History - Mount Gay Rum Distilleri Ltd

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• MOUNT GAY APPOTS NEW MANAGG DIRECTOR BARBADOS
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• MOUNT GAY
• MOUNT GAY UNVEILS A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE BRAND IN 2020
• MOUNT GAY RUM: THE STORY BEHD BARBADOS’ MOST FAMO EXPORT
• MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERI LTD
• MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK
• MEET THE BARTENRS JET-SETTG TO BARBADOS FOR MOUNT GAY RUM’S ‘A TASTE OF HOME’ COCKTAIL COMPETN
• THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM
• MOUNT GAY DISTILLERI LTD
• MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERY & VISORS CENTRE
• MOUNT GAY DISTILLERY
• MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERI

MOUNT GAY APPOTS NEW MANAGG DIRECTOR BARBADOS

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 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.

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Back 1747, John Sober purchased the plantatn and distillery that would e to be known as 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. The proprietary yeast stra is based off a ptured wild yeast, which Mount Gay’s team then bred for nsistency.

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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’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. Pot stills at Mount Gay distillery BarbadosMount Gay Distilleri has a new managg director as of this past September (2022) — Antoe Couvrr.

MOUNT GAY UNVEILS A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE BRAND IN 2020

While France-based Remy Cotre owns the Mount Gay brand, a lol managg director has overseen day-to-day productn oversight Barbados.

The Ward fay ntued to operate the Rum Refery of Mount Gay, which had a mostly-exclive al wh Remy to supply m for the Mount Gay brand. In 2014 Remy Cotre purchased the Rum Refery of Mount Gay, givg them plete ntrol over all aspects of the Mount Gay bs.

MOUNT GAY RUM: THE STORY BEHD BARBADOS’ MOST FAMO EXPORT

Raphael Grisoni at Mount Gay visor’s center 2018Grisoni also played a central role the recent effort by Foursquare, St.

Grisoni is fortunate to have parted his long Mount Gay tenure on a high note; bis the above, the brand’s recent Master Blenr selectns have garnered substantial attentn om enthiasts and the prs. 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. The ageg procs is particularly unpredictable the tropil Caribbean climate, and at Mount Gay, we prefer to talk about maturg.

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Today, Mount Gay ms are matured lightly charred Amerin oak barrels that have prevly been ed to age Amerin whiskey. 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.

MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK

Tdiann posss the sire to create, explore new ias and tablish a productive dialogue that is le wh Mount Gay’s ambn. It is wh great pri that I bee Mount Gay’s Master Blenr … to create new treasur, expand our ms and vent new blends. Allen Smh joed the Mount Gay Distillery 1991, and assisted the blendg of Mount Gay Extra Old unr the stctns of Master Blenr J.

The pany's olst ed of property dat om Febary 1703, makg Mount Gay Rum the olst brand of m the world.

LUCY, Barbados, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Mount Gay, the world's olst nng m distillery tablished 1703, unveils a new chapter for the brand 2020. Harnsg over 300 years of experience, Mount Gay will ret the brand to pay homage to s rich herage of passg down craft and expertise Barbados, the birthplace of m. In dog so, Mount Gay will embrace more transparency, providg an -pth look to the brand and s m, and will look to the future ensurg ntued novatn and growth honorg the genue m tradn of Barbados.

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

Wh the troductn of Master Blenr Tdiann Branker April 2019, the distillery's and Barbados' first female master blenr, Mount Gay began a new chapter for the distillery's rich history. In her new role, Branker revised Mount Gay's re blends whilst simultaneoly nsirg the discerng palate of the high-end brown spir enthiasts and appreciatg Mount Gay's steadfast brand loyalty. As a rult, Branker has created a new blend for Mount Gay Black Barrel and an enhanced blend for Mount Gay XO, both of which she is thrilled to but to global markets this year.

Mount Gay Black Barrel benefs om an olr selectn of ms beg ed for the blend, 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.

In addn to the work that she has done on Black Barrel, Branker revised Mount Gay XO where she enriched the blend. Each change has been a nsc cisn to appreciate the te value of Mount Gay and honor s signifince on the spectm of high-end m. Unrpng the packagg and liquid chang is a rehed creative platform that promis to honor the genue m tradn and foc on what mak Mount Gay More than a m through tn, exploratn and disvery.

