Black Tot Day is known as the day the British Royal Navy ended a over 300 years old (intermittent) tradition as on the 31st of July 1970 it stopped issuing rum rations to the sailors. This year’s 31st of July marked the 50th anniversary of the Black Tot Day and to celebrate it the Black … More Review: Black Tot 50th Anniversary
“Berry Bros. & Rudd is Britain’s oldest wine and spirit merchant, having traded from the same shop since 1698.” – taken from their website. BBR also act as independent bottlers, having various spirits, including rum, bottled under their own label. They are boasting a selection of both limited and continuous releases with the Classic Range … More Review: Berry Bros. & Rudd Classic Range – Guatemala Rum
Don Papa, which was created in 2012, hails from the Philippines, Negros island, and it’s distilled at Bago Distillery by Ginebra San Miguel for the Bleeding Heart Company – slightly confusing, eh? The Bago distillery was founded in 1902 by La Tondena Distillers and in 2003 was bought by San Miguel. The name origin for … More Review: Don Papa Small Batch Rum 7 Year Old
Trinidad Distillers Limited (TDL) was established in 1949 in Trinidad (duh!) with a state of the art column still distillery in order to start making their own rum for their bitters and Angostura range – they were previously sourcing their rums from other distilleries on the island in the 19th century. Today their bitters are … More Review: Angostura 5 Year Old