Aroma visualization from community tastings
Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996
Caramel, vanilla and milk chocolate lead here, with the tar and rubber that make a Caroni recognizable pushed way into the background. That's the whole story with this Parang edition: it's tilted sweet and soft, and several tasters noted it barely reads as a 1996 Caroni. One member said blind he'd never have guessed the distillery. A pleasant sipper, just not the tarry beast people expect.
The community says- Creme brulee sweetness
- Vanilla and chocolate
- Muted Caroni funk
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How does Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996 taste?
Aggregated from 19 community reviews.
Soft, sweet Caroni with muted tar Enjoyable on its own terms, but a divisive Caroni: sweet, soft, with only faint rubber. Fans wanted more tar; some also flagged a poorly integrated, hot finish.
Caroni collectors who like the softer, sweeter side
Anyone chasing heavy tar, rubber and petrol funk
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How is Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996 rated?
RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 7.9 sits in the “Good” band. 94% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 0% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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What does the community say?
68% rate it between 6 and 8. 4 selected write-ups from 19 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Martin Švojgr
Spíše ostřejší sladká mléčná čokoláda s karamelem s náznaky laku a gumy. Žádné náznaky petroleje či hořkosti, což bych od Caroni z roku 1996 očekával.
Review by Jakob
In itself quite an interesting distillate, but the whole has almost nothing at all to do with Caroni. Opulent sweetness, vanilla, caramel, milky notes, some coffee, yellow fruits. On the palate, a gum note flits through the flavor profile, but that was it with the reminiscences of the typical Caroni notes. A rum that should work much better blind than with the Caroni expectation as a guideline.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This one was supposed to be the piece de resistance, but it was a huge disappointment especially when looking at the price tag and we all agreed on that. The Caroni is there but not that well balanced. The long finish is more bacause of a poorly integrated ABV in my mind.
Review by Johannes
That's supposed to be a '96 Caroni? That's strange. I wouldn't have blindly guessed a Caroni - it has far too little body, hardly any flavor, relatively neutral, alcoholic. Too bad.
Details about Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996
A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Jack Tar, at 64,3%.
Community purchases
8 bottles logged by 6 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
8 purchased · 20 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 10,324 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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