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Caroni S.B.S The Beast #3 1993
Sipped neat is the only way anyone tries this, and most regret it. The nose wins people over — black tea, tar, rubber, licorice, a little pear and cherry — then the palate turns brutal: bitter, sour, medicinal, drenched in menthol. One taster called it "TV-static with liquorice." A wild, divisive Caroni that's more experiment than pleasure.
The community says- Fascinating nose
- But: Brutally bitter palate
- But: Medicinal menthol
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How does Caroni S.B.S The Beast #3 1993 taste?
Aggregated from 52 community reviews.
Intense Caroni: great nose, brutal bitter palate Almost everyone loves the nose and dreads the palate — bitter, medicinal, menthol-heavy and one-dimensional. A few prize its raw intensity; most say a sample was plenty.
Hardcore Caroni collectors who want the extreme, polarizing end
Anyone wanting a drinkable, balanced sipper
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52% rate it below 6. 19 selected write-ups from 52 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by Filip Heimerle
Most helpful positive review
Great incredible but at the end very hot and question how much drinkable
Review by zabo
Most helpful critical review
Disappointing for a Caroni, but for those who like to lick fresh tar, it might be okay. Update: I've now tried it again with a little distance. There's something about it, somehow it reminds me of my younger years when I was 14 and took two puffs of a menthol cigarette before I got caught. I just had a taste like that in the finish. It's a very cool piece in any case. The smell is really great, but you can't say the same about the taste.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
This is the worst of the 3 releases. Kind of like smelling, locking and drinking a chemical factory. Maybe they brewed this at BASF 😂
Review by DomM
Giving this one a couple of goes over a view weeks, there is no denying: this is just not very good. While I do enjoy the nose, the rest is simply mean and makes for an interesting experience but nothing more.
Review by Johannes
This is times full on the face! Bitterness, gasoline, varnish, wood. Phew, it is extreme in any case. But to drink maybe then rather not...
Review by Christoph
Do you know this too? Tank empty, it takes until a helpful Thai lady with freshly brushed teeth comes by and asks, do you want to suck on my hose? Exactly, not a nice experience.
Review by Andi
Sehr interessant, weil ich sowas noch nie getrunken habe, viele Aromen die ich im Rum noch nie gefunden habe, es ist jedoch absolut nicht mein Geschmack. Nachtrag: Foto hinzugefügt.
Review by Oliver
Caroni is clearly recognizable on the nose - but rather with heavy varnish and rubber associations. A balancing fruit component is unfortunately completely missing. Much Taninne and too long drawn black tea. On the palate, the rum unfortunately drifts into less enjoyable directions. A lot of black tea, licorice, bitter notes and slight acidity - virtually the opposite of an "easy sipper". The strong bitter note remains in the finish and I do not like unfortunately at all.Reminds of the DNA something of the 36th Release of Velier. Interesting to have had this experiment times in the glass, but with "pleasure" it has nothing to do... 🤓
Review by Thunderbird
Was the nose still relatively Caroni-like with minimal berry aroma is the palate for me hardly enjoyable! Bitter, medicinal, woody, sour and old tobacco!In the finish appears after some time, in addition to the just mentioned flavors still some dried fruit!No, , this is definitely not something I like to drink
Review by Serge
Irgendwie ganz anders als ich ihn mir vorgestellt habe. Gummi und Teer sind zwar da, kommen aber für mich erst weit hinter einer dominanten Menthol, Holz (vieeel & bitteres) und Tannin Note. Benzin, Lösungsmittel, Lack und medizinisches ist auch da. Lanritze und eine ganz leichte Süße sind an der Nase weit im Hintergrund doch da. Die Nase ist eigentlich nicht schlecht – eine Mischung aus Caroni und einem Monymusk Menthol-Holz-Monster in meiner ersten Assoziation. Am Gaumen wirds dann noch mal eine gute Runde eindimensionaler und anstrengender 😂 Mein Fazit: Ganz nette Nase, anstrengender und unangenehmer Gaumen aber dann wieder ein bitteres Holzwasser Finish mit Menthol … so nach ein paar Minuten eigentlich ganz angenehm. Nase 7,5-8 / Gaumen 4-5 / Finish 6-7 … schön probiert zu haben. Danke an Dom fürs Sample!
Review by mto75
An der Nase fast positiv überrascht. Klar erkennbare Caroni Marker mit Gummi, Plastik, Trockenfrüchten. Am Gaumen: brrrrr, was ist das? Altöl in Menthol? Eigentlich nicht genießbar (im Abgang bilde ich mir Litschi ein?)Aber mal ehrlich, wer die anderen S.B.S Biester kennt, der weiß, dass hier kein Gaumenschmeichler kommt. Und es ist in gewisser Weise auch mutig, sowas abzufüllen. Als Sample auf jeden Fall spannend (eine Flasche davon allerdings nie und nimmer 😉)
Review by Mentalo
The Beast #3 ist noch mal deutlich schlechter. Am Gaumen einfach nur penetrant bitter. Im Abgang dann etwas Menthol und nochmal seifiger. Nimm alles weg, was The Beast#1 noch interessant macht und du hast die dritte Abfüllung
Review by DosenZorn
On the nose a great fruit note of pear and peach, mixed with dirty Caroni notes in the form of rubber and tar. In addition, perceptible wood influence of storage. With some time the fruit notes become more restrained, instead tea and varnish push themselves into the foreground. Nose 81/100On the palate then the disappointment. Almost unpleasant with an extreme intensity somewhere between soap and peppermint/menthol. In addition, quite intensely sour and somewhat woody. So this is where the beast got its name. Unfortunately not in a positive sense. Palate 42/100Conclusion: great intense nose, otherwise disappointing on the palate.
Review by Alex Kunath
Extreme splitter! Wood and Mentol in pure form!
Review by Pavel Spacek
Not so bad as its younger brother, but still terible - bitter, sour, like licking detergent ... 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 Christian Rudt
You should be glad that it was the last beast. Unfortunately, not really enjoyable. The nose prevents an even worse rating.
Review by Jakob
Klassisches Caroni-HTR-Profil mit einer recht intensiven Fehlnote, die den Geschmack überlagert.
Review by Michael Schillheim
Wow, what's that? Interesting on the nose at first, but a complete failure on the palate. Woody toilet stone meets furniture polish.
Review by Jonas
Holy Shit! Das soll Caroni sein?! Da trink ich lieber eine Magnumpulle Don Papa. Sorry, aber was habt ihr euch dabei gedacht, sowas zu bottlen? Joshua? Nina? Was war da los? Ich hätte gern mein Geld für das Sample zurück! 😉 Nur Holz. Kommt am ehesten an einen total überholzten Armagnac ran, der aber auch null positives hat.
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Expert review by Zucker und Zeste
The nose I found actually still quite interesting, the taste has me then but unfortunately no fun. Clearly overlaid and thus much too bitter and also somehow one-dimensional.
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Details about Caroni S.B.S The Beast #3 1993
A Column Still Rum from Trinidad, bottled by 1423 World Class Spirits, at 49,6%.
Community purchases
3 bottles logged by 3 collectors.
A drinker & collector.
33% opened, 1 emptied and repurchased.
What does Caroni S.B.S The Beast #3 1993 cost?
Current best price: 393.38 €.
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