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Pusser's British Navy Blue Label ABV40 3-Year rum

Pusser's British Navy Blue Label ABV40 3-Year

Virgin Islands, British | Aged | 40% ABV

The Great British Admiralty first served rum daily to its Royal Navy sailors over 300 years ago until the ration was abolished in 1970. In 1979 Charles Tobias bought the recipe rights, formed Pusser’s Ltd. in the British Virgin Islands, and for the first time made the rum it available for public consumption.

Pusser’s British Navy rum today is the same blend of five West Indian rums as the British Admiralty issued to sailors.

Known as the “single malt of rum” Pusser’s British Navy rum is pot stilled using a similar method as that for single malt scotches, and with no artificial flavors is 100% natural.

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Tasty, but not quite great
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443 Pusser's British Navy Blue Label ABV40 3-Year Ratings

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Paul B 🇺🇸 | 472 ratings
Posted over 5 years ago

In my heyday of traveling extensively through the Caribbean from 1988 to 1996, I drank cheap Cruzan and Appleton rums to save money for all of my trips. Then I happened upon a bottle of this rum from the BVI's one day. I bought a bottle and had absolutely no idea what the Royal Navy daily ration meant. It was so different from any rum that I had tried. However, I soon looked upon this rum as an occasional foray into "finer" rums, as I had yet to learn about the true finer rums. I kept buying this "luxury rum" on occasion for many years until one day the taste changed. I gave up and avoided it for at least 20 years.

Having liked their 15 year old that even made it into my top 10 rums, I finally gave this one another try. My only purpose for buying it was to make authentic Goombay Smashes and Painkillers, both of which are sweet tropical drinks as opposed to sour tiki drinks.

My bottle was created in Guyana and bottled in the BVI's. Since I love demerara rums from Guyana, this was a good sign before I even opened the bottle. It also has only 6 gpl of added sugar to keep it classified as dry, which is another good sign. My first whiff from opening the bottle was caramel. The wonderful aroma of mildly spiced caramel lingers in the snifter. Very complex flavors greet the palate since it is supposedly made from several different Caribbean rums. It is sweet without being overpowering, with oak flavors being very well hidden. The smooth taste goes down with no after burn.

Damn, I found another winner at only $26 per bottle and I don't even have to use it as a mixer. But when I do, I will not feel guilty about using it to make large batches of Goombay Smashes! And yes, it does indeed make a great Goombay Smash!

Update January 5, 2021: It has been years since I had this rum or their much better Gunpowder Proof. So rather than drive almost 200 miles to pick up more bottles of Gunpowder Proof, I picked up another bottle of Pusser's 84 Blue Label locally this morning. The label on the back says that it is a blend of rums from Guyana and Trinidad. It tastes no better than before and still rates as a high 6 for me. The inclusion of the cheaper column still and unaged rum from Trinidad is obviously used to keep the price down. It also keeps the quality down. However, a recommended upgrade to this rum would be to add some Appleton 12 year or 8 year to the mix to suit your tastes.

So go ahead and make your own version of Black Tot that suits your own needs and at a much cheaper cost! I still cannot believe that the British Royal Navy gave their troops a daily ration of such a complex mixture of rum for free. I am almost certain that their daily ration was more like the modern day version of Bacardi Gold vodka disguised as rum. My impression of the current craze over Black Tot is that this is nothing more than another money grab. Fools and their money will soon part! Take my advice and do your research to recreate your own version that tastes much better at a much lesser cost.

Tomeczek 🇵🇱 | 12 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Great and rich aroma but not that rich taste. Strong alcohol punch but also lot of raisins, wood etc. I would say its better for people who love whisky and are looking for something bit similar.

Miles 🇦🇺 | 8 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

You’ve got to mentally prepare yourself for pussers, like maybe have a warm up rum to begin. Does it hurt? Yes. Would this make you forget that your boots are permanently wet and that you haven’t eaten fresh produce in weeks?

Fleas! Nah, you’ve got pussers, so it doesn’t matter.

Sink 🇨🇭 | 20 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Quality standard rum, not exceptional but still holds its ground.

pgrace 🇺🇸 | 41 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

Nice nose.
Dark coffee
Raisen
Heavy vanilla

Palate is strong with a heavy molasses base. Toffee, vanilla, raisins, coffee, fruit cake.

Great mixer.
Pain Killer staple

Theslasher 🇺🇸 | 27 ratings
Posted 2 years ago

It's a bit hard to believe this is only a 3 year old rum because it is very smooth. My only dislike is the pungent apricot note. I decided to try it in a rum and coke and it was great. For the price it's a pretty nice sipper or mixer if you don't mind apricot. 6.5

Jerry de la Hoya 🇺🇸 | 26 ratings
Posted over 8 years ago

Painkillers. Pusser's was made for Painkillers. I tried sipping it once and recall it being very rough. I'll need to revisit it with a proper glass.

Brian 🇦🇺 | 27 ratings
Posted 3 years ago

I’ve been waiting for ages for this to become available here in Australia. It was ok to sip but fantastic in a Painkiller cocktail.

Majrad (PREMIUM) 🇱🇺 | 62 ratings
Posted almost 2 years ago

A strong rough taste which made it less easy to enjoy just sipping. I expected a bit more in flavour given the often superb reviews. It warms you up for sure, for which it deserves credit, but still a six as not so memorable. Based on tasting a 2cl sample.

IBO 🇸🇰 | 193 ratings
Posted 4 years ago

Tento rum pussers mi sadol a prekvapil na nízkou cenou. Napriek alkholovemu podrobný je plný chuti a neskutočne nízku cenu




Brand Details

Name: British Navy Blue Label ABV40 3-Year
Years Aged: 3
ABV: 40%
Type: Pusser's
Raw Material: Molasses
Process: Blend (2+ distilleries)
Distillation: Unknown
Women Led Rum: No

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