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Cane Island T.D.L Angostura Trinidad
"Best rum and cola I've had," one fan calls it — and that's the honest center of this 8-year TDL from Cane Island. Vanilla, caramel and ripe banana up front, with dried fruit and a typical Trinidad menthol/medical streak underneath. Tasters split on the sweetness: some love how round it drinks, others find it sugared over a "dirty" glue-and-petrol edge that doesn't fully settle.
- Round, easy sipping
- Banana and vanilla
- Great in cola
+10
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How does Cane Island T.D.L Angostura Trinidad taste?
Aggregated from 106 community reviews.
Sweet, round Trinidad with a menthol edge Most find it round, sweet and easy with banana-vanilla and a TDL menthol note. The sticking point is the sweetness — a few feel it buries an otherwise interesting funky core.
People who like sweet, round sippers and a good rum-and-cola base
Anyone wanting dry, bold rum or who dislikes added sweetness
How is Cane Island T.D.L Angostura Trinidad rated?
RumX's 0–10 scale is strict , 7.3 lands squarely in the "Good" band. 65% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 8% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →
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Selected write-ups from 106 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Based on 106 ratings
Review by Stephen Beck
I adore this rum, best rum and cola I’ve had
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5194 02.04.2025 Running through some samples at home. Nose Light, light sweet, light wood, citrus, light caramel, light banana, honey. Palate Light, sweet, light wood, fruits, light citrus, light caramel, light honey, light dry. Finish Medium long, sweet, light wood, faint roasted, light citrus, faint caramel, faint herbal. Empty glass Vanilla, caramel, dried fruit.
Review by ChristophFFM
A surprise from the 24 rums calendar. I taste an oily tar note here. I don't read anything about that in the other reviews. Strange. I'll have to get myself a bottle and keep testing.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Relatively wild & dirty with so much glue/petrol. Very unusual for a Trinidad. Mint, caramel syrup, dried fruit and lots of spices on the palate. But it's not really harmonious. Too sweet and at the same time too "dirty".
Review by epicsune 🇸🇪
Sample no.14 of the 24 days of rum calendar 2022. Very sweet nose of ripe bananas and vanilla. Some notes of honey aswell. Palate is warm and sweet with tropical fruits.
Review by Martin Ekrt
Quite its flavours. A hospital with sweet syrup. Taste shows TDL mintiness/mintiness, but loaded with sugar. A terrible shame for me. If it wasn't for the overly sweetness I would enjoy this rum. As it is, I feel a missed opportunity on the finish. Edit: slight reduction in rating. The sweetness is a detriment.
Review by Anonymous
Pineapple, alcohol
Review by Lutz Lungershausen
Rough, strong pirate rum ;-)
Review by Rumpalumpa
A very round rum. Pleasant spiciness with dry fruit on the nose, e.g. raisins. Then on the palate with a nice sweetness, spiciness from the cask, fruit covered by a little smoke. The molasses in particular lingers relatively long on the finish.
Review by TheJackDrop
Intriguing and different with every sip, a good discovery.
Review by Andzin
You can find typical Angostura notes in it. Menthol and medical, dirt all is there. Then also quite a lot sugar and integration of alcohol is not so gut. I have consumed two bottles in mixures and it goes well with coke.
Review by Emilien
Description: Cane island single estate trinidad 8 ans, 8 ans d'âge,43% Cane island est un embouteilleur indépendant qui propose de rhums des Caraïbes et d'Amérique latine,vieilli exclusivement sous climat tropical. Ce rhum est distillé en colonne ,vieilli sous climat tropicale, de la distillerie TDL, vieilli en fût de chêne blanc américain, pendant 8 ans révolus (8 année entière) Nez: caramel, vanillé et rond Bouche: pimenté,caramel, vanille,rond mais avec des ''kick back'' du piment. Finale: moyen ,reste caramélisé et vanillé,bien équilibré. Conclusion: je viens de voir que la bouteille était à 40€ ,ça me paraît être un bon prix à+-10€ . Très chouette à découvrir. Est ce que je prendrais une bouteille ? Non . Appart si ça coûte 30 euros car comme sipping rhum ,il est très intéressant.
Review by Cédric Meyers
Ça c'est bon, c'est rond. Très légèrement sucré. Sur les fruit un peu confits.
Review by Jan Sajbrt
Stopa "Trinidadu" je v tom jasne znatelna, velmi dobre pitelny a chutny rum. Decentne vonavy a nevyprcha. Jemny alkohol, krasne se nese az do konce. Urcite prijde do sbirky.
Review by rum_sk
Quite sweet in the taste, unexpectedly sweet. Mostly chocolate, cream, vanilla and caramel with hints of wood on the 👅. 👃 Is completely different without any note of sweetness, providing slight alcoholic odour with notes of vanilla and oak/wood. Somewhere in the background you can smell sort of a gas like natural gas that is being used in home for cooking. I could not choose gas so I went with petrol which is closest. Overall taste is very good, nose is a little bit less interesting, or not at all really. Short to medium finish. Next one I will pour my self an angostura 1919 for direct comparison.
Review by Motvind
Dofter av banan och vanilj. Söta smaker av frukt, trä och kryddor. Kort avslutning.
Review by MJ72
Holziger Grundton, etwas Banane mit typischem Caramellton. Holz und Banane, allerdings sehr dezent am Gaumen, würziger Grundton, ölig und rund. Mittlerer Abgang, würziges Holz bleibt.
Review by Michael Janek
27.9.2024 Cubana Bar Brno ve vůni čokoláda, vanilka, lepidlo, hodne zajimava, kořenitá chuť hladka, mirne nasladla, chviličku hodne výrazná, ale nevydrží dlouho
Review by Kamil Křenek
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
"Other than being just a little too sweet and easy going for my personal tastes this overall is not a bad rum. It's just pretty ordinary. It is easy to sip and is perhaps also reminiscent of the Barceló rums from the Dominican - particularly the Imperial Blend."Read full review →
Details about Cane Island T.D.L Angostura Trinidad
A Column Still Rum from Trinidad, bottled by Cane Island, at 43%.
Community purchases
45 bottles logged by 38 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
35% opened, 10 emptied and repurchased.
What does Cane Island T.D.L Angostura Trinidad cost?
Community paid €33–€47.
Current best price: €33.56 – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
45 purchased · 113 tasted · 30 wishlist · as of
About the T.D.L distillery
The T.D.L distillery is located in Trinidad. Rums from T.D.L have been reviewed 8,063 times with an average of 8.3/10.
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