Mount Gay Rum | XO

Contents:

• A WHISKEY DRKER’S TASTG OF FOUR AGED MOUNT GAY RUMS
• MOUNT GAY
• THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM
• THE TASTE: TIPS FOR SIPPG MOUNT GAY RUM
• MOUNT GAY RUM (BARBADOS)
• MOUNT GAY RUM
• REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)

A WHISKEY DRKER’S TASTG OF FOUR AGED MOUNT GAY RUMS

If you’ve ever spent time around a mara, chanc are you’re faiar wh Mount Gay, a m that striv to mata a ep relatnship wh the sailg muny. Whether you’re faiar wh Mount Gay or not, here’s everythg you need to know about a brand that’s been distillg m for more than three centuri.

The spirs world lov s superlativ, and Mount Gay n claim one of the most veted. 20, 1703, Mount Gay is the olst ntuoly operatg mercial m producer the world. The team at Mount Gay strongly spects productn was gog on even earlier, and has recently unvered a ed om 1654 that might seal the se.

Today, Mount Gay produc the majory of Barbadian m that is exported globally. Back 1747, John Sober purchased the plantatn and distillery that would e to be known as Mount Gay. That name me om Sober’s iend, Sir John Gay Alleyne, who would eventually manage the m bs.

MOUNT GAY

That means the island has lots of unrground water, a key element what mak Mount Gay unique and why the Brish cid to foc sugarne and m productn here the 17th century. Hundreds of years ago, Mount Gay uld rely on the molass om lol sugar ne for all of s needs, but that’s no longer the se as there simply isn’t enough available land anymore. Mount Gay -ferments lol and imported molass.

THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM

The proprietary yeast stra is based off a ptured wild yeast, which Mount Gay’s team then bred for nsistency.

THE TASTE: TIPS FOR SIPPG MOUNT GAY RUM

You’ll know a Mount Gay fan when you see them. Mount Gay has been closely lked to the world of sailg for s, as symbolized by s red (often worn-out pk) logo-bearg hat.

You n’t buy one — at least not directly om Mount Gay. Mount Gay’s current master distiller, Tdiann Branker, is the first woman to n thgs the distillery’s history.

MOUNT GAY RUM (BARBADOS)

Followg a five-year apprentichip unr Mount Gay’s prev master distiller, she took on her current role. Clean and clear Mount Gay Silver is the brand’s entry-level m, but grab while you n, bee ’s beg removed om the Amerin market. Like all tropilly produced spirs, Mount Gay ag nearly three tim as quickly as spirs barrel-aged oler climat.

MOUNT GAY RUM

And there’s a whole lot of m agg Mount Gay’s four wareho. Thanks to the folks om Mount Gay Rum, who generoly forward some sampl our way, I was able to nduct an illumatg, four-bottle horizontal tastg om the world’s olst mercial m distillery, wh bottle pric rangg om the affordable ($20) to the nt ($150).

REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)

Mount Gay Eclipse (Gold).

Note that this tastg we’ve chewed the venerable Mount Gay Silver, which is an unaged m, and skipped straight to the first entry the distillery’s aged seri, Eclipse.