Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Last Consignment

The taste is dense and intense with an enormous number of layers. Hints of tobacco, molasses, licorice, dark spices and a hint of coffee in the aftertaste.

An incredible rum and for me one of the best rums I have ever tasted. The price is high, but that is not surprising for the ingredients.

Very dark, lots of wood, slightly sweet, with bitter tones, dried fruit, very complex and intense. I have to admit that this navy blend is very much to my personal taste. Corrected upwards after another tasting. 👍🏼

While it delivers the intensity and punch you would expect from a navy blend, I cannot help but call this elegant.Incredibly complex and surprising smooth. Excellent stuff.

A very dark nose for a rum that's almost black and fat in the glass. Black licorice, molasses, prune compote, wet wood and old leather. A very old wooden house in the Amazon rainforest. The palate rises gently, licorice and other aromas rise and fill the mouth. A liquid story with a breathtaking evolution on the palate, it's a little different every time I taste it. A monument! Tasted again and still magnificent! I don't understand how it can be a little different every time I taste it? Oxidation?

Got a sample of this remarkable rum some months ago from Andy and Angel as a gift. Many thanks for that. I saved it to Black Tot Day and it was well worth waiting for. Black Tot Last Consignment is a piece of liquid history. It was bottled from antique stone flagons containing the last stocks of Royal Navy Rum which laid untouched for over four decades. It’s really an historical blend that never can be recreated. The nose is fruity and nutty with aromas of chocolate, banana, licorice and some sweetness. At the palate it’s fruity, oaky and sweet with flavors of coffee, cacao, leather, tobacco and cassis. The finish is very long, fruity and woody with flavors of leather and tobacco. Overall an excellent and remarkable navy rum that I’m very happy to got the opportunity to taste.

Literally drinking liquid history here, Very expensive but wow do I love it. So dark and heavy! Can definitly taste a lot of demerara in there, the nose is wonderful - musty, raisins, licorice and wood. On the palate the alcahol is wonderfully integrated with spices, licorice, molasses, chocolate, caramel, old wood and leather. Just a wonderful rum, it's a privilege to taste it. I first tasted this rum about 2 years ago thanks to a sample from MOM. I am leaving my initial score untouched.

Retasting and I still like it a lot. ------- This is also e very expensive bottle and I'd say the price can be argued, but you can't argue the quality of the rum. The nose just hits you right in the face. Fruit and smoky oak hits you first and then comes the molasses and caramel with a whif of leather. The palate is complex yet wonderfully balanced. Roasted wood and oak hit the palate right away closely followed molasses, vanilla and light chocolate. There is an ever so light bitterness to the palate. The finish is long and surprisingly smooth with oak, vanilla and dried fruit.

The Grand Lady of Navy Rums. Insanely rusty, dark and intense.alcohol perfectly integrated.

A great demerara rum. Dark and intense. Everything I love, candied prunes, burnt caramel, licorice, wood... Top top top. Special thanks to Cigares for introducing me to this rum!

Liquid history in a Glass. Or better in the accompanying Gill (1/2). The nose starts off bursting with spices, wood and is more in the Guyanese side. In Addition there are some subtle notes of tar and metal. On the palate the spices also dominate whilst a subtle sweetness (malt and molasses) is adding texture. There are some dried plums and raisins. The finish is the same and really long, getting a bit earthy in the end. What a nice drop, I will leave it here for the moment and come back in some time for a second review.

Never expected to try this, but when I saw it at my favorite whisky-bar, it was a no-brainer. A piece of rums history here. Very impressive in the color, and in the nose it has a chocolate and ripe fruit scent to it. I found deep notes of berries, cocoa and oak as well

No comparison to the MBR, much more Guyana and an old/musky note. Very cool! A piece of history 🤩 Tasted again: Dark fruits, coffee, wood, chocolate, roasted notes, vanilla... The longer you look, the more you find. Super!

Very nice navy with almost exclusively dark notes, fruit and sweetness are not neglected either. A good portion of smoke is nicely integrated. This rum makes you feel like a pirate. Very nice! Thanks @Cigars for the sample.

the rum necessarily give enough time in the glass! On the nose first (somewhat intrusive) Maggi spice, but then also more and more raisins, dried fig, nutmeg, butterscotch, malt and roast aroma. The palate I like even a bit better than the nose (which is rather rare): a great spice note with a very intense honey note. The finish continues this very nicely, with honeycomb, raisin, licorice and cocoa. Perhaps a bit sweeter, but otherwise the spicy-intense nature reminds me of the Velier Damoiseau 1980.