Angostura 1824
House of Angostura · Angostura Distillery, Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago
Nose
Fleshy and sweet — burnt sugar, oak, dried raisins, vanilla cream, warm spice, toffee, with a rounded, almost chewy mid-palate
Palate
Medium-long with lingering oak tannins, spice, dried fruit, and a clean fade to caramel sweetness
Finish
Vanilla, Caramel, Dried Fruit, Oak, Spice (Generic), Toffee
- Base Ingredient
- Trinidad sugarcane molasses
- Distillation
- Deep amber with copper highlights
Cocktail Suggestion
The 1824 Daiquiri: 2 oz Angostura 1824 · 3/4 oz fresh lime juice · 1/2 oz demerara syrup · Shake hard with ice, double strain into a chilled coupe.
Food Pairing
Sticky toffee pudding with crème anglaise — the toffee, dried fruit, and vanilla in both are a natural marriage.
Angostura 1824 is the rum that proves Trinidad belongs in the conversation alongside Barbados, Jamaica, and Guyana.
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