Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996
For experienced palates: a 22‑year, full‑proof Caroni that mixes tar, rubber and industrial notes with caramel, milk chocolate, nuts and citrusy fruit. RumX users find it intense, slightly sweet and long‑finishing, though lighter in “dirty” Caroni character than expected. Best enjoyed neat in small pours with time to breathe.
- Complex industrial notes
- Citrus and chocolate
- Long dry finish
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How does Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996 taste?
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High‑proof, softer‑style Caroni For experienced palates: a 22‑year, full‑proof Caroni that mixes tar, rubber and industrial notes with caramel, milk chocolate, nuts and citrusy fruit. RumX users find it intense, slightly sweet and long‑finishing, though lighter in “dirty” Caroni character than expected. Best enjoyed neat in small pours with time to breathe.
Caroni fans who enjoy high‑proof, mature Trinidad rum with a mix of industrial tar/rubber notes and sweeter caramel‑chocolate and citrus accents rather than full‑on dirty heaviness.
Beginners, anyone sensitive to 64% ABV, or Caroni purists specifically hunting for ultra‑dirty, petrol‑heavy profiles and maximum body for the price.
How is Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Parang Edition 1996 rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict — 7.9 lands squarely 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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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.
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17 bottles logged by 52,000+ RumX members. The ratio of closed / opened / emptied, indicates whether this rum is meant to be drunk or is a collector's item.
Also on the wishlist of 2 members.
About the Caroni distillery
The Caroni distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from Caroni have been reviewed 10,072 times with an average of 8.8/10.
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