Black Tot 2021 Master Blender's Reserve (54.5%)

The Black Tot 2021 edition of Master Blender's Reserve Caribbean Rum celebrates the 100th anniversary of the last rum ration given to Australian Navy sailors serving on British ships. Elixir Distillers has taken a portion of last year's Black Tot 50th Anniversary Rum blend as its base and re-casked it in ex-sherry casks, to which layers of fruit-driven flavors have been added using different rum styles, between 9 and 24 years old , from Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica and Australia, as well as some of the original British Royal Navy rum blend itself. Black Tot Rum hopes this rum will bring people together, just as the original did 100 years ago.

NOSE
Cinnamon sticks, cooking in brown butter, with nutmeg and cloves.Overripe mangoes and fried bananas, with dusty dark chocolate. More citrus notes build in the glass - satsumas and fresh-pressed navel oranges mingle with juicy nectarine and cooked honey. In the background, a dense oily note complements the spicy flavors and melds with herbaceous notes of mint and lemon thyme.

PALET First a flavor of concentrated orange and mango juice, with fresh mint and golden brown caster sugar. The sweetness evolves into milk chocolate and salted caramel, while the fruit seems to become denser, with aromas of guava and passion fruit. Another sip brings orange blossom, balanced by liquid honey.

FINISH Clementine and mandarin form a citrus salad, evolving with a pleasant dryness reminiscent of thyme and oregano. At the very end, a touch of diesel oil.