Black Tot | Black Tot Last Consignment Royal Navy Rum

54.3% ABV

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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. The naval blend of rums such as this one had continually evolved for over 100 years, with much of it coming from distilleries long since lost.

After 239 years of tradition, the last rum ration was issued aboard ships of the British Royal Navy on the 31st July 1970 – a day forever known as Black Tot Day. For many years after this, sealed away in those antique stone flagons, the rum we now call Black Tot Last Consignment was drawn upon only for use in state occasions and royal weddings.

Remarkably, after all these years, Black Tot Last Consignment is still 54.3% (95° proof), almost exactly the original Navy issuing strength. This is a historical blend that can never be recreated.

Tasting Notes

From Dave Broom

Nose

Initial treacle notes precede dark chocolate with super-ripe black fruits, muscovado sugar and walnuts. A drop of water releases flavours of black banana, liquorice root and tamarind paste with an exotic edge of balsamic.
Palate

Starts off thick and sweet with a burst of cassis, black coffee and cacao, leading into a finish of scented wood, forest fruits and cigar tobacco. Truly dark and powerful, with a century of rum-making craft showing in every drop.
Finish

Very long with light scented wood, black fruits and cigar tobacco.

Technical Specifications

Raw Material

Molasses, though could very well have sugarcane juice or cane syrup based rums too.
Distillery

Multiple
Distillation

Pot and Column still
Cask Type

A mix of many different woods and barrels including wine, sherry, bourbon and others
Maturation

Tropical, dynamic, and continental ageing
Chill Filtered

No
Blend Composition

Various - continuously blended in wooden vats from the early 1800s through to 1970.
NO SUGAR ADDED

0g/L added
Bottled

Scotland