Mount Gay's Black Barrel and XO Rum exprsns have both been around for some time -- Black Barrel is the newbie, released origally 2013; XO was %
Contents:
- REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM
- MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW
- REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)
- RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM
Mount Gay Rum | Black Barrel.
MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW
Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum. To celebrate their 310th anniversary, Mount Gay has stepped to the “black” space (aga) wh Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum, a blend of both aged double distilled pot and sgle lumn distilled ms.
The blend for Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is weighted heavily towards pot distilled m and is fished a heavily charred ex-bourbon barrel.
REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)
Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is nsired to be a replacement for Mount Gay’s earlier Eclipse Black, which was a blend of 100 proof m ag two to seven years. There’s no age statement on the Mount Gay Black Barrel, but s proof is lower at 86, and s lor is much darker than the Eclipse Black.
It’s important to keep the release of Mount Gay Black Barrel perspective, however – a 100 proof m isn’t for everyone, so by lowerg the proof and creasg the barrel impact Mount Gay is taylorg this release towards woog bourbon drkers who may not have much experience wh the m tegory. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum (86 proof / 43% abv, $30) is ep amber lor, and the impact of the heavily charred bourbon barrel uldn’t be much clearer s lor.
RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
This strong oak spice pretty much f the Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum experience, and how well you like this m will be greatly pennt on how much you like oak. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum don’t hi the fact that is a m for bourbon drkers. At $30, Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is a ltle pricier than say, Plantatn’s 5 Year Barbados m, but ’s also bigger and bolr.
Mount Gay very close to liverg an exceptnal m, but ends up gog a b too far wh the oak agg. Beyond the nce of s aromas, Mount Gay Black Barrel remas uy and bold taste and livers a eply toasty fish.