Black Tot - Finest Caribbean - La Maison du Whisky Singapore

A multi-layered tot of delicious rums from Guyana, Barbados and Jamaica, expertly blended for the tastes of today.

Black Tot Finest Caribbean draws its inspiration from tradition and the desire to artfully blend exquisite rums sourced from various corners of the world. Crafted by head blender, Oliver Chilton, this unique recipe showcases the finest rums the world has to offer, while creating a new and distinct character in the final product. Without any additives or alterations, the chosen blend allows the individual flavours of each rum to shine brilliantly.

Black Tot Finest Caribbean strikes a harmonious balance between innovation and tradition. Drawing inspiration from the navy rum blends of the past, but evolved to create a rum that can be enjoyed today, and tomorrow.

Bringing together the rich flavour profiles of Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica has created a rum with topical, coffee and chocolate notes. Aged entirely in the tropics, which produces bolder flavours at a younger age, Finest Caribbean is intended as a delicious sipping rum as well as bringing an extra depth to tasty cocktail creations.

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TASTING NOTES

FROM THE PRODUCER

NOSE

The copper-coloured liquid is immediately inviting, with tropical breezes of pineapple, melon and a feast of Caribbean sweets. Thick scents of banana fritters, plantain tarts, overripe mango and crème brûlée are lifted by fresh honeysuckle blossom and eucalyptus.

PALATE

Rounded and rich, with butter toffee, banana cream and caramel to start. Gentle cinnamon and allspice build with more fruit – baked apples, pineapple cubes, and dried mango – joined by coffee, dark chocolate, and black pepper.

FINISH

Chocolatey coffee fades, leaving roasted bananas and a tingle of anise.

RECIPE

Black Tot Finest Caribbean balances the fruity, honeyed notes of Barbadian rum, the full-bodied elements of Guyanese rum and the intense, funkiness of Jamaican rum, while allowing each of these individual styles to shine.

Below is a breakdown of blend composition in percentage terms.

BARBADOS

The birthplace of molasses rum in the Caribbean.

Barbados is famous for elegant and balanced blends of pot & column still rum, with notes of tropical fruits, vanilla, and coconut.

35%
5 YEAR OLD
BARBADOS POT / COLUMN STILL

GUYANA

Guyana historically has been one of the world’s leading producers of molasses and rum, and it was undoubtedly the heart of the Navy Rum blend. Despite the consolidation of its many distilleries, Guyana’s historic stills have survived and continue to make a variety of rich and flavourful rum marques at Demerara Distillers.

40%
3 – 5 YEAR OLD
GUYANA POT / COLUMN STILL

20%
UNAGED
GUYANA POT / COLUMN STILL

JAMAICA

Classically a heavier style pot-still rum, Jamaican distilleries like Hampden utilise longer fermentation times, as well as wild yeast strains, and the addition of dunder and muck pits in their molasses ferment to create distinctively big, funky flavours.

5%
3 YEAR OLD
JAMAICA POT STILL