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Velier Caroni 3rd Employees Nita „Nitz“ Hogan 2000
"Weltklasse dieser Caroni," one taster wrote, and most reviews land near there. It's the classic dirty Trinidad profile — tar, rubber, glue and menthol up front, then leather, burnt sugar, vanilla and tropical fruit (banana, mango, dried fruit) with a very long finish. At 65.2% the heat is real but well integrated. A few call it a touch dry and hot; nearly everyone calls it superb.
The community says- Classic dirty Caroni
- Long complex finish
- Well-integrated power
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How does Velier Caroni 3rd Employees Nita „Nitz“ Hogan 2000 taste?
Aggregated from 78 community reviews.
Dirty, powerful 2000 Caroni, long finish One of the most-loved 2000 Velier Caronis here — dirty, complex and endlessly long. A couple of tasters find it slightly dry or the alcohol a hair too present, but that's nitpicking at a high level.
Caroni fans who want the full dirty, high-proof profile
Newcomers, and anyone put off by tar, rubber and high ABV
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RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 9.2 sits in the “Excellent” band. 98% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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4% rate it between 6 and 8. 19 selected write-ups from 78 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Jakob
Epic Velier Caroni Tasting 2023: Together with Paradise #5, this remains my favorite Caroni from the 2000 vintage. In direct comparison with significantly more menthol on the nose. On the palate with a powerful taste, great residual sweetness, woodiness and a pointed presence of the individual aromas. Absolute top class.
Review by Mirco
Wonderful representative of the 2000 Velier Caronis. Together with the Paradise 5, it forms the elite of this vintage, for me in second place, as the #5 seems somewhat rounder. Of course, typical Caroni DNA at the top level here too.
Review by Thunderbird
What can I say or write? I am thrilled! For me, it combines the classic Caroni... lots of dirty aromas, something fresh, with menthol, mint, vanilla, fruit, some coffee and an endless finish, just delicious 🤤
Review by Aussierumfan
A wonderful Caroni! Pretty sure this is the first 2000 vintage I have tried and it didn't dissapoint. Very powerful, on the nose there's is tar, menthol and vanilla, on the palate, its wonderfully complex and dirty, tar, wood, oils, then some sweetness with cappuccino. Enjoyed this one!
Review by Oliver
Intense and complex nose. Very, very good! A tad too dry on the palate for a top rating.
Review by Joachim Guger
Wow, great nose. Dirty Caroni and a full basket of fruit. Very complex, warm, the alcohol is well integrated, the long time in the tropics shows in perfect ripeness. You can sniff it for a long time. Very, very strong in the mouth. Lots of spice, especially pepper Medium-long finish. Spices, caramel. Great 2000 Caroni, I like it better than the Dicky.🤩
Review by LukaŽiga
9,2:On the nose, menthol bumps into our nosetrils, with dried(apricots, raisins) and tropical fruits like mango, banana, industrial notes like rubber, tar, roasted wood notes like butterscotch. On aeration, aromas are balanced, round, creamy with vanilla, nuts, red fruits and berries. 9,2:On the palate, the attack is delicious, round with dirty industrial notes like tar, rubber, menthol and intermingle with roasted, toasted wood notes with leather, caramelized burnt sugar, later dark chocolate and caramel, spiciness, dried and tropical fruits, after resting with citrus, currants and berries, with flowery and herbaceous molasses. 9,2:The finish is long, tannic, milder as before, fruity with dried fruits, dark with licorice, roasted wood notes like coffee, dark chocolate, caramel, nuts, spicy and the molasses is minty, earthy with tobacco..
Review by Mike H.
90 points. Outstanding Caroni from the 2000 vintage. All the flavours that I like in a good Caroni are present in the nose and on the palate: Vanilla, tar, menthol, tropical fruit with banana shining through, leather, burnt sugar. A delight with an outstanding and long finish.
Review by Christoph H.
