BlackTotFinestCaribbeanRum(700mL)

<p>A revitalization of the spirit of the British Navy across hundreds of years, Black Tot is a delicious and powerful blend of the finest Caribbean Rums. </p><p>In the British navy, traditions die hard. Black Tot Finest Caribbean Rum is named after the <em>British practice of providing Rum</em> to sailors. Think of it as an official daily dram. And this wasn’t just a random Rum. It was a <em>crafted blend</em> of Caribbean Rums from across the British Empire. A few stoneware flagons of this Rum survived in the Navy warehouses. Black Tot founder <em>Sukhinder Singh</em> tacked down a few of these flagons from collectors, sampled the contents, and had them scientifically analyzed. He modeled their flagship Black To Rum after the <em>original navy dram</em> that conquered the world.</p><p><em>Black Tot Finest Caribbean Rum </em>is built on the 300-year legacy of those old Navy flagons. It is a blend of Caribbean Rums from Barbados, Jamaica, and Guyana — all selected to build a complex character. The experiemented with <em>26 different combinations</em> before arriving at the following: 40% Guyanan pot and column stilled aged three to five years, 20% Guyana pot and column still that’s un-aged, 35% pot and column stilled aged five years, and 5% Jamaican pot stilled aged three years. And it’s bottled at a very proper<em> 46.2%</em> ABV.</p><p><u>Smartass Corner:</u><em>Originally, each British sailor was issued a gallon of beer per day. But in 1655 that was changed to a half pint of Rum — the daily tot. Often a squeeze of lime of lemon was added to ward off scurvy. This tradition was carried through all the way until July 31st, 1970 — Black Tot Day when the last official ration was dispensed.</em></p>