I was originally going to get a bottle of Goslings Black Seal 151 rum (I’ve seen tried it in a miniature) but I noticed that one of the online stockists seemed to have made a mistake in pricing this (getting it mixed up with the Underpoof version I suspect) and thus I picked this up for £20 rather than around £33. I love a bargain me!
The infamous Wray and Nephew White Overproof rum has been available in the UK via Tesco for some years now. I imagine this is due to its huge popularity in Jamaica where it counts for 90% of all rum sales.
At 63% its not for the faint hearted, mind you neither is the packaging! It’s bold and slightly brassy. However the distinctive green and yellow bottle does stand out especially amongst the other white rums on the shelf. Rather than a metal screw cap it has a plastic screw cap and a diffuser in the neck of the bottle. This means the rum cannot be poured quite as quickly. At 63% ABV this is not necessarily a bad thing. A 70cl bottle costs around £25 in the UK. It is more expensive than other White Rums on the supermarket shelf but the extra ABV must be taken into account. You have in theory over a litre of a more standard 37.5-40% ABV white mixing rum in this bottle. View it as being concentrated.
Pusser’s Gunpowder Proof Rum (it has recently been re-branded in the UK) is as near to the rum issued to sailors in the British Navy as you will get. The “tot” was abolished in 1970. Black Tot Day as it was called being 31 July 1970.
The rum is steeped in tradition and the website is very “naval” as is the packaging. It’s very distinctive and slightly (IMO) gaudy. However you do get a nice corked closure, which I always prefer. You don’t get any fancy cardboard packaging with this rum just the bottle. The rum hasn’t hit the supermarkets over here as yet. This surprises me somewhat but it has found its way into most independent retailers. The rum retails at around the £30 mark. This seems a little expensive for a Navy Rum but it is 54.5% abv so it should last a bit longer.
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