It’s been 10 years since we tasted Angostura’s 1824 rum expression, one in all its prime choices, named in honor of the yr of the founding of the distillery (and bitters producer) in Trinidad & Tobago. Let’s crack a recent bottle and see if something has modified within the final decade.
Angostura Caribbean Rum 1824 (2025) Assessment
Notably, the 12 yr outdated age assertion has been eradicated from this expression, the again label mentioning solely that it’s a “mix of gold rums.” (Since we obtained our pattern, the identify modified once more, to Angostura Founders Reserve 1824, full with a brand new bottle and label.)
There’s a decidedly spice-driven high quality right here, giving the nostril a Christmassy vibe and, shifting from cinnamon and nutmeg into aromas of raisins and figs. Chocolate and vanilla are standing by, ready to your name.
The palate is sort of candy and feels plumped up with brown sugar, the chocolate and vanilla forming a confectionary base. Cloves and macerated cherries fill within the gaps from there, adopted by a end fashioned round butterscotch and marzipan. There’s a touch of chicory and anise on the fade-out, however that is restrained, by no means sufficient to beat the extraordinary sweetness and unctuous fruitiness of the palate. The lengthy denouement of espresso and nuts current in prior expressions of this rum aren’t readily seen right here anymore. At this worth, you’ll discover extra attention-grabbing merchandise available on the market.
80 proof.
B+ / $75 [BUY IT NOW FROM FROOTBAT]
Angostura Caribbean Rum 1824 (2025)
USD75
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