Mount Gay Rum | Malt - Whisky Reviews

Contents:

• 9 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOUNT GAY RUM
• MOUNT GAY RUM
• THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM
• MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK
• MOUNT GAY RUM COCKTAILS
• MOUNT GAY XO - OLD VS NEW - RUM REVIEW
• MOUNT GAY’S NEW MASTER BLENR COLLECTN IS A RUM FOR WHISKEY DRKERS
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW
• MOUNT GAY RUM PRIC AND BUYER’S GUI
• MOUNT GAY RUM – LATT PRIC AND BUYG GUI
• MOUNT GAY ECLIPSE (GOLD)

9 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOUNT GAY RUM

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.

MOUNT GAY RUM

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.

THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM

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.

MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK

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.

MOUNT GAY RUM COCKTAILS

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. And there’s a whole lot of m agg Mount Gay’s four wareho.

MOUNT GAY XO - OLD VS NEW - RUM REVIEW

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. 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 NEW MASTER BLENR COLLECTN IS A RUM FOR WHISKEY DRKERS

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 Eclipse is the cheapt of the aged regular offergs.

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 is wily distributed as John right says, so you might fd a bottle lolly as well.

For example, our top choice, the Mount Gay Black Barrel, fish s distillg procs heavily-charred bourbon barrels, which giv that peppery flavor. A lot of great m om Barbados, and Mount Gay is a stellar example of this. "Fished bourbon barrels wh a heavy char, as opposed to the typil practice of fishg a ed sk, " says Shannon Mtipher, bartenr and thor of “Tiki: Morn Tropil Cocktails, ” "It has more pepper and spice than the other ms om Mount Gay.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW

It would be impossible to dive to the history of m whout mentng Mount Gay Distillery, the world’s olst nng m distillery, tablished 1703. That small distillery grew – diggg a well, plantg sgle-strand fields of ne, and expandg towards a larger future – unr the learship of Sir John Gay Alleyne. “Two important eds om 1654 and 1703 state that m was already beg produced on the dat at our Mount Gay tate, makg Mount Gay the olst nng m distillery, ” explas Mount Gay Rum Master Blenr Tdiann Branker.

MOUNT GAY RUM PRIC AND BUYER’S GUI

Mount Gay pris self on herage and s rich history that stretch across centuri and through each blend.

Today, Mount Gay ss atop four re blends: Eclipse, Black Barrel, XO, and the 1703 Master Select.

MOUNT GAY RUM – LATT PRIC AND BUYG GUI

Each of the blends is steeped Mount Gay history, and each is ma wh properti unique to Mount Gay and the island of Barbados.

MOUNT GAY ECLIPSE (GOLD)

“Mount Gay is like a sgle malt wh m, ma pletely Barbados om fermentatn to bottlg. Usg their own private well, Mount Gay draws this water through to power s productn procs. “The terroir of Barbados is unparalleled and has a signifint fluence on Mount Gay m, ” adms Branker.

“Mount Gay Rum has this distct taste unlike any other ms om the islands, ” says Taylor Rae, Bartenr at NYC’s Ghost Donkey and US Natnal Wner: MGR Taste of Summer Comp. Mount Gay differs om other island ms bee everythg si of the bottle is herently Bajan.