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Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum
"A really nice blend" is the verdict most tasters land on. This Barbados-Guyana-Jamaica navy-style blend from Elixir Distillers leans on wood, burnt caramel, dark chocolate and coffee, with a little tropical fruit and a whisper of Jamaican funk when you give it air. Members love the value; a few find it thin, a touch boozy for 46.2%, and short on the finish.
The community says- Great value
- Chocolate and coffee
- But: Can taste thin
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How does Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum taste?
Aggregated from 423 community reviews.
Easy navy blend, chocolate and burnt caramel Most call it a well-balanced, easy navy sipper with great value. The honest catch: it can read thin, one-dimensional and a little hot, and the Jamaican notes come and go.
People wanting an affordable first step into navy-style rum
Anyone chasing complexity or a long, full finish
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75% rate it between 6 and 8. 18 selected write-ups from 423 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by TheRhumhoe
A skilful blend in honor of the famous Tot, evoking the aromas of the various terroirs of the former British colonies. There's luscious, abundant fruitiness on exotic fruits, citrus and dried fruits, but also a good dose of sweet heaviness on caramel and burnt sugar, before rubbing shoulders with darker aromas of woody, roasted coffee and cocoa. There's a hint of esters reminiscent of Jamaican rums. The whole is well balanced. The palate is dry but delicate, with plenty of dark notes. Coffee, dark chocolate, tobacco, sweet spices (vanilla), smoky, roasted notes and greedy woodiness recall a profile that draws on Guyana. Although it loses some of its aromatic palette, it remains a well-crafted rum with well-integrated alcohol. The finish is of decent length, with an equally dark, sweet, gourmand profile. Wood, pepper, vanilla, chocolate and smoky notes dominate, followed by caramel and fruit (dried and tropical). It perhaps lacks a little energy on the long finish. A nice profile for a permanent rum, to reminisce about history, at an affordable price.
Review by BjörnNi 🥃
Most helpful positive review
The Jamaican comes out most clearly. Sweet good rum.
Review by heckto🥃
Most helpful critical review
So far I've only tried the Master Blenders Reserve from this brand and I already knew that the basic version couldn't keep up. Unfortunately, I like it even less than expected. The nose is still quite pleasant with a hint of caramel and fruit. Too tangy and not very complex on the palate. For me, it's just an average rum that's good for mixing at best.
Review by Stefan Persson
Overall a quite soft navy styled rum. This 5yo rum from the Scottish IB Black Tot Rum is a blend of rums from Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica. The term “Black Tot” comes from, as most of you know, from the British tradition of giving sailors a daily ration of rum for almost 300 years. The last ration was served on July 31th 1970.
Review by LukaŽiga
8:On the nose, the rum's navy profile comes across as soft and round. Gunpowder, iodine and copper are here, we notice smoky, roasted profile with burnt sugar, coffee, even Jamaican funkiness, notes of garlic!Soon exotic fruitiness comes in, the rum becomes woody, it is charred.Aeration gets us joined gunpowder and fruit. There is a harmony between full-bodied, fruity and now pastry aromas with baking spices and some herbal, and a hint of flowery notes. Almond, dried banana, resin and prune, with hints of quince paste, very dark cocoa, maybe chocolate and copper with nail polish are nicely balanced. 7,8:On the palate the first attack is syrupy, thick, powdery with caramelized burnt sugar and gunpowder, bit smoky, then nutty, coppery, slightly bitter and astringent notes, buttery and quite balanced.Pastry notes follow.The exotic fruits of the mid-palate are then clothed in cocoa and spices. 7,5:The finish is spicy, vegetal, buttery, caramel, resinous and with molasses, some red fruity notes as blackcurrant, raspberry and licorice in the end.. Edit:31.7.25, it gets better with bottle oxidation, an upgrade to 7.8, 7.3.26
Review by HenryL
Delicious blend. Nice how the 5 percent Jamaica still comes through well. Superbly integrated alcohol. But perhaps a little too musty in parts, almost peaty. Edit: When I drink it first or directly after something milder like a Barbados rum, I really like it. After a sip of Hampden, however, it becomes musty on the nose and on the palate Guyana completely takes over, the otherwise beautiful Jamaican note is lost and turns a complex blend for the price into a much flatter thing.
