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Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Master Blender's Reserve 2025
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One taster called it "dangerously drinkable," and that fits the 2025 Master Blender's Reserve: wood, dried fruit and roasted spice on the nose, then a rounder, fruitier palate with leather, nuts and dry cinnamon. Several read Guyana up front with Jamaican and Barbados filling in, plus more Caroni this year. Punchy at 54.4%, but well balanced.
The community says- Balanced blend
- Dried fruit depth
- But: Punchy alcohol
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How does Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Master Blender's Reserve 2025 taste?
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Woody, dried-fruit navy blend, punchy but balanced Most see this year's blend as a return to form after a Foursquare-heavy 2024 — complex, Guyana-forward, well balanced. The common note: good, but not quite the old 50th Anniversary.
Aroma profileFans of Guyana-forward navy blends who sip neat
Anyone wanting a soft, sweet, low-proof pour
Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat
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Review by DomM
With 2025 blend, we are hitting a more complex and darker profile on the nose again. Quite some depth and complexity. Noticeable more DDL herbs and leather and dried fruits. I like it. Very nicely balanced on the palate. Candied herbs, milk chocolate and dried fruits. Very nice.
Review by F Kraemmer
Most helpful positive review
Tasting with Mr. Daniel Jungberg on 18.07.2026 RX 25571 Black Tot Rum. Nose: Honey and vanilla, light oak influence, smoke and burnt sugar. Dark complex profile. Palate: Some overripe fruit. Honey, spicy and green pepper. Finish with caramel, mint, milk chocolate and honey. Dried fruit notes like raisin and date, buttery richness. Lovely balance. Glass: Spiced oak barrel. Tasting: "Home sweet home"
Review by Jacques etdom
Most helpful mixed review
The Guyana dominates the blend too much, quite unbalanced. Not to my taste. Salon notes to be confirmed.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,5:On the nose, roasted wood notes like burnt sugar, leather, cocoa, caramel, spicy with allspice, anise, dried fruits like raisins and apricots, orange, bump into our nosetrils. On aeration, it is slightly medicinal, metallic, prunes arise, molasses is earthy, sweet with honey, pastry and biscuits join. 8,4:On the palate, the attack is tasty with roasted wood notes like chocolate, caramel, oily, slightly charred, spicy with allspice, anise, salty, barrel impact is obvious, molasses is herbaceous, earthy with pencil shavings, fruity with dried apricots, raisins, prunes, tropical, candied fruits, slightly metallic, medicinal. 8,4:The finish is medium long, dry&tannic, buttery with fermented notes like cream, medicinal, fresh with flowery molasses and violet, herbaceous, grassy with hay, sweet with honey, fruity with dried, citrus fruits, oak is roasted with caramel, pastry, spicy with cinnamon, warm, smoky..
Review by Eric Frechin
This is the 4th master blender I've tasted and I think it's my favorite. Tried it as a sample that I'll retest later to see how it evolves. I get the impression that Guyana dominates, followed by TDL. I don't really find Jamaica. Barbados stays in the background to smooth things out a bit. The start on the palate seems spicy and a bit bitter. It finishes fresh. It's quite lively.
Review by Timo Groeger
Yeah, you really can't complain here, it's a nice blend. For me, Guyana is totally dominant. Very dark, roasty, you can recognize dark chocolate and leather. I can't really pick out anything specific from the other countries.
Review by zabo
Well, slowly this Black Tot series is improving again. But unfortunately not really a big jump up compared to the bottlings from recent years. Solid rum, you can grab it once in a while, but it's not a must.
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
Anyone who swears by the Black Tot 50th Anniversary is more than well served with the 2025 edition. An absolutely positive surprise! The clearly noticeable Caroni components could have played a part in this.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
#5518 31.07.2025 Celebrating Black Tot Day with a sample of the new one of which I have ordered a few bottles. Nose Wood, light roasted, light anise, dried fruit, spice, faint pencil shavings, light orange, light varnish. Palate Oily, wood, light roasted, dried fruit, light spicy, light anise, light herbs, light prunes, faint chocolate. Finish Long and warm, wood, dried fruit, faint caramel light cinnamon, faint orange, light spicy, herbs. Empty glass Light caramel, light chocolate, raisin, herbs, faint medicinal.
