The Caribbean, Trinidad. Distillery closed, site dismantled.

In 1975, under pressure from across the country, the government of Trinidad nationalized a number of companies, including Tate & Lyle, the English giant of sugar production and owner of Caroni Ltd since 1937. The very competitive economic context, however, led to the closure of the island's sugar refineries and the collapse of the molasses production required for the production of rum. In 2001, the government sold its shares in Rum Distillers Ltd (Caroni) to Angostura and closed the distillery in 2002. Caroni Ltd would be definitively liquidated on 31 July 2003. In October 2004, Luca Gargano, the CEO of the Italian spirit distributor Velier and a passionate rum enthusiast and photographer, visited Trinidad to carry out research for a future report. There he found the site abandoned and, within its cellars, a huge stock of barrels, some distilled in 1974. The story of Caroni began in 2005 and the distillery immediately became the subject of lore.

Batch One of Caroni 20 Year Old bottled at cask strength by That Boutique-y Rum Company. That Boutique-y Whisky Company is an independent bottler launched in 2012 by the Atom group in Kent, England. The labels on its bottles often make reference to stories and figures from the world of whisky, staged in comical situations. Two other companies, That Boutique-y Rum Company and That Boutique-y Gin Company, also bottle rum and gin. A limited edition of 501 bottles.