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Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Master Blender’s Reserve 2024
Roasted wood, chocolate and tropical fruit lead here, with a Barbados-heavy backbone (Foursquare-style coconut and vanilla) plus spice from Trinidad and a touch of overripe banana from Jamaica. Several tasters call it fruity, easy and pleasant. But regulars keep saying the same thing: this 2024 feels younger and more one-dimensional than the earlier Master Blender's Reserve editions, and a bitter edge shows up for some.
The community says- Fruity and spicy
- Easy to drink
- Feels young
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How does Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Master Blender’s Reserve 2024 taste?
Aggregated from 95 community reviews.
Easy, fruity Navy blend, less complex than before Well-made and easy-drinking, with fruit, spice and chocolate. But many who tasted earlier editions found this Bajan-focused 2024 flatter and less exciting, and a few caught a bitter finish.
Fans of fruity, spiced Navy-style blends who want an easy sipper
Anyone who loved the older editions and wants big complexity
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33% rate it between 6 and 8. 20 selected write-ups from 95 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
Review by zabo
Most helpful positive review
Edit: tasted again, not bad, but from memory it doesn't come close to the Anniversary. Just sipped briefly, but the first impression is on the up again. Extensive tasting will take place on Saturday with the Franconian Tasting Gang and special guest Jakob.
Review by Thunderbird
Most helpful mixed review
Now the latest Blender's Reserve bottling and unfortunately the weakest for me! It is clearly too unbalanced for me and has nothing to do with the original version. The nose initially gives the impression of a Barbados in the glass. But only briefly, then lots of sweet/sour red fruits with wood and vanilla appear. So far so good. On the palate, there is an initial sweetness that only lasts for a short time. Then a strange mixture of spices and fruit that doesn't really harmonize. This also continues in the finish
Review by DomM
In the nose the main markers I get are Barbados and Trinidad (which isn’t surprising at all, looking at the blend components after the tasting 🙈). Interesting and more in the lighter side of things adding some additional fruits to the Barabdos profile. Alcohol a bit to present on the nose for my liking. On the palate again, I get a bit to much sting in a profile dominated by Barbados. Feels not quite as round as some of the other BT bottlings.
Review by LukaŽiga
8,6:On the nose, the first impression we get is roasted wood and tropical fruits like unripe banana.There are chocolate, caramel, roasted nuts, perhaps toffee.We cannot miss dried fruits and citrus, metallic notes... On an aeration, molasses is with menthol and vegetal, the wood spicy, the fruits bourbon yellow, citrusy and very pleasant... 8,6:On the palate, the attack is very fruity, spicy with all kinds of tropical fruits like mango, passion fruit, banana, perhaps mandarine and dried currants.The wood is spicy, dry and very roasted with nuts, chocolate, caramel and pepper. The molasses is dark, bitter with licorice. When rested, it becomes more medicinal with menthol, rubber and tar.The wood is more charred, earthy, there is some fudge.Nicley balanced and round, as vegetal notes neutralize sweetness from charred wood notes. 8,5:The finish is tasty and long, woody and dry.There are coconut, tasty tropical and red fruits, citrus, delicious chocolate and nuts, complemented with earthy and dirty plastic, tar and bitter molasses with some wood tannins... Edit:27.1.25, 0,1 higher...
Review by Gunnar Böhme "Bauerngaumen" 🤓
A shadow of its former self. Anyone who knows the previous bottlings (especially those from 2020) can only be disappointed. Despite a really long standing time (necessary!), this blend simply remains boring. Of course, that's complaining at a high level. But who can get out of their skin? I'm afraid this rum will remain on the shelves: It will be too sub-par for advanced aficionados and too expensive for curious beginners, among whom it is bound to find some fans in terms of taste. All in all, a sad performance. Perhaps the series would be better discontinued.
Review by Stefan Persson
Tasted this great blend from Black Tot during Sweden Rumfest 2025. Their Master Blender Oliver Chilton makes a new edition of Black Tot Master Blender’s Reserve every year. The 2024 edition have a Bajan focus with 60% Barbados rum in it. Besides the Bajan rum there are also rum from Trinidad, Jamaica and Guyana. Remarkable components is 22yo Mount Gay, 26yo Caroni, 25yo Clarendon and 28yo New Yarmouth. The nose is full bodied, fruity and spicy with aromas of pineapple, mint, strawberry, lime, chili and coconut. At the palate it’s still full bodied but also buttery, sweet and fruity with flavors of honey, banana, vanilla and mango. The finish is rather long with flavors of licorice and dark chocolate.
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
31.08.2025 Retasting at the German Rum Fest 2025. ------------ #5348 13.09.2024 Relaxing a bit 😊 Nose Light wood, spice, roasted, fruits, light banana, faint chocolate, light caramel, light nutts. Palate Round, medium spicy, wood, roasted, light anise, fruits, dried fruit, light citrus, light mint, faint tar. Finish Long and warm, wood, light roasted, light licorice, light mint, light citrus, dried fruit. Empty glass Licorice, caramel, vanilla, light berries.
