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Contents:

• RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM – TOP SHELF RUM, BARGA PRICE
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW
• REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)
• MOUNT GAY
• MOUNT GAY 1703 BLACK BARREL RUM
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND RUM
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND BARBADOS GOLN RUM 70CL
• 9 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOUNT GAY RUM

RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL

Mount Gay Rum | Black Barrel. So now I’m workg my way through some of the more popular labels, and the Mount Gay Black Barrel is near the top of that list. While the olst rerd of the distillery n date back to a ed 1703 (which allows to claim the tle of the olst operatg m distillery the world), the distillery is named for the much more recent owner Sir John Gay Alleyne, who purchased the facily 1747 and ran until his ath 1801.

Durg his life, Sir John Gay Alleyne served as a member of the Barbados Parliament, which he was elected Speaker, and was one of the most fluential voic to speak out agast the practice of slavery. Mount Gay m has a history that is closely associated wh sailg and tra.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM

Mount Gay is one of a handful of Caribbean m producers who ntue the tradn of g a double retort distillatn procs for their m, cludg part of the m ed this bottle.

Mount Gay Rum is produced on Barbados wh passn and unparalleled excellence and has a herage stretchg back to 1703.

Expertly fashned om rich sugar ne and wh the priste, ral-filtered water native to the island, Mount Gay Rum is a sumptuo, imable exprsn of the Barbadian art of livg.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM – TOP SHELF RUM, BARGA PRICE

Mount Gay Distilleri speak terms of matury rather than age. Other ms produced by Mount Gay Distilleri clu Mount Gay Eclipse, Mount Gay Eclipse Silver, Mount Gay Extra Old and Mount Gay 1703. Enter Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW

Black Barrel arriv honor of the Mount Gay Distillery’s 310th anniversary, a pretty nice tone for the entire m dtry nsirg Mount Gay’s stat as the world’s olst documented m producer on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum. Mount Gay is famo for bg sgle lumn distillat and double pper pot distillat to create their distctive treasur.

It’s also the only Mount Gay m fished charred oak barrels formerly ed to age bourbon, which of urse is the genis of the “black barrel” distctn. The unique touch are said to give Mount Gay Black Barrel a bold flavor beyond the brand’s other ms, a notn that I was happy to put to the tt. For my own personal taste, I might prefer a tad or two sweeter, but then wouldn’t be a Mount Gay Barbados m.

As stands, Black Barrel is an fantastic small-batch handcrafted exprsn of the storied Mount Gay brand. Mount Gay Black Barrel, though, breaks the mold.

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

Beyond the nce of s aromas, Mount Gay Black Barrel remas uy and bold taste and livers a eply toasty fish. 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. (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.

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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.

Let’s taste (cludg a parison agast a 2008 vtage bottle of Mount Gay Extra Old). Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum (2020) – I’ve no olr bottlg of this for parison, alas, but based on memory and my old tastg not, the soul of Black Barrel hasn’t changed. Mount Gay XO Rum (2020) – While there’s olr stock the blend now, I thk the key thg to note is that the old Extra Old started at 8 years old, while the new XO starts at a mere 5.

Contrasted wh the rich not of ffee, cholate, and tobac found my 2008 vtage bottlg of Mount Gay Extra Old, and there’s really no parison.

MOUNT GAY 1703 BLACK BARREL RUM

Mount Gay XO Rum (2020). Mount Gay. Mount Gay Black Barrel: the new spearhead.

The story of Mount Gay begs Barbados. Fermentatn really begs when molass and filtered water om Barbados are bed wh yeast (selected exclively for Mount Gay).

For over three hundred years, the distct and pure character of Mount Gay ms has e om distillatn tradnal lumn and pper pot stills. A ground-breakg distillatn technique 1703, this procs has been ntuo e by Mount Gay ever sce.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND RUM

The ageg procs is particularly unpredictable the tropil Caribbean climate, and at Mount Gay, we prefer to talk about maturg. Today, Mount Gay ms are matured lightly charred Amerin oak barrels that have prevly been ed to age Amerin whiskey.

Allen Smh is the master of this craft of blendg at Mount Gay.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND BARBADOS GOLN RUM 70CL

Master Blenr2019 - todayFirst female Master Blenr at Mount Gay and Barbados, Tdiann Branker, graduate of the Siebel Instute and the Instute of Brewg and Distillg, posss a strong amic background, to which she adds over 11 years workg the spirs dtry.

She joed the Mount Gay team 2014 as the Qualy Assurance Manager and followed the same path as Allen Smh wh the distillery—and she ntu to be spired by his legacy at Mount Gay.

9 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOUNT GAY RUM

Tdiann now shar the expertise and secrets of Mount Gay’s ms.