Black Tot Master Blender's Reserve Rum Limited Edition 2023

Black Tot Master Blender's Reserve Rum Limited Edition 2023 is navy rum reborn: a 109-proof (54.5% ABV), 750mL limited edition built to echo the Royal Navy's daily rum ration — and it is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.

Every July 31st, Black Tot Day, commemorates the British Navy's last rum ration in 1970. For the 2023 edition, Master Blender Oliver Chilton aimed closer than ever to the original Navy style: a heavier mouthfeel with rich notes of wood smoke, espresso, and cacao. The cuvée blends rums from Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad, and a standout Grenada rum distilled in 1993, drawing on Black Tot's perpetual reserve for deep, rich orange-oil character. It is bottled by Elixir Distillers in the UK, non-chill-filtered, with no coloring.

Tasting notes: red orange, cinnamon, fruit, cloves, and port on the nose; sweet root, caramel, fruit, chocolate, cherries, and jam on the palate; a long finish of raisin, cinnamon, cocoa, and nutmeg.

Why buy the 2023 Reserve? Because it is the connoisseur's Black Tot — 54.5% ABV of tropical fruit, wood smoke, and chocolate, layered from casks that run up to three decades old, in an annual release that never returns. Browse the rum collection, the Black Tot brand collection, and more fine spirits for the serious collector.

Serving note: add a splash of water to open it up; also makes a historically resonant Navy Grog or rum Old Fashioned.

What is the proof of Black Tot Master Blender's Reserve 2023? 54.5% ABV (109 proof), 750mL.

Where does the rum come from? A blend of rums from Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad, and Grenada — including a Grenada rum distilled in 1993.

What is Black Tot Day? July 31, 1970 — the day the British Royal Navy ended its daily rum ration. Black Tot bottles that history.

Is the 2023 edition limited? Yes — Master Blender's Reserve is an annual limited release; each year's blend is unique and never re-bottled.