This July Black Tot Rum is marking 51 years since Black Tot Day (the day the Navy were given their final rum rations) by celebrating all things rum! We have several tastings and cocktails in bars around London and the UK. No matter where you prefer to drink your rum – we have the event for you.

Beach

Rum on the beach – Tuesday 20th July 6pm, Limin’ Beach Club, Gabriel’s Wharf, London

Join Black Tot Global Brand Ambassador Mitch Wilson and the team at Limin’ Beach Club at Gabriel’s Wharf for a special rum tasting. Mitch will take guests on a journey through the blending process of Finest Caribbean with samples of each of the components of the Black Tot Finest Caribbean blend. You’ll try rums from Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica before trying the final blend, as well as two delicious cocktails made with Black Tot Finest Caribbean rum. Tickets are £15 and can be purchased here: https://www.designmynight.com/london/clubs/southbank/limin-beach-club/black-tot-rum-masterclass

Rum in the City Bar – Tuesday 27th July 7pm, Merchant House, Bow Street, London

Join Black Tot Global Brand Ambassador Mitch Wilson for a tour through the Caribbean islands in liquid form. Guests will try rums from Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica before tasting Black Tot Finest Caribbean. There will be cocktails and a chance to ask all your navy rum questions. Contact the bar to book a table here: https://merchanthouse.bar/

Rum on a warship – Saturday 31st July 6-8pm, HMS Belfast, London

Join Black Tot head blender Oliver Chilton and HMS Belfast lead curator Rob Rumble for a dive into the history of navy rum. The two will host an hour long masterclass, allowing guests to taste rums from the different countries that would have made the final navy blend and learn all about how important the rum ration was to the British Navy. Guests will be served a special Black Tot cocktail and, most importantly, will be able to taste the actual rum that the sailors would have drunk from the flagons it was stored in once the ration was abolished in 1970. Tickets are £30 and are available here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/iwm-in-conversation-rum-and-the-royal-navy

As well as these London events, several bars throughout the capital, and nationwide, are serving Black Tot cocktail specials. For every cocktail purchased guests will receive a ration card, entitling them to a free tot of rum at that bar on 31st July to mark the anniversary of Black Tot Day.

Bars taking part include: Polygon – Horsham, Falstaff – Canterbury, Penny Royal – Cardiff, Milk – Reading, Milk Thistle – Bristol, The Watermark – Leeds, Bamboo Door – Sheffield, Tiki Bao, Liverpool, Lono Cove – Chester, Down the Hatch – Edinburgh, Uno Mas – Edinburgh, Dragonfly – Edinburgh, The Rum Shack – Glasgow, Limin’ Beach Club – London, HMS Belfast Upper Deck Bar – London (opening 8th July), Henson’s Bar & Social Club – London, Beachcomber – London, Trailer Happiness – London, Courtroom Bar at The Dixon – London, Bar Liber – London – Merchant House – London, Black Parrot – London.