Mezan Trinidad 1999 is a rum from the iconic and now sadly closed Caroni Distillery.
The Caroni Distillery was founded in 1918 and it was a Single Estate Distillery with its own sugar refinery. Renowed for its heavy “Navy” style rums it sadly closed in 2002.
Velier have in recent years “resurrected” the Caroni making it into a brand years after it last produced any rum! By buying numerous barrels from the the defunct distillery Luca Gargano and Co. have given Caroni Rum a reputation which is now reaching mythical status.
Until just a few weeks ago I had never visited Bristol before. The first time I visited was for a training course with work. The second time was to visit the Bristol Rum Festival. Needless to say the visits were quite different……
Ron Caney Anejo Centuria – another Cuban rum I picked up in Spain. Which seems to be the place to go if you want lower to mid level Cuban rum. At a very reasonable price.
Watson’s Trawler Rum is another dark navy style rum from “up north”. Scotland has a real tradition when it comes to rum. Many famous Independent bottlers such as obvious ones like Cadenhead’s and Duncan Taylor age their rums in Scotland. Surprisingly for some, Italian bottlers such as Samaroli and Silver Seal also age their rums up there.
Habitation Velier Last Ward 2007 is an intriguingly named rum in the popular series of Pure rums from Luca Gargano and co. Last Ward 2007 represents the Ward family. Who for over 100 years owned and ran the Mount Gay rum distillery in St Lucy, Barbados.
The Infamous Rum No. 01 is a Spiced Rum which hails from Belgium. This Spiced Rum has been created by Infamous Designs and Concepts who bill themselves as Private Label Creators. As to be excepted from such an operation they have a 
Kill Devil Guyana Aged 12 Years. Kill Devil are a range of rums bottled by Whisky bottler Hunter-Laing. I’ve covered them quite extensively on the site so far.