Pusser’s Blue Label British Navy Rum 54.5%

Wine information: Pusser’s Rum is produced on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands and is named after the Royal Naval Slang for a purser, a ship’s supply officer. For more than 300 years sailors of the Royal Navy were issued a daily rum ration or “tot”, a highly welcome daily comfort when one was away from home for many months. The Rum Ration was abolished on the 31st July 1970 (“The Black Day”) and Pusser’s Rum quietly lay dormant until 1979 when Charles Tobias, entrepreneur, sought to resurrect the Pusser's Rum tradition. Tobias managed to obtain the rights and the blending information from the Admiralty, set up Pusser’s Rum Ltd on Tortola and, in 1980, began selling Pusser’s Rum to the public for the first time (previously it was Royal Navy only). British Navy Pusser's Rum is the same Admiralty blend of five West Indian rums as issued on board British warships, and it is with the Admiralty' blessing and approval that Pusser's is now available to the consumer. In return The Royal Navy Sailor's Fund, a naval charity more commonly called the “Tot Fund” receives a substantial donation from the sale of each bottle of British Navy Pusser's Rum. Aside from the fund's original bequest, the Pusser's contribution has become the fund's largest source of income. Today's Pusser's is still produced in exact accordance with the Admiralty's specifications for rum. Unlike most rums, Pusser's uses no flavouring agents. It is 100% natural. Pusser’s is said by connoisseurs to be more like a fine brandy than a rum, with a full, rich flavour and a smoothness which are unsurpassed. It is a sipping rum, which, of course, may also be mixed. Its full mellow flavour comes through anything you might mix it with. Either neat or mixed, you will notice and enjoy the full, rich flavour of Pusser's rum. Distilled in traditional pot stills, Pusser’s Blue Label British Naval Rum is bottled at the higher strength of 54.5%. It is a unique dark rum, with a rich nose full of dried fruits, prunes and really ripe figgy notes. There are also notes of toffee, apple, cold tea and leather. The full, complex palate is sweet and reminiscent of stewed fruits with an incredibly long finish. This is really a sipping rum, excellent on its own or, for a surprising match, try with mince pies! 'Best Dark Rum' - Gold Medal Winner WSF 2002. Double Gold Winner - World Spirits Competition 2003.

 
     

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