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0094B9E0-7AB0-4BE3-A80A-AB472E09B767Trinidad Caroni Corman Collins
Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare HTR 1997 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 19 years · 52.2%

Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare HTR 1997

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How does Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare HTR 1997 taste?

Aggregated from 7 community reviews.

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8.5/10 Very good

7 community reviews
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Feb 20267,207 reviewsDenmark
8.4/10

#6334 11.02.2026 Running a few samples after work to relax a bit and to clean up my cold. A pretty nice rum but did expect a bit more from Corman Collins. Wood and fruit go well in hand with the ABV. There is also some spice and nutts as well as some light caramel notes in the profile.

Review by Adrien B

Adrien B
Nov 2025342 reviewsFrance
9.0/10

Barbecue, well concentrated, batch 1997.

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6 bottles logged by 6 collectors.

Both drunk and collected.

33% opened, 1 emptied.

4 sealed 1 open 1 emptied

What did the community pay for Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare HTR 1997?

Avg. community purchase price 585 €.

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Details about Corman Collins Caroni Arturo Makasare HTR 1997

A Column Still Rum from Trinidad, bottled by Corman Collins, at 52.2%.

DistilleryCaroni
CountryTrinidad
CategoryColumn Still Rum
Raw materialMolasses
DistillationColumn Still
ABV52.2%
Age19 years
Vintage1997
Limited editionYes
MarkHTR
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl

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Caroni

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Caroni 

Avg Rating 8.8/10 over 620 Rums

No closed distillery is chased harder than Caroni. The Trinidad distillery shut down around 2002 and not a drop has been made since, but its heavy, oily, almost diesel-like rum became a collector obsession, carried to the world by Velier. Every bottle now comes from a finite, shrinking stock, which is exactly why the prices keep climbing.

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