Mount Gay Rum

Contents:

• MOUNT GAY – CORNERSTONE OF CARIBBEAN RUM
• MOUNT GAY RUM: THE STORY BEHD BARBADOS’ MOST FAMO EXPORT
• MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK
• MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERI LTD

MOUNT GAY – CORNERSTONE OF CARIBBEAN 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.

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.

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

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.

MOUNT GAY, OFFICIAL RUM OF COWES WEEK

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.

MOUNT GAY RUM DISTILLERI LTD

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.