Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Historic Solera 46,2%

"It's not a bad everyday sipper, a bit one dimensional is about my only critique. Very sweet on the nose and palate, with the sherry influence very clear, which for me isn't a bad thing. Fruits, caramel and some wood influence"

"#4876 Whisky Live in Paris 27.09.2024-30.09.2024. Another great event meeting a lot of RumX new and old friends. This year three weren't as many new releases as in 2023, but I still had a great time. Nose Round, light wood, fruity, light ester, banana, light caramel, faint coffee, faint smoke, light orange. Palate Balanced, light wood, faint roasted, round, clove, light licorice, faint leather, fruits, light orange, dried fruit, light ester. Finish Medium long, round, fresh, balanced, fruits, light wood, faint caramel, light coffee. This is solera done right in my mind. If you try it without knowing it's a solera you'd never guess that it is. I'd say it's between the standard version and the 50th Anniversary taste wise."

"Relatively sweet. Red wine/sherry notes clearly dominate."

"Quite sweet, but that was to be expected. Can be drunk well, even if I smelled and tasted a little "New Year's Eve" - although bystanders didn't notice this, perhaps my nose was just a little too closed. Not overpowering and also quite common in sherry maturations, but certainly not everyone's cup of tea. Tasted at the Spirit in the Sky Festival in Brussels 11/2024"

"La finition sherry- oloroso peut-être intéressante pour les amateurs de rhums avec vieillissement système solera. J avoue que c est pas vraiment mes préférences. Un nez fruits secs. caramel. fût La bouche est plus marquée et orientée rhum hispanique. Le blend presente en plus du raisin sec-figues-caramel des tons d orange , vin."

"Quite full-bodied, with caramel and sherry. The English Pusser's style comes through strongly. There are also coffee notes, woody notes, a little monolithic, but good. For fans of entry-level El Dorado, this should please you."

"WLP24"

"A great accessible rum from Black Tot. You can still taste the regular BT in this sherried version. They took that regular version and aged it for 2 years in ex- sherry barrels before putting it into their solera system for an additional 3 years. So yes, you definitely get a lot of sherry influence but it is not overdone in my opinion. I reckon those first two years give the color and the basic sherry notes whereas the solera system brings in the depth in flavor. In general I mostly get vanilla (weirdly enough) and red fruits but every now and then it gives you a small sample of something else like rubber, chocolate, tobacco or spice."

"Sample 2 of 3 from UK Brand Ambassador and, for my palate, WAY more lovely than the Finest Caribbean Rum! I do love a Sherry Cask whisky and this just reminds me (and almost tastes like) a Sherry cask whisky - all those lovely Sherry notes of dried fruits, stewed fruits, jammy fruits, slight oaky tannins (not the strongest tannins flavour I’ve experienced which I approve of!) although caramel and the tiniest touch of vanilla eventually creeps through! I believe the rum is in there however, to my palate, it’s very much playing a supporting role to the Sherry cask flavours - raisins, prunes, figs, cherries even alongside the sweetness of the rums blended in. To my palate, this feels like every Sherry cask they used for this blend was VERY fresh casks indeed and great quality for something that is core range. What’s weird is that the finish is WAY shorter than the Finest Caribbean Rum bottling - Medium Short (not quite medium but slightly longer than Short!). In fact I would argue the finish primarily is on my palate rather than the throat. This is VERY drinkable and quite crushable a bottling! My heart says to score it an 8/10 purely based on flavour however I can barely pick out any rum notes because the sherry notes are so dominant (in the whisky world, it’s pretty much Sherrybomb territory, which is mad for a 46.2% ABV rum!) So I’m gonna score it a respectable 7.5/10 I WILL be buying a bottle of this"