For the third release of the Black Tot Master Blender's Reserve, master blender Oliver Chilton has selected rum blends from Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica, and Barbados to create a rum that pays homage to the flavour profiles found in the Black Tot historical collection. The rums in the collection are bursting with banana, mellow spice, and cocoa powder, and this is certainly showcased here. Tasting Notes; Nose: Melted chocolate nibs, toasted hazelnuts, warm orange, cinnamon sticks, blackcurrant, and raspberry leaf. Palate: Milk chocolate-covered raisins, café latte, ripe banana, aniseed, crème caramel with demerara sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Finish: Cinnamon and nutmeg spice, chili, and cocoa.

Black Tot Rum 2024 Master Blender's Reserve is the fifth annual release of this remarkable series. For 2024, the brand focused on one country in particular, with rums from Barbados forming 60% of the blend. It’s aged in a combination of American and European oak casks and offered un-chill filtered at 54.5% ABV, with a total outturn limited to 3,000 bottles worldwide. Tasting Notes; Nose: The nose is very elegant and well-balanced, the aromas seep out of the glass like a fine perfume. It starts with an incredible array of sweet aromas – pineapple cubes, fudge, coconut cream, strawberry laces, passion fruit syrup, mango, white chocolate, honey, butter. In support, there’s oak, red chilli warmth, lime juice, and fresh herbs which bring complexity. Palate: Some oak spice and nutmeg give a viscous palate a slightly prickly edge through which notes of red cola cubes, brown sugar, vanilla, caramel, Caroni-style engine oil, and a little peppermint emerge. Throughout there’s more fresh tropical fruit, with banana taking more of a centre stage alongside papaya, melon, mango, and pineapple. Finish: Slick and tongue-coating with liquorice and anise setting the tone. Dark chocolate, lime, warming vanilla-y oak, and the remnants of tropical fruit salvo linger.

Rich oak, banana bread, almost smoky at points, salted butter, BBQ pineapple and enjoyably bitter Alpine herbs.

Nose: Full of dried fruits, dates, prunes, slightly overripe figs. Palate: Very sweet, plenty of dark, syrupy, stewed fruits. An interesting pot still character with a pleasant muddiness. Full-bodied. Finish: Iincredibly long and dark.

Nose: Fragrant tobacco, burnt toffee, juicy dates, and berry studded chocolate. Palate: Dense sherried fruits, raisins, and sultanas lead to warming baking spices, with leathery oak and a touch of bitter molasses. Finish: Drying oak builds on the finish, with candied fruit and salted almonds.

Cinnamon, peppercorn, caramelised nuts with oaky warmth following on.

Nose: Toffee, cinnamon, cloves and pepper spice on the nose with thick caramel notes. Palate: Muscovado sugar, soft toffee and just a hint of the spice detected on the nose. This is very smooth, belying its hefty abv. Finish: Surprisingly short but thick and syrupy toffee notes abound. Overall: A rich, dark rum with a high abv that retains its smoothness. Would work well in a dark and stormy, despite the fact Wood's is distilled in Guyana, and not Bermuda.

A top quality rum hand selected by the master blender from select casks at Angostura. This is matured in American oak bourbon barrels for at least 12 years when it is blended and re-casked. It offers a creamy palate of vanilla, honey and molasses. Tasting Notes; Nose: Seductively rich with aromas of sweet molasses, vanilla, honey, spice and cognac-like notes. Palate: Smooth texture and well rounded, medium to full body. Notes of honey, fruit, chocolate, spices and herbs. Finish: Remarkably long and flavour-packed.

Roasted coffee bean and fresh tropical fruit, with sticky ginger cake, baking spices and chilli pepper heat.

Black Tot Historic Solera, from the team that brought us a modern take on the Navy blend, very much does what it says on the tin. This solera-matured stunner is a proper blend with a proper breakdown: Guyana and Barbados lead the charge, with a dash of high-ester Jamaican pot still funk. Aged in bourbon casks seasoned with Pedro Ximénez and oloroso, then matured through a 70 year old, three-tier solera system for layered depth. No sugar or filtration here. Tasting Notes; Nose: A wave of chocolate-covered raisins, sticky toffee, and the faintest flicker of banana. Then come the sherry notes – strawberry jam, peach fuzz, and tart raspberry. A lick of ginger and a puff of dusty oak round it out. Palate: Toffee and PX sweetness up front, followed by darker fruits and nutty warmth. A hint of pineapple, a whisper of tobacco, and a firm grip of oaky spice. Finish: Peaches and strawberries linger, along with light oak, pepper, and a tease of blackberry jam.

