Everything You Think You Know About Royal Navy Rum Is (Probably) Wrong

Selected Readings for Black Tot Day 2023

A quick post today while I continue to dig out from three weeks of European travel followed immediately by a week at Tales of the Cocktail.

My longtime readers know I’m a huge Royal Navy rum history fan, and I’ve accumulated many interesting documents that disprove commonly held notions and/or shed light on previously undiscovered/forgotten details about it.

With today being the 53^rd anniversary of Black Tot Day, i.e., the last day that the British navy issued a daily ration of rum to its sailors, I’m sharing a curated list of my recent articles on the topic.

• Setting the Record Straight on British Navy Rum

• Navy Rum Strength isn't 57%

• A (Non-)History of Jamaica in British Navy Rum

• The British Navy's Rum Purchases Revealed

• British Navy Ron/Rhum/Rum?

• The British Navy’s Rum Vatting System: An inside look

• The 1969 Ministry of Defence Signal Ending the British Navy Rum Ration

• Pusser's Rum Charles Tobias: On the Record

More Rum Wonk posts are in the queue. Stay tuned!