Mount Gay Visor Centre (Bridgetown) - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go

Contents:

• MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK
• MOUNT GAY RUM TOUR
• BARBADOS’ MOST MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERY IS ‘WORLD RENOWNED’
• MOUNT GAY VISOR CENTRE
• MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERI
• MOUNT GAY SIGNATURE RUM TASTG
• THE MOUNT GAY RUM VISOR CENTRE
• MEET THE BARTENRS JET-SETTG TO BARBADOS FOR MOUNT GAY RUM’S ‘A TASTE OF HOME’ COCKTAIL COMPETN
• MOUNT GAY LUNCH AND TASTG EXPERIENCE

MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK

While perfectly enjoyed neat, the plex flavours of Mount Gay ms blend exquisely to cktails. 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.

MOUNT GAY RUM TOUR

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.

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

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.

BARBADOS’ MOST MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERY IS ‘WORLD RENOWNED’

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.

And there’s a whole lot of m agg Mount Gay’s four wareho. It clus a tastg of 3 Premium Mount Gay exprsns that are perfectly paired wh an assortment of gourmet cholate. Come to the se where Mount Gay has distilled m for over 300 years to disver how Barbados beme the birthplace of m and how Mount Gay’s foc on qualy has ma the olst, ntuoly nng m distillery the world.

MOUNT GAY VISOR CENTRE

And the experience is a ep dive to the flavour of our ms and the tradns at Mount Gay. Get a hands on experience wh Mount Gay as you taste our extensive portfol, learn about our history and craft your very own cktails.

MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERI

Our Signature Tastg is the perfect troductn to the world of Mount Gay Rum. Learn about the history and home of Mount Gay and taste a selectn of our ft ms.

Enjoy a tastg of our signature ms followed by Bajan lunch at the Mount Gay Visor Center. Well, at the time Mount Gilboa plantatn was managed by Sir John Gay Alleyne; a proment Barbadian polician.

MOUNT GAY SIGNATURE RUM TASTG

After his passg, regnn of his mendable work the tate was partially renamed his honour; As such, was at that time that The Mount Gilboa Plantatn changed to The Mount Gay Plantatn - rived om the e of his middle name; as another plantatn already existed at the time unr the name “Mount Alleyne”. Mount Gay, is documented as the olst produced m across the world and began wh jt a pot still hoe veloped on the sugar ne plantatn 1703. Havg passed through var owners between the 1600s to the 1800s, the entire Mount Gay plantatn was purchased at a later date the early 20th century by Mr Aubrey Ward Frank.

THE MOUNT GAY RUM VISOR CENTRE

If you look closely at a bottle of Mount Gay m to this date, you will still fd the signature of Mr Ward, the English/Irish settler to Barbados who was sential turng the Mount Gay Rum brand to the m of Barbados. For over 300 years the Mount Gay Distillery has been distillg this product and has ntuoly enhanced by addg to the range of ms unr the brand. The Mount Gay Distillery, bee of s unique velopment of the m beg twice distilled had a level of superry over the other m produced across the island and therefore fetched a greater price.

The long rectangular stctur at the Mount Gay Distillery are all ral limtone buildgs that hoe the sks which are necsary for the var ms to be aged perfectly. Open up your wdow while on the way to experience the Mount Gay Distillery and you drive past, take a moment to hale acr of the hly cut sugar ne fields the morng, uld be begngs of a h new batch of Mount Gay Rum.

Accs: Vehicle is required to get to the Mount Gay Distillery.

MEET THE BARTENRS JET-SETTG TO BARBADOS FOR MOUNT GAY RUM’S ‘A TASTE OF HOME’ COCKTAIL COMPETN

Creatg the qualy and legacy of m that n only be Mount Gay. At Mount Gay, the tle of Master Blenr is a sacred one. And the rult is our distguished le of Mount Gay Rums.

Wh over 300 years of m-makg expertise, the Mount Gay Rum Distillery boasts of beg the olst producer of Caribbean m globally wh unterpted operatns. A m lover’s trip to Barbados would be plete whout a vis to the olst m distillery the Caribbean, “the m that vented m” – The illtr Mount Gay Rum Distillery.

MOUNT GAY LUNCH AND TASTG EXPERIENCE

I was really lookg forward to visg Mount Gay’s historic distillery and takg their Distillery Experience Tour and I was not disappoted! Our mi-van pulled to a very unassumg lane on Mount Gilboa and after beg weled by a Mount Gay Host, we were soon si the Distillery’s imprsive lounge listeng to a knowledgeable Mount Gay Ambassador tell about the history of the plantatn and m makg on the island.

Chter told the fascatg story of how one of the origal plantatn owners, John Sober (Serly – I’m not makg that name up) named the m distillery after his manager, Sir John Gay Alleyne.