Top 10 most popular Mélasse rum from Trinidad

Planteray OFTD, short for Old Fashioned Traditional Dark, is Planteray's take on the classic overproof rum style. It brings together rum from Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados and is bottled at a powerful 69% ABV, giving it the strength and density needed to stand firm in cocktails as well as in the glass.

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Planteray Pineapple Rum is built around pineapple, but the rum base remains an important part of the story. It is made from molasses and brings together different components, including unaged Barbados rum, Trinidad rum aged for 2 to 3 years, and Jamaican rum with a touch of older Jamaican rum.

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Angostura Number One 3rd is a 22-year-old rum from Trinidad, made from molasses and distilled in a multicolumn style. From the information available, this is very much a mature rum, yet not one presented as a sweet-driven style.

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Angostura Spiced Tamboo is a rum from Trinidad with a clear place in the spiced rum category. It is molasses-based, so it remains rooted in a familiar rum style, while the name points the attention towards spice rather than an age statement.

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Bonpland Caroni 21y 50cl is a Trinidad rum with a very defined identity. It is a molasses-based rum, aged for 21 years and drawn from a single cask, so the focus is not on a broad house style but on one particular cask and its own development over time.

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Caroni 1996 23y Tasting Gang is a Trinidad rum with a serious, full-strength identity. Distilled in 1996, aged for 23 years and bottled at 63.5% cask strength, it is made for slow, considered tasting rather than casual sipping.

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Caroni 1996 25y Employees United is a Trinidad molasses rum with a very direct sense of purpose. Distilled in 1996, aged for 25 years and bottled at cask strength at 66.6%, it is presented in a powerful, uncompromising form rather than softened into an easy-going style.

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Caroni 1996 25y Mahesh is a Trinidad molasses rum with a very deliberate sense of weight and rarity. Distilled in 1996, aged for 25 years and bottled at cask strength at 64.6%, it comes from Traditional Column distillation and matured in a bourbon barrel.

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Caroni 1996 25y Ricky is a Trinidad rum with a very clear sense of presence. Distilled in 1996, aged for 25 years and bottled at a cask strength of 66.2%, it is the kind of rum that speaks in a firm, uncompromising voice.

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Elizabeth Yard Caroni 1997 24y is a Trinidad molasses rum where the appeal lies in precision and scarcity. Distilled in 1997 and bottled in 2022 after 24 years in a bourbon barrel, it comes from a single cask rather than a wider blend. That makes it a very specific snapshot of one barrel's long maturation.

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