Mount Gay Eclipse (Gold) « The Rum Howler Blog

Contents:

• MOUNT GAY XO - OLD VS NEW - RUM REVIEW
• MOUNT GAY XO
• MOUNT GAY RUM
• MOUNT GAY XO RERVE CASK RUM
• MOUNT GAY EXTRA OLD
• REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)
• THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM
• MOUNT GAY IS REPLACG BLACK BARREL AND XO WH NEW BLENDS
• MOUNT GAY ECLIPSE (GOLD)
• MOUNT GAY
• MOUNT GAY: STRETCHG THE ENVELOPE OF RUM EXPRSNS
• MOUNT GAY RELEAS LIMED EDN XO THE PEAT SMOKE EXPRSN
• MOUNT GAY XO (EXTRA OLD) RUM – REVIEW

MOUNT GAY XO - OLD VS NEW - RUM REVIEW

Mount Gay XO is somewhat of an stutn the m world. Dpe that, I remember thkg that Mount Gay XO was one of the bt ms I had ever had when I first tried . Sce that moment 2007, I’ve always had a bottle of Mount Gay XO my m bet.

MOUNT GAY XO

But one of my very likely answers is Mount Gay XO. He started workg at Mount Gay 1991 and retired 2019.

It’s very clear that the master blenr posn changed hands, as there is a noticeable difference the general taste profile at Mount Gay. NosgNew Mount Gay XOHeavenly bo of u and oak, old barn wood, hay, marzipan, buttery, m n rais ice-cream, tobac. Old Mount Gay XOOak, vanilla, light bber, burnt oak is wonrful, ramel, raiss, cholate, bakg spic.

PalateNew Mount Gay XOOak, vanilla, tobac, light nut and a ton of u.

MOUNT GAY RUM

Old Mount Gay XOA lot more wood spice.

ConclnI’ve been drkg Mount Gay XO for a very long time and am therefore very faiar wh the taste profile.

MOUNT GAY XO RERVE CASK RUM

At that price level I would have ntued buyg Mount Gay XO like I always have. SrOld Mount Gay XO – 82New Mount Gay XO – 79Click here for on the srg method. 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.

MOUNT GAY EXTRA OLD

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.

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

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. 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.

THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM

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

MOUNT GAY IS REPLACG BLACK BARREL AND XO WH NEW BLENDS

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.

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 ECLIPSE (GOLD)

And there’s a whole lot of m agg Mount Gay’s four wareho. When I began explorg ms, Barbados Mount Gay XO was one of the first “sippg” ms I explored and studied. One of the first ms I was aware she had changed was Mount Gay XO, and I was cur to see how well held up to the origal blend that was such an sential part of my m foundatn.

1703 Mount Gay Distilleri” embossed along the ont bottom of the bottle. When I thk of the origal Mount Gay XO and the new versn, there are ed some big differenc the profil. Sce releasg this product, Mount Gay has released an updated versn of Black Barrel, as well as several other highly limed and unique bottlgs that have garnered the pany que a b of attentn.

Consirg the other releas, Mount Gay XO is a proper rnerstone of the le, reflectg Tdiann Branker’s visn for the future of the brand and worthy of the attentn has earned. I did a quick search through the archiv of Malt and realized the one and only review of Mount Gay m was by Mark, last year.

MOUNT GAY

Mount Gay Eclipse is the cheapt of the aged regular offergs. The Mount Gay Black Barrel was released the UK 2014.

The Mount Gay XO Rerve Cask is the premium regular offerg om the distillery. The Mount Gay 1703 is the distillery’s most premium regular offerg. Mount Gay Eclipse – review.

MOUNT GAY: STRETCHG THE ENVELOPE OF RUM EXPRSNS

Mount Gay Black Barrel – review.

Mount Gay XO Rerve Cask – review. Mount Gay is wily distributed as John right says, so you might fd a bottle lolly as well. Here are 10 of the bt m—and rhum agrile—brands, all styl, to drk this GayBarbados’s Mount Gay has been around one form or another for about 300 years, but master blenr Tdiann Branker has only held her tle at the distillery for a ltle more than a year.

Last year, Branker ntributed her first Master Blenr Collectn exprsn lled Mount Gay Pot Still Rum, which was only distilled pot stills, stead of the ual batn of pot and lumn stills.

MOUNT GAY RELEAS LIMED EDN XO THE PEAT SMOKE EXPRSN

We ought to see more special releas like this the g Mount Gay From $26, Real McCoyFoursquare is another Barbados distillery known for makg great m, some of which is sold unr other brand nam. 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 rebrand om s origal “Extra Old” some time around then too — but 2020 the Barbados-based distillery revamped both of the venerable bottlgs.

MOUNT GAY XO (EXTRA OLD) RUM – REVIEW

(The were unveiled at an event lled the Mount Gay Brand Ret — signed to “embrace transparency wh an -pth look to the brand and s premium liquids. Mount Gay Black Barrel is an all-new blend which “featur an olr selectn of ms, movg to a blend of three to seven-year-old ms as opposed to the prev two to seven years, wh a higher ntent of double distilled pot still ms. Mount Gay XO has been “enriched wh a broar palette of ms selected, dividually aged three different sks – Amerin Whiskey, Bourbon and Cognac – for five to 17 years, rather than the prev eight to 15 years.