Review by Chrischi78
Surprisingly woody and roasty on the nose. Then much fruitier and more complex on the palate. All in all, a successful black tot blend, even if I remember the earlier bottlings as being somewhat stronger.
Review by Daniel Jungberg.
Tasting together with F. Kraemmer on 18.07.2026 Nose on an adventure👃: I sense honey, vanilla, dried fruit, and the citrus sneaks in. Tongue on an adventure 🥃: I taste a spicy sensation, green pepper, dried fruit, and when you breathe out through the nose you clearly taste ginger! The tail of the story💫: Long, lovely and warm aftertaste with honey sweetness, barrel, and dried fruit. It's been tasted twice now and that's two times too few!
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
A well-made navy blend that fits seamlessly into the rest of the range. Aromatically, I primarily have Diamond and Uitvluigt here alongside some Worthy Park. Overall, it doesn't really blow me away, but it's well made if you like the profile.
Review by Jack M
Rich, luxurious and well balanced blend of the constituent countries iconic flavour profiles. It is dangerously drinkable. There is so much in the way of taste from all the components which could be listed but at the same time I think it is one that is best enjoyed in the round and not overly dissected. It’s just a lovely rum. Personally I would note that I think it is a big improvement on the 2024 which leaned too heavily on a Foursquare profile (which while good, wasn’t what I would look for in a navy/ black tot blended rum), and so it is back to a more balanced blend, or one which uses a greater proportion of Guyana in the mix which, rightly or wrongly, I appreciate more for a navy style rum.
Review by TheJona'Spirits
Tasting at Rhum Fest 2026. Detailed notes to come. 👃 😋 ⛳ 💡 Definitely has some things in common with Velier's tiger shark, with less depth and balance.
Review by Righrum
Whisky Live Paris 2025 - to be tasted again to confirm the score and notes Another blend that reverts the descending trend, the 2025 Master Blender is a good navy rum. Demerara and Jamaica notes mix well and overall this is what i'm expecting from a Black Tot
Review by Martin Spooner
Woody, nutty aroma on the nose. A nice round blend on the palate. Quaffable for me. A nice edition of the black tots but not one that bludgeons me. Actually in the ranks of expectation.
Review by Johannes
Really good for the price without a direct comparison! Need to taste it soon alongside Black Tots at work.
Review by jamdram
Blind tasted 04/03/26 A really decent nose, reminiscent of a great Guyana. All the things you’d expect: dried fruit or mince pie, slight resin, and lots of wood spice. There’s musk and vanilla, with prominent raisins. Slight fermented fruit underneath, plus a hint of that leather-saddle note you get in Jamaican rum 🤔. Nutty aromas too. Overall, beautiful, complex, and quite fresh. Later, some lovely sweet candy notes emerge. On the palate there’s leather and a bit of wax, very punchy alcohol, and some savouriness. More nuts and a tonne of dry spice, especially unsweetened cinnamon. With water, more resin comes out, along with a strange hardware-store plastic note—like the garden section near the fertiliser 🤯🤯, and the nose becomes sweeter. A slight astringent dryness lingers, along with that resinous edge & a medium long finish & complex beast 8/10 Revealed…Ahhhhh nice…that would explain the complexity… it’s a blend of some high en shit! & picked out the worthy park
Review by Michael Schou
30-08-2025 - Rate 8.2 German Rum Festival Moving on to the new Black Tot. Always exciting to taste what they have “cooked” up for us. Fan of the amount of information that always put out with a new bottle. What rums and how much does the bottle contain. Nose with wood, dried fruits and caramel. Palate with wood, roast and spices. Medium finish with wood and dried fruits. Not the worst Black Tot but not the best eather.
Review by Thomas
Good continuation of the series. Doesn't come close to the 50th Anniversary, but really good again this time. The shares in Caroni and Last Conseignment have been increased. Guyana present with Barbados as a quantity filler. Belongs in the collection to enjoy.
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What did the community pay for Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Master Blender's Reserve 2025?
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Details about Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Master Blender's Reserve 2025
A rum from Multiple countries, bottled by Elixir Distillers of London, at 54,4%.
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