History - Mount Gay Rum Distilleri Ltd

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Explore three centuri of Mount Gay Rum’s history, craft, and sailg herage. From m’s begngs 1703 Barbados, a tail of island gredients, to ntemporary cktails remend for each blend.

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MOUNT GAY – CORNERSTONE OF CARIBBEAN RUM

The inic Mount Gay Distillery and s associated m brand: past and prent. Lots of photos and historil referenc. * mount gay history *

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 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.

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

Back 1747, John Sober purchased the plantatn and distillery that would e to be known as Mount Gay.

MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK

That name me om Sober’s iend, Sir John Gay Alleyne, who would eventually manage the m bs.

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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.

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.

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