Nestled in the fertile valley of the South West region of Mauritius, lies the renowned Rhumerie de Chamarel. This exquisite distillery is located near the "Coloured Earths of Chamarel", one of the most visited tourist attractions in Mauritius. As visitors make their way to the Rhumerie, they are treated to scenic views of vast plantations of sugarcane, intermingled with tropical fruits such as pineapples. Tasting Notes; Nose: Aromatic vanilla pods with toffee. Orange oil and lemon peel balance the pronounced Oak tannins, rounded off with a wet grass funkiness reminiscent of Jamaican rums. Palate: Heady spices, dried fruits, vanilla, oak, orange, pepper, and clove. Finish: Medium in length and dry, with tropical fruits, white pepper, dried oak, warm liquorice and aniseed.

Single domaine rhum agricole aged for 6 years in French oak, Charamel XO is a family favourite for the producer. Tasting Notes; Nose: Dark spice, vanilla, sweet stone fruit and dried grass. Palate: The nose leads into the palate with caramel, sandalwood and a little more fruity tang too. Finish: Dry and spicy.

Softly fruity at first, with hints of green apple drenched in honey and fresh mango. Hints of charred oak develop, with a touch of baking spice joining in later on.

Great loads of tropical fruits, namely bananas, mangoes and tangy pineapple, with some red berries in there too. Rich dark chocolate and espresso, with a good amount of oak and honeyed dried fruit.

Nose: Aromatic with hints of sultanas, chocolate, Christmas cake and gingerbread. Offers up bananas and custard with time in the glass. Palate: Cocoa and vanilla, huge notes of oaky spice, brandy, plums and pepper. Finish: Sweet coffee, Demerara sugar and oak.

Lightly charred oak, brown sugar, caramel-coated dried fruits. A good core of drying spice give balance.

Nose: Fruity notes up front, with sweet tangerines and apricots. This is followed by vanilla ice-cream, drizzled with runny toffee sauce. Palate: Bags-full of vanilla and cinnamon. Hints of raisin, sultana and marmalade. Finish: Medium length with punchy cinnamon.

The Don Papa distillery, based in the Phillipines have created this cheerful spirit distilled from molasses, milled locally on the island of Negros. It is aged in American oak and infused with local sugar so should make a wonderful sipper for those with a sweet tooth, or anyone looking to sweeten up some classic rum cocktails! Tasting Notes; Nose: Ripe vanilla pods and tropical candies fruits. Palate: Soft, fluid and sweet. Finish: Toasted oak

Vanilla, molasses, rich sticky dates and prunes, orange peel, allspice and clove.

Nose: Sweet, toffee, vanilla, spices, oak. Hints of smoke. Palate: Cocoa, caramel, prunes, spices, vanilla. Finish: Long, sublimely smooth, hints of smoke on the tail.

Nose: Dark brown sugar and thick, gooey toffee, notes of stewed stone fruits, prunes and molasses. Palate: Sweet and syrupy with notes of sweet spices, thick notes of dark brown sugar and molasses, treacle, toffee and prunes. Finish: Long, creamy and thick, dark spices.

Nose: Brown sugar, banana, poached fruit flambé and five-spice. A hint of classic Jamaican funky salinity to it underneath the warmth. Palate: Orange zest and honey, followed by touches of clove, green apple, olive brine and caraway. Finish: Toffee, cassia, molasses and well integrated grassy funk returning. Overall: A big, funky rum that still manages to maintain an approachable smoothness.

Nose: Hints of buttery toffee and cinnamon on the nose. This develops with notes of black pepper, gingerbread, and allspice. Palate: The palate offers up rich notes of cooked apple and allspice. Hints of nutmeg, honey, and a little toffee brittle. Finish: Toffee and custard on the finish. Long and decadent.

Nose: Spiced and crisp. Palate: Full bodied and quite thick with dry oak, some cocoa, spices, toffee nut and allspice. Finish: Long, tingling, vanilla spice and nutty char.

Fresh mango, vanilla ice-cream with toffee sauce, mahogany and cedar, very ripe banana, orange oil, cinnamon and ginger.

Rich sherried dates and raisins, complex with dried oak, vanilla, toasted nuts and dark caramel.

Nose: Natural sweet cane and butter-rum Palate: Complex blend of sweet island spice and molasses with subtle oak Finish: Warm and lingering spicy dry finish

Chocolate and fudge, followed by hints of black liquorice, toasted walnuts, cassia, black pepper, stewed plums and dried apple slices. Underlying coffee warmth lingers.

