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AB5421A6-E828-46DC-ABCB-2DE84A478CC2Trinidad Caroni Hunter Laing
Caroni Kill Devil (The Whisky Barrel) HTR 1998 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 23 years · 62.8%

Caroni Kill Devil (The Whisky Barrel) HTR 1998

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How does Caroni Kill Devil (The Whisky Barrel) HTR 1998 taste?

Aggregated from 7 community reviews.

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?

8.3/10 Very good

7 community reviews
4 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Review by Mirco

Mirco
Mar 2024796 reviewsSwitzerland
8.3/10

Typical Caroni with dirty notes which, however, does not offend anywhere. Alcohol wonderfully integrated. A very nice bottling.

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Apr 20227,207 reviewsDenmark
8.3/10

Pretty well priced Kill Devil compared to what you get. The nose has the typical Caroni with tar and rubber as well as wood, leather, tropical fruits and light vanilla. The palate lives up to the nose with tar and rubber complemented by fruit, leather and a hint of vanilla. The finish is medium to long with wood, rubber and dried fruits.

Review by Stijn Zino

Stijn Zino
Aug 2025343 reviewsBelgium
8.8/10

Not a strong nose but Caroni is there. Nice balanced caroni in palate. Very enjoyable. Floral in the beginning and more dark fruit at the end.

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5 bottles logged by the RumX community.

Both drunk and collected.

20% opened, 0 emptied.

4 sealed 1 open 0 emptied

What did the community pay for Caroni Kill Devil (The Whisky Barrel) HTR 1998?

Avg. community purchase price 325 €.

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Details about Caroni Kill Devil (The Whisky Barrel) HTR 1998

A rum from Trinidad, bottled by Hunter Laing, at 62.8%.

DistilleryCaroni
CountryTrinidad
Raw materialMolasses
ABV62.8%
Age23 years
Vintage1998
Limited edition160 bottles
MarkHTR
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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