A complex, Blended Caribbean Rum made from 40% Guyanan pot & column stilled aged 3 to 5 years, 20% Guyana pot & column still that’s un-aged, 35% pot & column stilled aged 5 years, & 5% Jamaican pot stilled aged 3 years; bottled at 46.2% ABV. by Sukhinder Singh founder of Black Tot. He tacked down a few of original British Navy flagons from collectors, sampled the contents, & had them scientifically analyzed. He modeled their flagship Black Tot Rum after the original navy dram that conquered the world. It has an aromatic birth with notes of molasses, banana over a touch of espresso, dark chocolate & anise; while an oily & tropical island life adds notes of old wood, banana, mango, pineapple, salt-water taffy, hints of more coffee & cocoa; that leads to a long & off-dry death. February / March 2021