Zesty fruitcake alongside a combination of roses, chocolate and vanilla, followed by more savoury notes of woodiness and liquorice.

Vanilla and chocolate lead with notes of coconut husk and toasted oak underneath.

Nose: Very sweet and nutty, honey and chocolate. Dark brown sugar, gentle smoke. Pipe tobacco. Palate: Very sweet and soft. Dark brown sugar, molasses, rounded, so gentle! Finish: Thick, medium length, hint of smoke on the tail.

Nose: Calves leather, brown sugar, molasses, bourbon, hints of cedar, pipe tobacco, fruit, chocolate and brandy butter. Palate: Absolutely amazing intensity with waves of soft brown sugar, toffee, spicy oak, cedar and pipe tobacco. Finish: Long, warming finish in sweet, soft spices.

Nose: Hints of Vanilla, Oak and Caramel. Palate: Rich & Full with Dark Chocolate, Oak, Caramel and Subtle Fruit. Finish: Long and Sweet with good oak spices and fruit returning.

a delightful blend of vanilla, young wood, smoky, sugarcane, and lime aromas, combined with a woody, vanilla, dried fruit, barrel and smoky flavor profile.

Nose: Light and fresh with a little spice and pepper. Palate: Medium-body with hints of tropical fruit and a note of dark brown sugar and winter spice. Finish: Soft vanilla and spice notes linger.

Garden herbs, dried spices, and sun-dried fruits lead to juicy sugar cane with an endearing funk. Slightly briny, with crisp candied zest and an earthy minerality beneath.

Saint James Impérial is a very fresh and tangy white rhum agricole from Martinique, perfect in a Planters Punch on a hot summer's day... Tasting Notes; Nose: Fresh, tropical fruits, apple blossom, hints of pepper, coconut. Palate: Fruity and crisp, tangy fruits, pepper, creamy. Finish: Medium length, tangy.

Vanilla pod, custard and fresh tropical fruit with some vegetal elements lead. Sticky molasses, banana and a little creamy nuttiness develop.

Smooth and fruity with lots of dried dark fruits and a gentle rounded silken body with lots of finesse. Sweet juiciness gives way to layers of complexity to give this a warming satisfying finish.

Banoffee pie, oak spice and caramel, with touches of chocolate and allspice.

Rich notes of roasted oak, coffee and vanilla, with sweet toffee, orange peel and a touch of pepper spice.

Nose: Allspice and vanilla. Huge cinnamon notes, freshly grated nutmeg, black pepper and rich Black Forest Honey. Palate: Demerara sugar, smoky molasses and a big whack of cloves, nutmeg and sweet cinnamon. Finish: Medium-length with sweet spices.

Spiced rum from St Lucia! Coffey and pot still rums are aged in ex-bourbon barrels before being blended and infused with local fruits and spices. Including the likes of cinnamon, clove, vanilla, allspice and orange peels, this is packed with tropical flavour. Tasting Notes; Nose: Orange peels, Jaffa Cakes, and pomander balls. Palate: Dark chocolate, Jamaican ginger cake, and festive cinnamon biscuits, with warming anise. Finish: Vanilla, sweet wafts of caramel and cola cubes.

Depth Charge Spiced Rum packs a big, powerful flavour profile, having been made with a fantastic base of Caribbean rum, a selection of tasty spices and generous helpings of lime and mandarin at its core. The name comes from an ancient seafaring tale, where there was once a formidable sailor who encountered a fierce mythological sea monster, which defeated it comprehensively. But then, something appeared to challenge the sea monster - it was Depth Charge! Or at least, some version of that story. You can see what they did there. Anyway, expect this expression to be great served simply over ice with a good wedge of lime, and it should pair brilliantly with all those classic rum mixers we know and love. Tasting Notes; Nose: Brown sugar, rich honey, old fashioned cola and a big burst of fresh citrus brightness, underpinned by baking spice warmth. Palate: Cinnamon and vibrant lime sit up front, bolstered by further flashes of orange, peppercorn, cola cubes and allspice. Runny caramel and just a touch of apple sit in the background. Finish: Sweet vanilla and a final citrusy splash. Overall A particularly booming spiced rum.

