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Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Burrokeet Edition 1997 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 21 years · 60,1%

Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Burrokeet Edition 1997

Tar, rubber and petrol hit first — this is unmistakably Caroni. Behind the industrial punch there's toasted oak, chocolate, leather and a cool minty/menthol streak, with a little green apple and banana peeking through. One taster called this the "biggest surprise" of the Jack Tar set, noting a fresher, greener side than its siblings. Long, dry, tannic finish. Bottled at 60.1%, it's serious stuff.

The community says
  • Classic tar and rubber
  • Long dry finish
  • But: High 60.1% ABV

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How does Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Burrokeet Edition 1997 taste?

Summarized by AI from community reviews.

Heavy tar-and-rubber Caroni, dry and long A well-liked 1997 Caroni: heavy tar, rubber and mineral notes with a long dry finish. Some find it slightly less deep than tropical-aged Caronis, but most rate it highly.

Perfect for

Caroni fans who want tar, rubber and petrol at full proof

Less suitable for

Anyone new to rum or put off by industrial, bitter notes

Experience level · Connoisseur (5/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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What does the community say?

8.5/10 Very good

24 community reviews
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Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Jun 20257,227 reviewsDenmark
9.0/10

14.06.2025 Retasting and I still like it a lot. -------------- Wow, this Caroni hits you smack in the face. When you open and pour there's no doubt this is a Caroni. The nose is intense with Caroni flavours, rubber, tar and petrol, wow. Wood, fruit and chocolate then pops out and a light hint of leather to finish off. The palate is picking up where the nose left off. Toasted oak, tar and rubber is there right off the bat followed by fruit and licorice a d i sence a minty/menthol note in there as well. The finish is very long, as in very long, dry and spicy with some tobacco and light fruits. A very good Caroni.

Review by LukaŽiga

LukaŽiga
Apr 20261,506 reviewsGermany
8.7/10

8,7:On the nose, petrol, rubber and tar, intense, roasted wood notes with chocolate, nuts, leather, green apple, banana and berries, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, the nuts are caramelized, the wood spicy with green pepper, later a hint of umami pops up, the molasses is herbaceous, some orange peel might be present... Balanced and round. 8,7:On the palate, the attack is intense, later slightly bitter with industrial notes like rubber and tar, perhaps with menthol hints, roasted wood notes with mocha, nuts, caramelized, oaky, pastry, quite spicy with anise, vanilla, as the molasses is herbaceous, minty, vegetal with fennel, slightly mineral and the fruits are tropical with mango and pineapple, banana, some citrus. 8,6:The finish is long dry and tannic, bitter, as the industrial notes pair roasted wood notes, oaky and spicy, tropical fruits, earthy molasses with tobacco. Edit:5.4.26

Review by Jakob

Jakob
Apr 20251,666 reviewsSwitzerland
8.2/10

Very straightforward, weighty Caroni profile with distinct bitterness of smoke and coffee flavors. The depth of tropically aged Caronis with its aromatic complexity and balance remains unmatched, but the dry structure provides flavorful conciseness in a positive way. Among the 1997 Caronis definitely among the better bottlings.

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7 bottles logged by 6 collectors.

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What does Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Burrokeet Edition 1997 cost?

Avg. community purchase price 667 €.

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Current best price: 595.00 €.

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Details about Jack Tar Caroni Old Music! Series Burrokeet Edition 1997

A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Jack Tar, at 60,1%.

DistilleryCaroni
CountryTrinidad
BottlerJack Tar
Raw materialMolasses
ABV60,1%
Age21 years
Vintage1997
Limited editionYes
Volume70cl
Cask #33
Single cask

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Caroni

Distillery

Caroni 

Avg Rating 8.8/10 over 620 Rums

No closed distillery is chased harder than Caroni. The Trinidad distillery shut down in the early 2000s 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, even though auction prices for some Velier Caronis have fallen since 2022.

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