Black Tot Master Blender's Reserve Rum 2024 (54.5%)

Following the success of its previous releases, Black Tot rum's 2024 limited edition will be launched worldwide on July 1. The 2024 edition focuses on Barbados, the cultural birthplace of rum, and features 60% rums from Foursquare, Mount Gay and West Indies Distillery.

"For this new release, we wanted to focus on the warmth and fruit of rums from Barbados, which gave us a base of juicy pineapple, lime, and sweet melon," said Oliver Chilton, master blender at Elixir Distillers. Since the debut of Master Blender's Reserve in 2020, Chilton has used a perpetual blend as the basis for the annual release, combined with variables to create a unique flavor profile each year. "I knew I wanted to emphasize Barbados and then use some of the older Jamaican blends we created a few years ago for added intensity. We also used some deep, rich rums from Guyana and Trinidad, including one from the closed Caroni distillery."

Black Tot Master Blender's Reserve 2024 offers "notes of grilled, buttered pineapple with lime, chili and coconut" on the nose, followed by "hints of dark sugar, fried banana, sweet melon, and guava" on the palate.

Black Tot Rum promotes transparency and provides a detailed breakdown of the 2024 blend on the brand's website. The 2024 edition is aged in a combination of American and European oak barrels and is limited to 3,000 bottles worldwide. Black Tot Rum began its journey in 2011 after founder Sukhinder Singh purchased stone barrels filled with rum from the Royal British Navy.