A deeply decadent addition to the Depth Charge Spiced Rum collection, this edition has been supercharged with the rich, indulgent flavour of dark chocolate to accompany its classic combo of fruits and spices. Persian lime and mandarin are joined by vanilla, cinnamon, and cardamom at its core, all wrapped up with generous waves of posh, high cocoa-content dark chocolate. Add an indulgent twist to all manner of serves, from fruit-forward Tiki cocktails to boozy after-dinner coffees. Tasting Notes; Nose: Dark chocolate thins and Fry's Chocolate Cream bars join the welcoming warmth of clove, dried orange, candied apricot, and chocolate-coated Lebkuchen. Palate: There are layers of boozy chocolate truffles, candied fruit and nuts, cloves, and anise, leading to toasty cacao, florentines, and a touch of blackberry liqueur. Finish: Lingering wintery spice, dark chocolate ginger biscuits, sour cherry chocolate, rum and raisin fudge.

Nose: Spicy and rich with notes of vanilla and toffee apples. Hints of lime and cinnamon too. Palate: Dark, rich palate. Thick with molasses and tar, and a barrage of cinnamon, golden syrup, nutmeg and charred oak. Finish: Long, very spicy finish.

Plenty of warming spice, with layers of brown sugar, ripe cherries, a touch of frangipane, and sweet vanilla.

Rich treacle, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg, roasted coffee bean, and a zing of lime in the background.

Joining the Wandering Turtle collection from Lost Years, this flavourful addition combines white rum from Antigua with toasted coconut and spices for a tremendously tropical serve. Ought to be ideal for adding an exotic twist to cola, or splashed into some pineapple juice with a good squeeze of lime. The folks at Lost Years are dedicated to the conservation of endangered sea turtles, supporting charities and community conservation projects across the Caribbean & Latin America.

Based around the vibrant flavours of Persian lime and vanilla paired with classic rum notes, Old J Spiced Rum Spirit Drink (technically it's not a rum, as its ABV is under 37.5%) goes great over ice or splashed in a cocktail.

A high-strength edition of Admiral Vernon's Old J Spiced Rum, which features plenty of vanilla and a touch of lime peel flavours at its core. The Tiki Fire bottling is presented at an intense 75.5% ABV - at that strength, this will stand out in mixed drinks and cocktails without using as much.

Nose: Mocha, chocolate-coated peanuts and dates, with a hint of cinnamon. Palate: Enjoyably dark chocolate bitterness, softened by honey, red apple and lemongrass. Finish: Lasting chocolatey richness on the finish. Overall: The chocolate notes here aren't overpoweringly sweet, though they're certainly not shy either.

Nose: Vanilla, brown sugar, dark chocolate, a hint of mint, and a little grilled pineapple. Oh, and mango. Lots of tropical, tasty mango. Palate: Rich, aromatic baking spice prickles through caramel, earthy red chilli, and more sweet, sweet mango. Finish: The creamier elements of vanilla and toffee linger among the tropical fruit flavours. Overall: Plenty of mango influence to suit your desires that never strays into an artificial-tasting territory and is balanced by a rich, sweet, and slightly funky rum too.

Nose: Like homemade marmalade, the kind you'd proudly pop in a fancy jar and bring to a farmer's market. The orange is rich and dark, as well being beautifully supported by toffee, dark chocolate, and nutmeg. Palate: Juicy orange is joined by a delicate sweet fruitiness of peaches and a little dried fruit, as well as five spice, molasses, and gingerbread. Finish: Sweet and a little sticky with more molasses. Wrapped around an orange like a strange fairground treat. Overall: This is a much more sophisticated, rich, and rewarding style of orange-flavoured spirit than you might be used to. Let it pleasantly surprise you.

Nose: Citrus, kiwi and the unmistakable funkiness of pineapple, with underlying toasted brown sugar and a touch of mint. Palate: Again, bright fruit notes sit up front on the palate, though now hints of cinnamon and allspice bring a warming touch to the proceedings. Finish: Upside-down cake, runny honey, and a crack of peppercorn. Overall: A cracking flavour combo, with enough of the rum's flavour profile shining through the vibrant pineapple elements.

Nose: I think somebody stuck an actual raspberry in my bottle. The clarity of that aroma is lovely, all that fragrant, sweet, and slightly sour flavours are present. There's also a little tropical fruit, liquorice, peppery spice, and toffee apple. Palate: The palate is more like raspberry jam, stickier and thicker but not cloying with its sweetness. There's a helping of Liquorice allsorts, cardamom, and toasted brown sugar. Finish: Vanilla, raspberry, cola cubes, and charred caramel.

Big helpings of cinnamon and ginger up front, swiftly mellowed by layers of chocolate-coated banana and vanilla ice-cream with caramel sauce. Cask char richness develops later on, plus hints of pecan, walnut and ripe fruit.

Vanilla spice, butter, oak, cinnamon, nutmeg and ground ginger. Drying and sweet on the palate with notes of winter spice and black pepper, toffee.