Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum

Overall a quite soft navy styled rum. This 5yo rum from the Scottish IB Black Tot Rum is a blend of rums from Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica. The term “Black Tot” comes from, as most of you know, from the British tradition of giving sailors a daily ration of rum for almost 300 years. The last ration was served on July 31th 1970.

It did not impress me at all. Disappointing. Too much alcohol and anonymous aromas. It remains a pleasant after-meal rum, but uninteresting for tasting at a certain level. I expected more from a well reviewed rum...I probably failed to understand it.

7,5:On the nose, the rum's navy profile comes across as soft and round. Gunpowder, iodine and copper are here, we notice smoky, roasted profile with burnt sugar, coffee, even Jamaican funkiness, notes of garlic!Soon exotic fruitiness comes in, the rum becomes woody, it is charred.Aeration gets us joined gunpowder and fruit. There is a harmony between full-bodied, fruity and now pastry aromas with baking spices and some herbal, and a hint of flowery notes. Almond, dried banana, resin and prune, with hints of quince paste, very dark cocoa, maybe chocolate and copper with nail polish are nicely balanced. 7,2:On the palate the first attack is syrupy, thick, powdery with caramelized burnt sugar and gunpowder, bit smoky, then nutty, coppery, slightly bitter and astringent notes, buttery and quite balanced.Pastry notes follow.The exotic fruits of the mid-palate are then clothed in cocoa and spices. 7,5:The finish is spicy, vegetal, buttery, caramel, resinous and with molasses, some red fruity notes as blackcurrant, raspberry and licorice in the end..

Delicious blend. Nice how the 5 percent Jamaica still comes through well. Superbly integrated alcohol. But perhaps a little too musty in parts, almost peaty. Edit: When I drink it first or directly after something milder like a Barbados rum, I really like it. After a sip of Hampden, however, it becomes musty on the nose and on the palate Guyana completely takes over, the otherwise beautiful Jamaican note is lost and turns a complex blend for the price into a much flatter thing.

The Jamaican comes out most clearly. Sweet good rum.

mega rum. Tolles preis leistungs Verhältnis. Geschmack wie buttergebäck und das ohne Zucker. Mit viel vanille und caramel und ohne brennen Die 46,2% sind auch ganz gut. Er ist harmonisch und sauber. Sollte man mal probiert haben

well balanced - reasonable price 👍🏻

All my Tastings and Scores are purely based on “Rums under £50”. I rarely look at Rums over £50 for my YouTube.

A really successful, complex multi-island blend. However, the molasses is a little too dominant for me. And there's a peaty, bitter note in the finish that I don't like. On the other hand, very nice!

Too small for me, but nice for the price. It's easy and tasty. A blend that's not unpleasant, accessible and an introduction to "navy" rums at an affordable price. Very easy to drink.

Quite an interesting spicy Blend

Sipper. Simple mix of Jamaica and Guyana.

This was myself first taste of a Black Tot rum. Overall this rum proved to be quite nice and showed why it’s so well regarded in it’s price range. This is a strong value rum and I look forward to trying the 50th anniversary release next.

Tasted at Rhumfest quickly. Surprisingly, I'd never taken the time to taste this Blend before, even though it's a product I appreciate. I must say, it's very good value for money. A well-balanced blend, a not too strong reduction, a small price. Very good indeed.

One smells and tastes the share from Jamaica most clearly. Is that Worthy Park? Great nose that is very round. I just love chocolate caramel with banana :-) then maybe something from Guyana must be there? According to the manufacturer's info, there is also something from Barbados, but that goes down under the Guyana portion. Great blend!