a nice malty finish. This is really from a different era and is gone in a sense of not being produced anymore. But this is subtle and …"

"Caroni 85 Crosstasting, Oh boy, quelqu'un a pris un sachet de thé noir avec quelques fruits et l'a jeté dans un tonneau Caroni. Une combinaison sensationnelle. Si les notes de drity étaient un peu …"

"A lovely melange of fresh shavings of wood and paint, young alcohol and lemon shortbread gives a very mature but restraining elegance in the nose. It continues to deliver tat mix of bright fruit and …"

"A very strong aroma of Agricole grass, loads of apricots and some tea. Apricot galore on the palate with some green and caramel sweetness. It ends long with dried fruits and spices,. forgetting the …"

"What a lovely surprise, this is old school with it's intense but not old wood, this is low ester but remarkably watery after all.this time. This really fills the 43% really nicely. I can see how this …"

"There is a hint of fresh beechnuts that bring a nuttiness, with some pear, karamell and wood. On the palate some herbs add to very vibrant young wood. The finish is really the star here. dry without …"

"Tasting this after a lot of 1995, this stands it ground amendable. A nice mix that shows its youth on the palate but never gets in the ranks of being bad. A very nice wood and lovely finish that …"

"What a fruit bomb, broody and fruity, the spice really is downtowned in comparison with the fruit. A lovely melange of everything you want in a nice bottle of small size. I really.kiss more of the …"

"Quite a dark nose with untypical chocolate aromas. Besides that the typical notes you expect. On the palate this is a rather spice heavy 1994 with all what you want. Long finish and in the end all …"

"Wow, what a glorious nose of blackcurrant and fresh mint twigs. Some leather and wood. And than bam, fruit fruit and mint on the palate. Wowsers, might be the best 2003 tdl I had so far. Like a really …"

"How good this is, in spite of the reduction. Typica htr powerhouse nose with dirt and rubber, menthol and fruit. On the palate the reduction is really coming through. Wood and tar, rubber and fruit. …"

"How do you want to rate it. Unfortunately, I really liked it better on its own than in May Tai. Lost style meets it. But in the mai tai unfortunately no more than a reminder of days gone by."

"Dégustation de la Coupe du monde de Sainte-Lucie"

"A spectacular nose. That really reminds me of an old reimonenq on steroids. But with the tasting comes a flavour that dominates the rest of the experience, that for me screams paxarette from every …"

"Sehr gute blend"

"Oh that is the good old times, if there were any for <>H. A very classical heavy jamaica note of tropical fruit, pineapple and mango. all in glory with ester and deep wood complexities. I really miss …"

"The first nose gives you all you need to know.. glorious pencil shavings yellow fruit and young wood. On the palate it has got a nice bitterness and spices. With wood and spices it finishes extremely …"

"Caroni 85 Crosstasting, really a shame, this has a killer nose, freshly unpacked Tire Tubing, vegetables, cooking banana, menthol mouthfeel. All this for a rather straightforward colouring caramel and …"

"A wildly enjoyable melange of dried fruits and almonds in a wooden chest become the longest baked banana with spices that really is something to be adored. This is peak HSE rhum that really need the …"

"And again it comes to light. Oloroso is the absolute best sherry to store rum in. The foursquare goes in all the right directions and leaves you wanting more. Really gives some nice bitter notes too. …"

"Again a fantastic newer iteration of Guyana's that really delivers. This is really a rev and a superb one on top. And a fair price point on top, rather sweet but quite well balanced. I bought this and …"

"Whisky Live Paris 2025 A truely well rounded product, dont hitnk too much about the price if you dont have to! Redrinking it today. A very Hampden explosion with a landing in a soft cushion. An …"

"Unfortunately a bit thin but great!"

"A decent 1992 Guyana rum. This has the aromas I was desperately wanting in the hornigold, tobacco, cask oak and spice. This is really hinting about what was excellent in the 70s and 80s. Try it in a …"

"Wow, this is an awfully awesome Agricole"

"Unfortunately i ffel like the water really got to this negatively. In the first moment of sipping, there is this kind of water taste, like when water has this smell, a bit metallic, a bit, jsut …"

"Very decent and well balanced. Quite rare because this is a super banana heavy Hampden. Well done"

"This is a nice diamond h, and a nice easy version of it. It doesn't fall into the traps that most of the 93 fall into and becomes to woody and acidic. It unfortunately also means that this one will …"

"Trade fair evaluation"

"Talking about being extremely Woody but not getting into the wood soup mess. This carries a lot of flavors like vanilla Oak and chocolate and manages to really battle itself with geranium and other …"

"The one unique mastery of agricole vieux is that they can really perform superb with a lot of diluting. This is no difference, I do prefer the higher proof personally but for the abv this is a top …"

"In the beginning the glas has a slightly floral nose that vanishes quickly. Then there is burned caramel, vanilla and roasted notes. On the palate you get the full side of chocolate nougat and spices. …"

"And again foursquare shows off what the consistency is able to achieve in the right casks with.the right timing. A bit too light to crack the 90 but over all a killer in the glass. Port and lively …"

"A really strong stce!"

"What a beast. It is really amazing what carefully selected goodness was there"

"Ah superb mount gay. Maybe the best one yet"

"C'est toujours un coup de cœur. Dommage qu'il s'agisse plutôt d'une exception vers le haut..."

"It is a really nice and compact and intense Foursquare, but again it fails to achieve greatness. Good cask, quality Destillate. Nice alcohol and lovely notes all through. It just does not grip me as …"

"What a monster of a rum. Renaissance is really lovely and i adore the profile, bit of Guyana some strawberry and peaches. Papaya and spice. So many layers and so far really impressed overall. I really …"

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"Je l'ai récemment fait couler à l'aveugle, et j'ai dû corriger un peu mes notes, c'est vraiment un bon Caroni 1997. Je suis toujours surpris qu'il soit encore disponible. Les gens devraient vraiment …"

"Reason solid alcohol mega incorporated"

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"This is really, really up my alley. I love the long conitental aged long ponds that get this butteric acid aroma. This does a lot, admittely without being overly complex, so it does not goes up to the …"

"St. Lucia World Cup Tasting Initially restrained but not incomplex, compared to the tropical ones somehow more what you would expect as continental? Pleasant but already much drier Here is a bitter …"

"Oh my lord, this really blows the 40% DP out of the park. This is a whole different animal. This shows the awesome complexity of the wood the leather and the sugar. The nose is good but the palate is …"

"A real beast of a Bally, this is really really intense, tropical goodness. This is a lovely show of really the ester intense Bally rum that also has the typical floral notes in a spice package. I …"

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