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Each touch pot of the platform pays homage to Mount Gay's Barbadian herage, the people who craft the m and s unrivalled terroir refully harnsed sce 1703. "It is an honor to be at the foreont of the excg chang that Mount Gay will see 2020, and I'm proud not only to be the first female master blenr Barbados but to be part of the team that will take Mount Gay om strength to strength, " said Tdiann Branker, Mount Gay Master Blenr.

"I am wholeheartedly mted to embracg the expertise that we have hered for over 300 years and am passnate about lookg ahead as we be both science and craft to explore what mak Mount Gay more than a m. " "This is an important step change for Mount Gay, one that will see explore and showse our roots whilst embracg what is tly important to – our people, our land and our herage, " said Raphaël Grisoni, Mount Gay Managg Director.

"We are nfint that the chang we make now will cement Mount Gay's posn as a leadg high-end m brand for many years to e.

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" From April 2020, Mount Gay's new Black Barrel blend and s enriched XO blend will be on shelf throughout all markets and global travel retail. About Mount Gay: A legal ed dated om Febary 20, 1703 nfirms the existence of a "pot still hoe" on Mount Gay's sugar ne Estate Barbados, tablishg Mount Gay as the world's olst m producer.

Our distillery name honors the pneerg Sir John Gay who perfected the distctive Mount Gay style. Still today, only the ft sugar ne molass and pure water filtered through the ral heart of the island are selected to create Mount Gay ms. Perpetuatg a long-standg Barbadian tradn for more than 315 years, Mount Gay ms are handcrafted om a blend of sgle lumn and double pper pot distillat and matured toasted oak barrels, liverg aromatic, flavorful taste, body and refed character.

The untry is regard as one of the ft m producers the world and is home to the renowned Mount Gay m distillery St.

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) He and his son, Cumberbatch were English absentee landlords and the tate was actually n on their behalf by an MP and ement Barbadian, Sir John Gay Alleyne. As a Mount Alleyne was already existence on the island, so the Estate beme Mount 1918 the Mount Gay Estate was bought by Aubrey Fz-Osbert Ward a proment Barbadian bsman and landowner of English/Irish assent. Sce the ath of Ward's son 1989 Mount Gay has been majory-owned by the French Rémy Cotre Group but the Ward and Hudson fai (John F.

Mount Gay and our historic landspe was origally owned by John Sober - who hered a small distillery at the top of Mount Gilboa the St. Eventually, the Sober fay hired Sir John Gay Alleyne - a fourth generatn Barbadian - to her a new era for the distillery. In 2020, Mount Gay partnered wh World Sailg to raise the profile and awarens of eSailg around the world.

Over the last few weeks, hundreds of bartenrs across the untry have shaken and stirred origal cktails spired by the plac they ll home for Mount Gay Rum’s “A Taste of Home” cktail petn, sponsored by VePair and wh Collectif 1806. Inspired by Mount Gay Rum’s nnectn to Barbados, the island where the prtig m has been distilled sce 1703, petors were tasked wh craftg one-of-a-kd cktails that utilize lol gredients and emphasize staabily. To learn more about the falists — and their wng cktails — keep readg, and be sure to follow @mountgaym and @llectif1806 on Instagram to disver who ws the “A Taste of Home” cktail petn.

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To vis the [Mount Gay Rum] distillery and learn about where the m is ma and the culture of Barbados, that would be a once--a-lifetime experience. Jt off of this tersectn is where I grew up, fell love wh creatg cktails, and was first troduced to Mount Gay Rum, ” he says.

More tannic and tart than their larger look-alik, I immediately imaged the light astrgent apple flavors tyg perfectly wh the sweeter, ramel apple and warmg spice not the Mount Gay XO Triple Cask Blend. This nate perspective lends self perfectly to his submissn for Mount Gay Rum’s “A Taste of Home” cktail petn.

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The cktail self is Rodriguez’s terpretatn of a Black Manhattan, one ma wh lol California gredients and Mount Gay XO m. “I have personally met the producer of each and every gredient — save the good folks at Mount Gay Rum, which I hope to remedy soon — and purchased each gredient directly om the producer. Don’t fet to follow @mountgaym and @llectif1806 on Instagram, and keep an eye out for the wner’s announcement!