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Pusser's British Navy ”Nelson’s Blood” 15-Year rum

Pusser's British Navy ”Nelson’s Blood” 15-Year

Virgin Islands, British | Aged | 40% ABV

Pusser’s British Navy Rum 15-Year is a blend of five rums from Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad and Barbados which are produced in mainly wooden pot stills. The blend is aged for 15 years.

The company derives its name from the British Navy 'Purser' who distributed a daily 'tot' of rum ration to each sailor - a tradition which lasted from 1655 until 1970. In 1979 Charles Tobias obtained the rights to blend the original recipe of the British Navy Rum.

Pusser's British Navy Rum is casually known as “Nelson’s Blood” as a nod to the famous death of Admiral Nelson. After being mortally wounded in a naval battle in 1805, Nelson’s body was preserved in a barrel of rum.

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158 Pusser's British Navy ”Nelson’s Blood” 15-Year Ratings

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mistercoughy 🇺🇸 | 239 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Loaded with added sugar, which completely masks this rum's true flavors. Big disappointment.

Eanousa 🇺🇸 | 53 ratings
Posted almost 9 years ago

Finally bought this one, had a soapy like flash of flavor at first. Now the bottle has had a gasp of air, the flavors are woody, warm, and deep. This has a uniqueness like the Zafra, a bold but developed journey of flavor!!!

Chrisbati 🇧🇪 | 16 ratings
Posted 9 years ago

Never heard about this rum and it's a very good surprise, a mix of strong and sweetness with a long finish.
A must have !

Jay Crandall 🇺🇸 | 12 ratings
Posted 10 years ago

Well! A friend of mine brought a bottle of this (wonderful) rum over to my house, and proceeded to give me yet another addiction to outstanding rums. With the first taste, I found it wasn't as sweet as the Barbados rums, but it had MUCH more character! The flavors(as I understand it) come from the distilling method using a wood pot still, rather than a more modern copper or stainless pot. Whatever, the reason, this is a Must Have in your rum collection-

LDNShindiggery 🇬🇧 | 71 ratings
Posted 11 years ago

Up there with the 1703 in the fact that i would give this a 10 if i hadn't tried the Appleton 50yr. As well as being aged in wood for 15 years, Pusser's are one of only 3 rum producers left that distil the spirit in wooden stills. Much smoother than the original Pusser's with dark demerara and deep spice at first with a rich, raisiny, oaky long, long finish. One of the best rums ive tried, Definitely in my top 5 so far!

Tannerjay21 🇺🇸 | 8 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

This is the rum that got me into collecting. Great to have straight. Would give it a 10 but I’m a novice and I feel like that would be too simple.

Per71 🇸🇪 | 79 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Not my kind of rum.
Sharp alcohol taste with oak, and slightly bitter finish.

Chris 🇩🇪 | 11 ratings
Posted over 4 years ago

A great rum, if you see it somewhere, buy this bootle.
Like somebody wrote below, taste like a 100€ one

piratejabez 🇺🇸 | 322 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

Aged 15 years in the tropics and bottled at (only) 40% ABV.

Big nose. Lots of caramel/molasses, oak, smoke, varnish, anise. The palate is much smaller. It's pretty balanced; a good dessert rum, but not as sweet as I thought it would be. Some chocolate. The sweetness lingers on the finish, which is medium.

For all it's low proof and high sugar, I can't help but really like this one. I could sip it for a long time. And if I ever get a chance I'd love to blend it with something hot, prickly and dry like the Cadenhead's MPM 14. Man, that would be delicious...

8+

Stefan Persson (PREMIUM) 🇸🇪 | 507 ratings
Posted almost 6 years ago

With a nice bottle, a beautiful label and a fantastic story around “Nelson’s blood” this rum unquestionably defends its place in my rumshelf even if I not have liked it, but I do.
The flavours are very nice and the afterburn is real long. It’s quite sweet but not to sweet. It should have been interesting to taste it in an navy strength level, but still one of my favourites on my shelf.

martin jeppesen 🇩🇰 | 256 ratings
Posted 6 years ago

A dark and "robust" looking rum. The nose has notes of wood, leather, tobacco, chocolate, marcipan and cherry's. It's nice for sure. The palate starts of with the cherry's, marcipan and chocolate. It's fairly sweet(end). It then roll's on to sweet pipe tobacco and leather, finishing on the rounded wooden note. It's a great flurry of flavours and in a lot of ways a very good rum but unfunately a bit to sweet for my liking, restraining this bottle from a 9 rating.




Brand Details

Name: British Navy ”Nelson’s Blood” 15-Year
Years Aged: 15
ABV: 40%
Type: Pusser's
Raw Material: Molasses
Process: Blend (2+ distilleries)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: No

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