Review by Galli33
Delicious Black ToT. In direct conparsion to the 2022 and the 2023 version, this one is ahead! It looks like we‘re moving forward! Nice complexity and nice ester, rubber and mango notes. The finish tastes like a creme brulee with a orange peel and minty leaf on the top! The alcohol is integrated well!
Review by Frank
Sitting in a beautiful mountain cabin in Norway, listening to the nearby waterfalls, enjoying the view... and a nice Black Tot. Unfortunately, I don't have the predecessor with me for counter-tasting, but that makes it a bit fairer: Nose: from memory, there wasn't such a high proportion of Jamaica in the predecessor. So Jamaica is up front with esters, lemon and passion fruit. This makes it very fresh. This is followed by somewhat more restrained toasted aromas with pencil shavings and young wood. Becomes increasingly sweeter, caramel and light honey. Overall a little young. 7.8 Palate: slightly salty-bitter at the beginning and actually seems a little watery without being really flat. Light esters with lemon zest. Spicy, mainly nutmeg and a little pepper. It also seems a little too young on the palate. There are better navy blends. But ok overall. 7,8
Review by Andi
So on the nose at first a lot of Barbados (Foursquare notes) glue/polish, fruity. On the palate, initially ester/fruity, then after a while in the glass light rubber and dirty/dark notes, dried fruit. All in all, the 2024 makes quite a young impression. Personally, it didn't quite pick me up, I was expecting a little more complexity.
Review by Filip Šikula
Návrat caroni do black tot rum master blender’s reserve! Rozhodně to neuškodilo. Pěkný komplexní kousek, intenzivní nos - koření, kůže, čokoláda. V chuti se jedná spíš o jemnější kousek se sladkými tóny stejných prvků, které nabízí nos.
Review by TheJackDrop
Tasting notes : Nose: Exotic fruit, caramel, leather, light esters. Palate: very fruity and citrusy, softened by notes of vanilla and caramel. Simple, effective, with a little length carried by licorice, it seems to me. Finish: a little shorter than the others, sweeter too: citrus, vanilla, milk chocolate. The most affordable & the most gourmand, without hesitation! An easy-sipper.
Review by Serge
Not bad, not a sensation. There's more going on on the palate than on the nose - somewhat thicker and fuller-bodied. Sweeter too. Somewhat alcoholic on the finish. Glad to be able to try the sample, but I don't need a bottle of this.
Review by Eric Frechin
Sur les 3 derniers master blender, c est celui qui est en troisième position. J ai eu plus de mal à rentrer dedans. J avais un ensemble pas vraiment de notes qui m inspiraient. Un peu gêné par de l amertume
Review by Jarek
Franconian Rum Tasting Gang & Jakob, 2023-07-27 "Vorglühen": The first Black Tot since the 50th Anniversary that isn't too sweet for me. But somehow I can't get excited about it. Too unspectacular, too simple, too boring.
Review by crazyforgoodbooze
Basically a delicious blend and relaxed to drink, drinkable and inviting/accessible. Overall, however, a little one-dimensional and I would have expected more. I found the predecessors much better here.
Review by Basti
Fair evaluation 13th GRF. Unfortunately, I didn't really like it. Too flat and unspectacular.
Review by Johannes
First impression not really convincing. Seems very young, somewhat undefined, alcohol could be better integrated. I can't really taste Guyana, there is a somewhat bitter finish reminiscent of Clarendon.
Review by Fuwi
My first Black Tot! Slightly phenolic on the nose, medicinal influences with dark fruit. This is also confirmed on the tongue, alcohol comes out a little, but is not too dominant. Dark chocolate, barrel and strong aromas. Delicious rum that needs time and can be enjoyed at leisure
Review by Martin Ekrt
Vůně jemnější, ale fajn po tropickém ovoci a vanilce. Chuťově velmi hezká davka mentolu či máty, vanilka, koření a poměrně dost trpkosti. V závěru lehce máta, tropické ovoce a propsaný sud. Povedený kousek jen lehce vadí svíravost.
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Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate
Read full review →It's warm and comforting and extremely enjoyable. All in all its an excellent blend and very well balanced and put together. I could probably write another review in a week or so's time and use a whole load more tasting and nosing "notes". It is that complex and rewarding. Excellent...
Details about Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Master Blender’s Reserve 2024
A rum from Multiple countries, bottled by Elixir Distillers of London, at 54,5%.
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47 bottles logged by 37 collectors.
A collector's bottle.
14% opened, 2 emptied and repurchased.
What does Elixir Distillers of London Black Tot Rum Master Blender’s Reserve 2024 cost?
Community paid 113–153 €.
Current best price: 118.68 € – within the typical community range.
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