PUSSER'S RUM GUNPOWDER PROOF RUM 54.5% 700ML

PUSSER'S RUM GUNPOWDER PROOF RUM 54.5% 700ML

Pusser?s ?Gunpowder Proof? is a traditional Royal Navy style rum produced at original Admiralty strength and in accordance with the Admiralty?s blending recipe last used when the Royal Navy discontinued its daily ration on 31 July 1970.

Gunpowder Proof: Prior to the invention of the hydrometer, the ship?s purser shutdown claims of watering down sailors? daily tot by mixing a few grains of gunpowder to the rum to see if it would burn. If the mixture ignited, the rum was ?at proof.? If it didn?t, the purser might find himself tossed to sea.

Tasting Notes

Color: Clear, dark coppery amber with burnished copper highlights

Nose: Pungent molasses, treacle, toffee, honey and vanilla with oak, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger

Body: Full-bodied with a more enhanced flavour profile than the lower proof Blue Label

Finish: Long finish, and despite its strength, smooth and mellow

This Product is offered and supplied by Cornerstone Trading Group, Liquor Licence No. LIQP770017094. Please note, this product cannot be delivered to Dry Zones or left unattended without obtaining a signature. Cornerstone Trading Group supports the Responsible Service of Alcohol. Warning - Under the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 it is an offence to supply alcohol to a person under the age of 18 years (penalty exceeds $17,000), for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase or receive liquor (penalty exceeds $700).