Black Tot Rare Old Demerara 40 Years Old 70cl 44.2°
Black Tot Demerara 40 years old is a tribute to the daily ration of rum that was given to the sailors of the British Navy.
Its distillation, carried out in 1975, from molasses from the famous Port Mourant distillery, in British Guiana, makes it a rum with an inimitable character. The original juice contained in this prestigious bottle, has aged in barrels for 40 years, a semblance of eternity...
The reputation of the Port Mourant distillery, which closed in the 1950s, is based in particular on its double pot still, which dates back to the 18th century. It was the Demerara distillery that inherited it when Port Mourant closed. This precious Black Tot Demerara Rum is presented in a sumptuous wooden box. There are only 606 decanters like this one in the world...
| Volume | 0.7 L |
| ABV | 44.2 ° |
| Type | Old Rum |
| Distillery | Black Tot |
| Country | Guyana |
| Age | 40 years |
| Packaging | Wooden Case |
| Reference: | 24527 |
For more than 300 years, the sailors of the Royal Navy received a daily ration of rum, called Black Tot, in order to reward them for their service within this prestigious institution. But on July 31, 1970, this tradition suddenly came to an end, to the despair of the Queen's soldiers. This fateful day was given the name "Black Tot Day" and is even celebrated every year by the "Navy rum" lovers.
As for the reserves of the British navy, they were transferred into jars and stored in London under customs control where they were forgotten for almost forty years. Their discovery did not go unnoticed though... The luckiest of all was Sukhinder Singh who bought all the found jars to bottle them and sell them to amateurs and collectors eager to own a piece of history. But he didn't stop there and built on this discovery to create a rum that draws from that tradition while adding a modern interpretation to it. It was after no less than two years and 26 tries that he found the "perfect" recipe.
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