Rum Review: Mount Gay Black Barrel – Thirty-One Whiskey

Contents:

• RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND BARBADOS GOLN RUM 70CL
• REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)

RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL

Mount Gay Rum | Black Barrel.

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.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW

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 BLACK BARREL DOUBLE CASK BLEND BARBADOS GOLN RUM 70CL

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. 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 Rum. This product is age rtricted to 18 years or overYou'll be asked to nfirm that you are over 18 on Gay Black Barrel is crafted om a blend of tense and aromatic ms, distilled tradnal pper pot and lumn stills, matured between 3 to 7 years Amerin whiskey sks, and fished for 6 months eply charred Bourbon sks.

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

Mount Gay’s Black Barrel and XO Rum exprsns have both been around for some time — Black Barrel is the newbie, released origally 2013; XO was rebrand om s origal “Extra Old” some time around then too — but 2020 the Barbados-based distillery revamped both of the venerable bottlgs.

(The were unveiled at an event lled the Mount Gay Brand Ret — signed to “embrace transparency wh an -pth look to the brand and s premium liquids. Mount Gay Black Barrel is an all-new blend which “featur an olr selectn of ms, 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.