Black Tot Rum Club Podcast: Recent Episodes
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This podcast is a space to unite rum lovers near and far, to share in the love of rum education and create a tot-focused community! Listen to the Black Tot Rum Club Podcast for interesting seminars, with guests from the rum industry.
Guyana was an integral part of the Navy Rum Blend and to this day remains a powerhouse in the rum world. In this session, we're honoured to present Shaun Caleb (Master Distiller, Demerara Distillers Ltd) to explore the rich heritage of Demerara Rum and its incredible historic stills.
Hosted by Mitch Wilson (Global Ambassador for Black Tot Rum) & Dawn Davies (Head Buyer at The Whisky Exchange).
The Navy blend was unique in many ways, but one of the most distinctive was that all of the rums added to the blend would have been transported by barrel at sea. This constant movement on the waves increases rum's interaction with the barrel, and in this session we speak to Alexandre Gabriel (Plantation Rum) and Don Benn (Head Distiller at West Indies Rum Distillery) who have been experimenting with 'Dynamic Ageing' at sea, and looking at the impact it has on the rum inside.
Hosted by Mitch Wilson (Global Ambassador for Black Tot Rum)
50th ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK TOT DAY | 24 HOURS | CELEBRATING THE WORLD OF RUM | 31ST JULY 2020
Barbados was a cornerstone of the early Navy Rum Blend, and one its oldest distilleries, Mount Gay has been around long enough to tell the tale of Barbados Rum. Join our hosts Mitch Wilson (Global Ambassador for Black Tot Rum) & Dawn Davies (Head Buyer at The Whisky Exchange) as they welcome Trudiann Branker (master blender for Mount Gay) and explore Barbados rum's rich heritage and exciting future.
50th ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK TOT DAY | 24 HOURS | CELEBRATING THE WORLD OF RUM | 31ST JULY 2020
Tropical and Continental ageing are two terms that you may have stumbled across when discovering the rum world - where your rum is aged plays a huge impact in the overall flavour. Join Dawn Davies (Head Buyer, The Whisky Exchange) as she welcomes our guests Luca Gargano (Velier) and Carsten Vlierboom (E&A Scheer) to delve deep into the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of these two historic ageing methods.
50th ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK TOT DAY | 24 HOURS | CELEBRATING THE WORLD OF RUM | 31ST JULY 2020
Since the earliest days of the Dock Rums, there have been (in)dependent bottlers and blenders, searching out the very best one-off casks and expressions to share with the world. In this session we welcome Florent Beuchet (Compagnie Des Indes), Joshua Singh (SBS), Peter Holland (Floating Rum Shack & That Boutique-y Rum Company), and Daniele Biondi (La Maison & Velier) to discuss the origins of these Dock Rums through to what we will expect to see in the future of (in)dependent bottlings.
Hosted by Mitch Wilson (Global Ambassador for Black Tot Rum) & Dawn Davies (Head Buyer at The Whisky Exchange).
50th ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK TOT DAY | 24 HOURS | CELEBRATING THE WORLD OF RUM | 31ST JULY 2020
The Navy Rum blend included rums from all across the globe, but the pillars of Barbados, Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad were integral in this historic rum blend. In this panel we've brought together some of the world's greatest global rum figures to look at the past, present, and future of these pillars. Join Mitch Wilson (Global Ambassador for Black Tot Rum) as he speaks with Miguel Smith (Mount Gay Rum), Christelle Harris (Hampden Estate), Daniyel Jones (House of Angostura), & Benjamin Boothe (Tamosi Rum) for this unmissable panel in our 24-Hour celebration of rum!
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF BLACK TOT DAY | 24 HOURS CELEBRATING THE WORLD OF RUM | 31ST JULY 2020
In our first session of the 24 Hours, we raised a tot around the world at "six bells in the forenoon" (11am) to commemorate the exact moment 50 years ago when the Royal Navy took their final rum ration. Our panel sees the return of everyone's favourite sailor, John Hume (former 'Jack Dusty' Royal Navy), Sukhinder Singh (owner of The Whisky Exchange, who tracked down the Navy flagons for Black Tot Last Consignment), and Oliver Chilton (head blender at Elixir Distillers, who created Black Tot Finest Caribbean). Raise a tot with us!
Hosted by Mitch Wilson (Global Ambassador for Black Tot Rum) & Dawn Davies (Head Buyer at The Whisky Exchange).
On this episode of Black Tot Rum Club we welcome Sukhinder Singh, founder of The Whisky Exchange, who tracked down and bottled the last remaining Royal Navy Rum Flagons to create Black Tot - Last Consignment.
Join us for this very special session to discover the origins of Black Tot, and stay tuned for the end of the session where we’ll be making a very special announcement regarding the 50th Anniversary of Black Tot Day….
In this session, Mitch Wilson (Black Tot Global Ambassador) interviews John Hume, who served as a 'Jack Dusty' in the Royal Navy - which meant he was responsible for overseeing the daily rum issue to the Navy from 1961 until Black Tot Day in 1970! Hear first hand what the daily rum ration meant to the crew, and what it meant for the social life on and off the ship.
Join Black Tot Rum Ambassador, Mitch Wilson, as he speaks with one of the most influential figures in the rum industry, Luca Gargano of Velier.
In this session, they discuss Velier's Navy Rum bottlings, as well as the heralded Gargano classification system for rum.
Luca Gargano was born in Genoa, Italy, where he continues to reside and leads Velier S.p.A., the largest independent Italian import company for spirits. Luca is famed for his Demerara rum selections and bottlings of some of the last remaining casks from the Caroni distillery in Trinidad. Most recently he introduced the world to the rustic and flavourful Haitian spirit of Clairin.
Join Black Tot Rum Ambassador, Mitch Wilson, as he interviews one of the rum world's great writers, Matt Pietrek.
In this episode, Mitch explores the history behind the Royal Navy Rum blend, that was served daily to sailors in the Royal Navy from 1731 through till Black Tot Day, 31st July 1970. Matt's research into the Navy Rum category over the past 2 years has led to some interesting insights, as well as the dispelling of many myths surrounding this historic rum blend....
Matt is the writer behind www.CocktailWonk.com, one of the best rum-education resources on the internet, as well as the author of 'Minimalist Tiki'. Matt also works as the envoy for the West Indies Rum & Spirits Association (WIRSPA), has presented about rum around the world, and has been nominated for his writing prowess at Tales of the Cocktail 3x times at the time of this video's publication.