A Caroni that I liked very much right away. My experience with the 2000 vintage was limited until now. What you get here, however, I like really good and I could hardly imagine that this goes much better. Very complex, very fruity, dirty and with a beautiful barrel maturity at the same time, which is also here for me virtually on the point. Should you ever really have a craving for junkyard flavor, I would personally wish for exactly that again.... Not too coarse, but also in no case too softened
Review by Tschusikowsky
Very very horny Caroni. Flavorful to the point, without too much to expect at once. Mouth-filling umami flavors stimulate salivation. Top.
Review by Serge
Really tasty 2000 Caroni ... I've only tried a few Velier 2000s, but this is the most convincing. Dirty Caroni notes with tar, rubber and gunpowder in combination with round caramel/toffee and fruit (banana, mango, dried fruit) as well as nice wood and leather notes.
Review by Pavel Spacek
... Caroni je destilerie z Trinidadu, produkujici v dobe sve nejvetsi slavy rum, ktery se pridaval v pomeru 1:10 do namornickeho blendu. Byl totiz moc vyrazny a divny nez aby byl prijemny na jazyku. V roce 2000 destilerka skoncila s produkci a byla uzavrena. Az v roce 2010 se objevili degustatori, kteri si rum oblibili prave pro jeho specialni chut. A zajem rostl. Caroni patri do kategorie rumu "you need to try before you die". Doporucuji, Caroni je opravdu unikatni rum.
Review by zabo
There were a few employes in the test today. Yunkoo, Buju, Nitz and Brigade. To sum up, they are all very tasty caronis. For me, only Brigade is the one that has lost out a little, the others are all very close together. My ranking today would be: 1st Yunkoo 2. Nitz 3. Buju 4. brigade
Review by Johannes
Der beste 2000 caroni, den ich kenne!
Review by Filip Šikula
Fourth employee of the evening. The most interesting scent so far, mixing technical tar and glue vulnes with candied fruit, cappuccino and vanilla. On the palate it's a sweeter profile at first, but that goes immediately to a tart caroni refreshed with mint. The finish,long, warm, perfect. I'm blown away. Svincany caroni tasting 19.12.2024
Review by Chrischi78
Waste oil, burnt rubber and dark sweetness on the nose. Powerful but balanced on the palate - tar, licorice, dark fruits and spices with perfect integration of the alcohol. Long, intense finish with typical Caroni signature. Great balance!
Review by cigares
Un nez assez pointu, avec de l’alcool, de la douceur, des fruits tropicaux, des fruits secs, un côté végétal et un côté pâtisseries, vanillé. Un nez très complexe. L’atelier mécanique, avec en particulier des notes d’essence, est présent mais plutôt en retrait. La première bouche est un peu piquante et amère, le bois et les fruits montent en puissance avec, à la fin, les notes pâtissières et caramélisées mais le rhum reste bien sec, sans sucrosité. Les notes d’essence, de goudron et de caoutchouc arrivent à la fin. La finale est longue, très longue avec beaucoup de complexité. L’équilibre qui manquait un peu en première bouche est ici parfait. Un rhum avec de petits défauts mais avec plein de puissance, de fraîcheur et de fruits frais.
Review by Manuel
Very good Caroni with the typical Caroni characteristics. Rather on the dry side and for me the alcohol is a tad too present. But that's complaining on a very high level. Unfortunately, it's not quite enough for a top rating for me.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is the third release of the Employees series. Distilled in 2000 and bottled very recently in 2020. A great sipping rum with a lot of power. Some may want to add a few drops of water which will result in the release of even more flavours.
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
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 an already strong year.
Details about Velier Caroni 3rd Employees Nita „Nitz“ Hogan 2000
A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Velier, at 65,2%.
Community purchases
141 bottles logged by 107 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
4% opened, 4 emptied and repurchased.
What does Velier Caroni 3rd Employees Nita „Nitz“ Hogan 2000 cost?
Community paid 356–1,300 €.
Current best price: 1268.03 € – within the typical community range.
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141 purchased · 80 tasted · 39 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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