Mount Gay Rum | Black Barrel

Contents:

• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND
• REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND RUM
• RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM70CL
• MOUNT GAY RUM MOBILE SHOP

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND

Mount Gay Rum | Black Barrel. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum.

REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM

To celebrate their 310th anniversary, Mount Gay has stepped to the “black” space (aga) wh Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum, a blend of both aged double distilled pot and sgle lumn distilled ms. The blend for Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is weighted heavily towards pot distilled m and is fished a heavily charred ex-bourbon barrel.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW

Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is nsired to be a replacement for Mount Gay’s earlier Eclipse Black, which was a blend of 100 proof m ag two to seven years. There’s no age statement on the Mount Gay Black Barrel, but s proof is lower at 86, and s lor is much darker than the Eclipse Black.

It’s important to keep the release of Mount Gay Black Barrel perspective, however – a 100 proof m isn’t for everyone, so by lowerg the proof and creasg the barrel impact Mount Gay is taylorg this release towards woog bourbon drkers who may not have much experience wh the m tegory. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum (86 proof / 43% abv, $30) is ep amber lor, and the impact of the heavily charred bourbon barrel uldn’t be much clearer s lor.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND RUM

This strong oak spice pretty much f the Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum experience, and how well you like this m will be greatly pennt on how much you like oak. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum don’t hi the fact that is a m for bourbon drkers. At $30, Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is a ltle pricier than say, Plantatn’s 5 Year Barbados m, but ’s also bigger and bolr.

RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL

Mount Gay very close to liverg an exceptnal m, but ends up gog a b too far wh the oak agg. Beyond the nce of s aromas, Mount Gay Black Barrel remas uy and bold taste and livers a eply toasty fish. Mount Gay Black Barrel Bottlg Note.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM

This Double Cask Blend edn of Mount Gay Black Barrel m has been matured for around seven years, before a fishg perd heavily-charred bourbon sks.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM70CL

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 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 MOBILE SHOP

Good thg Master Blenr Allen Smh poured time and energy to small batch, handcrafted Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum.

To toast to the summer season, Mount Gay Rum is ployg a celebratory Mobile Rum Shope (a photo-worthy pop-up bar) the Hamptons on Thursday, Augt 10th. Cocktail enthiasts are ved to jo Mount Gay on Thursday, to enjoy plimentary rehg m cktails, light snacks and partake the summer après moment.