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
It did not impress me at all. Disappointing. Too much alcohol and anonymous aromas. It remains a pleasant after-meal rum, but uninteresting for tasting at a certain level. I expected more from a well reviewed rum...I probably failed to understand it.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
well balanced - reasonable price 👍🏻
Review by Rumpalumpa
A really successful, complex multi-island blend. However, the molasses is a little too dominant for me. And there's a peaty, bitter note in the finish that I don't like. On the other hand, very nice!
Review by Gregor
mega rum. Great value for money. Taste like butter cookies and without sugar. With lots of vanilla and caramel and no burn. The 46.2% is also quite good. It is harmonious and clean. You should have tried it
Review by Vincent D
Too small for me, but nice for the price. It's easy and tasty. A blend that's not unpleasant, accessible and an introduction to "navy" rums at an affordable price. Very easy to drink.
Review by Christian Rudt
Today in comparison with the new 2025 Standard Black Tot Blend in the glass. I find significantly more PM notes such as aniseed in the nose of this old version. The palate is coarser and we are more in the feel-good corner for whisky lovers. Still a good blend with a great PLV, the successor is a lot softer due to the lower Guyana content, but also a success. Both are relatively accessible and complex blends at a pleasant drinking strength. First tasting: Black Tot always works. It tastes multi-layered and is not overpowering. Drinking recommendation for on the side 🥃
Review by Eugene227
Er ist ein zugänglicher Navy-Style-Rum mit Noten von geröstetem Karamell, dunkler Schokolade, Kaffee und dezenter Frucht. Er bietet viel Geschmack fürs Geld und bleibt angenehm ausgewogen, ohne zu überfordern. Als unkomplizierter Genussrum überzeugt er auf ganzer Linie.
Review by Steve the Barman
All my Tastings and Scores are purely based on “Rums under £50”. I rarely look at Rums over £50 for my YouTube.
Review by Beancheese
This was myself first taste of a Black Tot rum. Overall this rum proved to be quite nice and showed why it’s so well regarded in it’s price range. This is a strong value rum and I look forward to trying the 50th anniversary release next.
Review by Galli33
Quite an interesting spicy Blend
Review by Skyfly
Crosstasting Black Tot 2019 & 2025: Angenehmer Einsteiger-Navy-Rum mit den typischen Aromen Holz, Tropischen Früchten, Karamell, Schokolade, Röstaromen und Tabak - in Nase bis Gaumen unterschiedlich stark ausgeprägt. Hättem aber gerne mehr % sein dürfen. Insgesamt trotzdem schwerer (dunkle Schokolade, Tabak, Röstaromen) als sein Nachfolger und damit im Vergleich vorne
Review by Joachim Guger
Sipper. Simple mix of Jamaica and Guyana.
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Expert reviews
2 critics scored it, averaging 7.9/10. Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum..
Expert review by Hogshead - Der Whisky Blog
Read full review →Very nice blend of the three different rum styles. In the nose dominates perhaps a little more the fruity ester of Jamaica so it is in the taste already spicy and still fruity sweet. Very positive to judge is that the blend is not re-sweetened. Does not need it also absolutely. Great flavor spectacle at a very attractive price.
Expert review by Le Blog À Roger
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Expert review by The Dunder Hut
I still think this is one of the best beginner runs as it is a really good blend that is a lot more than the sum of its parts. If you have no clue what to Gift or unsure where to start it is here. Lovely
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Details about Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum
A Navy Rum from Multiple countries, bottled by Elixir Distillers of London, at 46,2%.
Community purchases
525 bottles logged by 462 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
39% opened, 98 emptied and repurchased.
What does Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum cost?
Community paid 32–53 €.
Current best price: 36.90 € – within the typical community range.
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+11 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
525 purchased · 459 tasted · 271 wishlist · as of
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