Pusser's British Navy Blue Label ABV40 3-Year

Bought this to make a painkiller.
Strong alcohol and raisin smell.
Not as alcoholic as it smells, raisins and fudge on the tongue with a sharp finish.
Nice brown colour

It reminds me Jamaica rums lightly. I dont like this type often but sometimes...

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This is good and not expensive rum. I like the taste and is good on the nose.

A bit too sweet for my likings. Found it difficult to down it straight. Was a good mixer though. Good value for the price.

Maybe it's just me, but the dark chocolate is too overwhelming in my mouth. It is soft in tasting and nice cinnamon brown in color, but this bottle is gonna take long time for me to empty.

Coming back to this rum after 3 years, I feel I liked much more than the first time.
New evaluation:
Dark sugar, molasses, dried fruits and nuts on the nose. Full bodied, nice caramel, spices and warm ethanol taste. Lingers quite long time, turns to some tobacco and dark chocolate taste.

I'm gonna upgrade my rating from 5 to 8!

Pusser’s Blue Label is a faithful reproduction of British Royal Navy Admiralty rum, originally produced between 1655 and 1970.
It is made from the blend of rums from former English possessions.
As the brand's other rums, no additives or colorings have been added before packaging.

On the nose, here is a rum typical of the English tradition. At the same time spicy, full-bodied, fruity. On the palate, the rum is balanced and complex. it offers a very particular profile, faithful to Navy rums. The spirit of the English style is well represented there: a full-bodied rum, not necessarily refined but tasty and lively. We can smell very ripe exotic fruits

The finish is both mineral and coppery, then on lightly roasted nuts. For me this is a great rum, full of flavor and full bodied for a reasonable price. I can't wait to taste the 54% version.

This rum is acceptable, but I can’t consider Pusser’s to be amongst my favorite rums. To me this rum isn’t really a sipper and has some “aggressive” flavors in the finish that are a tad unpleasant.

As a mixer, again not awful but doesn’t really stand above its peers. Tried this in a few of my regular tiki cocktails that call for a blended rum and, while palatable, didn’t beat my regular stalwarts.

There is one exception that keeps this rum on my shelf: it’s second to none in a painkiller (and I don’t want to admit this because their whole trademark enforcement on that aforementioned cocktail is cringey). But the Painkiller is one of my girlfriends favorite cocktails, and we both have experimented with many different rums, and Pusser’s just works for that cocktail.

Overall, the blended category is so full with standouts that I wouldn’t normally keep it around, but the GF’s penchant for Painkillers keeps this in my cabinet.

Awesome rum. It's heavy and great. Made with the original recipe from the 1600's, you'll feel like a genuine sailor

I bought it because it was at a bargain price, and also because I readed a lot about the legendary rum of British Navy. The choise fell on the blue label with 40% ABV, I thought that the "original" 54% ABV could be...too much!

Nose: when I opened the bottle, I immediately heard the ship's bell ringing in the room. What the heck! It opens with a strong mature banana, powerful grapes, sultanas, vanilla and then caramel, cotton candy, chocolate, brown sugar, an hint of thick leather and elegant woods.

Taste: the taste is full bodied, it repeats what you've felt at the nose with some additions. Again comes mature bananas and other mature fruits. Surprisingly kick in a delicate touch of citrus fruits (orange and bitter orange, for the most) and then a touch of coconut, cocoa, delicate woods. It's lightly sweet but with a touch of sour.
But it's at the end that come in a lot of round, smooth custard note, with butter and again cocoa. It's persistent, it remains for a long time, and it's awesome. If you close your eyes, it seems like you're eating pastry!

Notes: the persistency of the flavours it's very noticeable in this rum. I think that could be the blend with Guyana rums (usually in the sweet side), but believe me when I say that this rum can easily replace a dessert. Try it with 70%/80% dark chocolate and you will not regret it.