Pusser’s 15 Year Old Red Label British Navy Rum 40%

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. Pusser’s 15 Year Old Red Label British Navy Rum is aged not only for 15 years in wood, but has also been distilled in wood. It is the world's only rum, or for that matter the world's only spirit, that is still predominantly distilled in wood using the old, expensive, inefficient, handcrafted way in opposition to the modern column distillation. Its production is similar to that used for single malt whiskies and the finest brandies, to impart a fuller, richer flavour. It is softer, smoother, mellower and lighter than the Pusser’s Blue Label – it is identical to the rum that was issued in the Royal Navy. It has a golden brown colour. The nose is full and fruity with aromas of marmalade, apricot, spice (cinnamon), vanilla, cream, black pepper, citrus, raisins and rancio (think Cognac). The palate is full, soft, quite sweet and rounded with notes of spice, vanilla, black pepper, nuts (brazil), molasses. Slightly oily and oaky with intriguing banana flavours. Savour on its own or perhaps with a fine Cuban cigar.

 
     

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