Review: Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum and XO Rum (2020) - Drkhacker

Contents:

• THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM
• MOUNT GAY RUM
• 9 MOUNT GAY RUM COCKTAILS TO MAKE AT HOME
• MOUNT GAY RUM PRIC AND BUYER’S GUI
• MOUNT GAY
• MOUNT GAY RUM MOBILE RUM SHOP
• FIVE KEY PILLARS TO SUPPORT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL IATIV. A PROMISE TO PROTECT MOUNT GAY AND BARBADOS FOR FUTURE GENERATNS.
• REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)
• RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
• MOUNT GAY: A TASTE OF THE WORLD’S OLST RUM DISTILLERY

THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS 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.

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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.

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.

9 MOUNT GAY RUM COCKTAILS TO MAKE AT HOME

Mount Gay -ferments lol and imported molass.

The proprietary yeast stra is based off a ptured wild yeast, which Mount Gay’s team then bred for nsistency. You’ll know a Mount Gay fan when you see them.

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.

MOUNT GAY RUM PRIC AND BUYER’S GUI

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.

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The History of Mount Gay Rum.

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.

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“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.

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.

FIVE KEY PILLARS TO SUPPORT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL IATIV. A PROMISE TO PROTECT MOUNT GAY AND BARBADOS FOR FUTURE GENERATNS.

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. 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.

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

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.

The Flavors of Mount Gay. Mount Gay distguish self om s younger island m brethren wh s craftsmanship. While has a varied flavor profile, you n pick out Mount Gay m for s plex not of dark cholate, almond, ripe banana, and h vanilla.

“Mount Gay has a buttery and roundg fish that allows you to enjoy both by self and a cktail.

RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL

Mount Gay has a rich plexy wh hts of ep vanilla, oak and ramel.

MOUNT GAY: A TASTE OF THE WORLD’S OLST RUM DISTILLERY

The variatn Mount Gay exprsns appeals to discerng palat and those seekg flavor and richns their glass. When to sippg Mount Gay, General Manager Raphaël Grisoni like keepg unplited. “I enjoy simple, inic cktails like the classic m sour ma wh Mount Gay Black Barrel – ’s my go-to cktail, ” says Grisoni.

For Branker, “Mount Gay XO and soda water is my go-to drk. Mount Gay is a great sential gredient for several classic cktails, as well as a liquid that n be sipped neat or wh a large nut water ice cube to brg out the te flavor and not. Tyler Caffall, the Head Bartenr at NoMad Bar New York Cy says, “At our bar, we mostly employ the Mount Gay Eclipse and the Mount Gay Black Barrel varietals.