Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago (or Trinidad & Tobago) are two islands near the South American continent. They offer us white, amber, old and aged rums.

The English islands have kept from their British origin a great know-how in rum. Indeed, it is the Anglo-Saxons who have developed the sugar industry since the 17th century, and this well before the French and the Spaniards.

The cultivation of sugar cane and the sugar industry on these two islands flourished in the 18th century with the French settlers who developed this economy for many years until the immense success of Trinidad & Tobago rums that we see today.

It is with the arrival of Dr Siegert, creator of Angostura Bitters, that the rum will change dimension. The Angostura brand will develop an intense policy of exporting light rums to the United States and gives birth to a real rum empire.

Trinidad and Tobago is also known for its Caroni distillery, closed since the early 2000s. Caroni offers extremely typical aromas of bitumen and hydrocarbons. The large quantity of casks that remained at the time of the closure was bought by the Italian Luca Gargano and his brand Velier. It may seem strange that there is such a craze around this type of flavors but you just have to try it to understand (we can make the parallel with peated whiskies).

The main brands of rums from Trinidad and Tobago are Angostura, which comes from the distillery of the same name, as well as Zaya, Caroni, 10 Cane and finally Kraken rum. Read less