Black Tot Finest Carribean Rum
(England)

About the Rum:

Black Tot Finest Caribbean is inspired by tradition and the motivation to blend delicious rums from around the world. Our Head Blender, Oliver Chilton, has developed a recipe featuring some of the world’s finest rums while creating a new and individual style. With nothing added or taken away, our final blend has been selected for its ability to allow the individual flavours of each rum to shine.

We have balanced innovation and tradition in Black Tot Finest Caribbean - inspired by the navy rum blend of the past, but evolved to create a rum that can be enjoyed today, and tomorrow.

Bringing together the rich flavour profiles of Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica has created a rum with tropical, coffee and chocolate notes. Aged entirely in the tropics, which produces bolder flavours at a younger age, Finest Caribbean is intended as a delicious sipping rum as well as bringing an extra depth to tasty cocktail creations.

46.2% ABV

Tasting Notes:

NOSE: The copper-coloured liquid is immediately inviting, with tropical breezes of pineapple, melon and a feast of Caribbean sweets. Thick scents of banana fritters, plantain tarts, overripe mango and crème brûlée are lifted by fresh honeysuckle blossom and eucalyptus.

PALATE: Rounded and rich, with butter toffee, banana cream, and caramel to start. Gentle cinnamon and allspice build with more fruit – baked apples, pineapple cubes, and dried mango – joined by coffee, dark chocolate, and black pepper.

FINISH: Chocolatey coffee fades, leaving roasted bananas and a tingle of anise.

Awards/Reviews:

Master - The Rum Masters 2023

Grade: A (Drinkhacker)

"Immediately impactful on the nose, the rum hits with a bold, hefty, and pure molasses character, thick with burnt sugar — almost ashy — as well as notes of walnut oil and furniture polish. It’s an enticing entree to the palate, which is extremely rich and silky, a mix of smoky barrel char and well-torched sugar. Touches of peanut brittle and some coconut add nuance and balance, creating a surprisingly balanced and evocative spirit. The finish finds a rum that is lightly sweetened by brown sugar and gentle, rolling spices — which is, for the most part, exactly what I’m looking for in a rum. Pick this rum up and put away your mixers. This one’s a seductive and rich sipper than any British navy lad should be proud to keep in his hip flask."