Pusser’s Rum Gunpowder Proof 54.5%

Pusser’s Rum Gunpowder Proof is bottled at a “Gunpowder Proof” of 54.5% ABV and is the only commercially available rum blended in accordance with Royal Navy Admiralty specifications. The full Pusser’s Rum range of rums is available to buy now at Fareham Wine Cellar.

Pusser’s Rum: The Legacy of British Navy Rum

Pusser’s Rum is produced by Demerara Distillers Ltd in Guyana and is named after the Royal Navy Slang for a purser, a ship’s supply officer. For more than 300 years, sailors of the Royal Navy were issued a daily rum ration or “tot”, a highly welcome daily comfort when one was away from home for many months. The Rum Ration was abolished on the 31st July 1970 (Black Tot Day), and the Pusser’s Rum name quietly lay dormant until 1979 when the entrepreneur Charles Tobias sought to resurrect the Pusser’s Rum tradition.

Charles Tobias managed to obtain the rights and the blending information from the Admiralty, set up Pusser’s Rum Ltd on Tortola and, in 1980, began selling Pusser’s Rum to the public for the very first time. In return, The Royal Navy Sailor’s Fund, a naval charity more commonly called the “Tot Fund”, receives a donation from the sale of each bottle of British Navy Pusser’s Rum. Pusser’s is said by connoisseurs to be more like a fine brandy than a rum, with a full, rich flavour and a smoothness which are unsurpassed.

Pusser’s Rum Gunpowder Proof

Today’s Pusser’s is still produced in accordance with the Admiralty’s specifications for rum. Like the Pusser’s Rum Blue Label, which is bottled at 40% ABV, Pusser’s Rum Gunpowder Proof is a three year old Guyanese rum. It is a blend of column and pot still rums, drawing its distinctive character from rum distilled in the legendary Port Mourant double wooden pot still. This centuries-old still, built with “Greenheart” staves, infuses the spirit with rich, organic compounds absorbed over decades, creating a flavour profile unlike most other Guyanese rums.

After distillation, the rum matures for at least three years in charred oak barrels, gaining a velvety smoothness and deep, layered notes of caramel and spice. Pusser’s Rum is rich and aromatic with a full-bodied, versatile flavour and complex nose. Unlike most rums, Pusser’s Rum uses no flavouring agents and is 100% natural.

Bottled at 54.5% or “Gunpowder Proof”.

Pusser’s Rum Gunpowder Proof is also available in 5cl miniature bottles.