Succs Secrets: A History of Mount Gay m | The Book of Man

Contents:

• MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK
• THE SECRET OF SUCCS: A HISTORY OF MOUNT GAY
• MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERI LTD
• THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM
• MOUNT GAY – CORNERSTONE OF CARIBBEAN RUM
• MOUNT GAY
• MOUNT GAY RUM RELEAS ORIG SERI – THE COPPER STILLS
• MOUNT GAY UNVEILS VOLUME TWO IN ITS LIMED-EDN ORIG SERI
• MOUNT GAY RUM
• MOUNT GAY INTRODUC NEW LIMED-EDN ORIG SERI
• 9 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOUNT GAY RUM
• MOUNT GAY RUM: THE STORY BEHD BARBADOS’ MOST FAMO EXPORT

MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK

While perfectly enjoyed neat, the plex flavours of Mount Gay ms blend exquisely to cktails. It tak every drop of our herage - past and prent - to make Mount Gay ms. From the foundg 1703, to the legendary learship of Sir John Gay Alleyne.

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.

THE SECRET OF SUCCS: A HISTORY OF MOUNT GAY

Eventually, the Sober fay hired Sir John Gay Alleyne - a fourth generatn Barbadian - to her a new era for the distillery.

Inseparable are the natural elements of Barbados and Mount Gay Rum. Mount Gay is tly the world’s standard as the spir of sailg.

In 2020, Mount Gay partnered wh World Sailg to raise the profile and awarens of eSailg around the world. Walk the footsteps of Mount Gay and our teemed master blenrs. 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 DISTILLERI LTD

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.

THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM

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. 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 – CORNERSTONE OF CARIBBEAN 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. 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’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.

MOUNT GAY

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. An terview wh Mount Gay's ambassador Miguel Smh about the origs of the m and why 's secrets will keep at the top for a very long time...

MOUNT GAY RUM RELEAS ORIG SERI – THE COPPER STILLS

Miguel Smh is the brand ambassador for Mount Gay, and as a Barbados native he has what seems to be a typilly Bajan outlook on life: spe the hardships and hard work you face life, one mt progrs wh a posive attu and a sunny optimism.

We ught up wh Miguel to fd out more about Mount Gay and the kd of valu – and documentatn!

MOUNT GAY UNVEILS VOLUME TWO IN ITS LIMED-EDN ORIG SERI

What’s tertg and what’s powerful for Mount Gay is that not only are we the longt-producer of m, but we’re actually the longt ntual producer of any spir tegory.

We’d like to thk that at Mount Gay there’s a great balance of science and creativy. I thk the DNA is somethg we nstantly talk about, what’s the DNA of Mount Gay?

MOUNT GAY RUM

Everyone gets this unrstandg of what Mount Gay reprents and what should taste and sound and feel like. On why Mount Gay is perfect for xmas after the worst year imagable….

That’s great, but they’re not gog to be here for three Mount Gay secret is keepg thgs nsistent, no matter what. People have the time to rearch and engage wh brands and their tegry – and the tert Mount Gay has flourished. ) 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.

MOUNT GAY INTRODUC NEW LIMED-EDN ORIG SERI

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. 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 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.

9 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOUNT GAY RUM

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 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 RUM: THE STORY BEHD BARBADOS’ MOST FAMO EXPORT

Mount Gay differs om other island ms bee everythg si of the bottle is herently Bajan.

Fally, the perfect balance that is the pot and lumn still blend that is unique to Mount Gay. Mount Gay tak the Barbadian quali and go a step or two further by g a unique batn of lumn and pper pot stills to create a wir variety of flavors. “The batn of each step of the procs mak our m tly unique: om the selectn of sugarne molass to the fermentatn woon sks, the distillatn g both lumn and pot still, the maturatn different typ of oak sks and fally the expertise of our Master Blenr [Tdiann Branker] durg the blendg procs, ” says Raphaël Grisoni, Managg Director of Mount Gay.

The strong flavors s at the re of what sets m apart om s fellow dark liquors, and Mount Gay nsistently works to set self apart aga om s m petors. Grisoni adds that “what’s unique about Mount Gay is that we are the world’s olst nng m distillery and we leverage over 300 years of herage and expertise. Mount Gay distguish self om s younger island m brethren wh s craftsmanship.