Aroma visualization from community tastings
Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996
Caramel, vanilla custard and milk chocolate lead here, with tar and rubber pushed way into the background — and that's exactly the catch. Several tasters say that for a 1996 Caroni at 64.3%, it's oddly soft and sweet, the dirty tar-and-varnish funk most people want barely showing. One member called it "the biggest disappointment" of the Caroni style, while another rated it above its reputation.
- Caramel-vanilla sweetness
- Milk chocolate notes
- Long finish
+10
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How does Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996 taste?
Aggregated from 19 community reviews.
Soft, sweet Caroni light on tar funk Sweet, dessert-leaning Caroni — caramel, vanilla and chocolate up front, with the tar and rubber mostly muted. Divisive: tasty as a rum, but light on classic Caroni funk and a touch hot.
People who like sweeter, softer Caroni and don't mind quiet tar funk
Caroni fans chasing heavy tar, rubber and dirty diesel
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8 of 19 left detailed tasting impressions
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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Rum reviews
68% rate it between 6 and 8. 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
9 bottles logged by 7 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
0% opened, 0 emptied and repurchased.
9 purchased · 20 tasted · 2 wishlist · as of
About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 10,286 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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