Spir Of The Week: Mount Gay ‘Master Blenr Collectn’ Maira Cask Rum - Maxim

Contents:

• 9 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOUNT GAY RUM
• MOUNT GAY RUM’S MASTER BLENR UNVEILS NEW BLENDS FOR 2022
• MEET THE BARTENRS JET-SETTG TO BARBADOS FOR MOUNT GAY RUM’S ‘A TASTE OF HOME’ COCKTAIL COMPETN
• MOUNT GAY’S NEW MASTER BLENR COLLECTN IS A RUM FOR WHISKEY DRKERS
• SPIR OF THE WEEK: MOUNT GAY ‘MASTER BLENR COLLECTN’ MAIRA CASK RUM
• MOUNT GAY’S NEW MASTER BLENR IS COOKG UP A SECRET NEW RUM FOR 2020
• MOUNT GAY RUM PARTNERS WH 4OCEAN TO HELP PROTECT THE OCEAN

9 THGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT MOUNT GAY 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.

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.

MOUNT GAY RUM’S MASTER BLENR UNVEILS NEW BLENDS FOR 2022

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.

MEET THE BARTENRS JET-SETTG TO BARBADOS FOR MOUNT GAY RUM’S ‘A TASTE OF HOME’ COCKTAIL COMPETN

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’S NEW MASTER BLENR COLLECTN IS A RUM FOR WHISKEY DRKERS

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. 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.

SPIR OF THE WEEK: MOUNT GAY ‘MASTER BLENR COLLECTN’ MAIRA CASK RUM

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.

Tdiann Branker took over the res as Mount Gay master blenr ls than a year ago, April 2019.

Mount Gay m is ma om three gredients — water, molass, and yeast.

MOUNT GAY’S NEW MASTER BLENR IS COOKG UP A SECRET NEW RUM FOR 2020

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“It’s no secret where Mount Gay stands, ” she said.

For Branker and Mount Gay, this won’t fly. Over the last few weeks, hundreds of bartenrs across the untry have shaken and stirred origal cktails spired by the plac they ll home for Mount Gay Rum’s “A Taste of Home” cktail petn, sponsored by VePair and wh Collectif 1806. Inspired by Mount Gay Rum’s nnectn to Barbados, the island where the prtig m has been distilled sce 1703, petors were tasked wh craftg one-of-a-kd cktails that utilize lol gredients and emphasize staabily.

MOUNT GAY RUM PARTNERS WH 4OCEAN TO HELP PROTECT THE OCEAN

To learn more about the falists — and their wng cktails — keep readg, and be sure to follow @mountgaym and @llectif1806 on Instagram to disver who ws the “A Taste of Home” cktail petn. To vis the [Mount Gay Rum] distillery and learn about where the m is ma and the culture of Barbados, that would be a once--a-lifetime experience.

Jt off of this tersectn is where I grew up, fell love wh creatg cktails, and was first troduced to Mount Gay Rum, ” he says.

More tannic and tart than their larger look-alik, I immediately imaged the light astrgent apple flavors tyg perfectly wh the sweeter, ramel apple and warmg spice not the Mount Gay XO Triple Cask Blend. This nate perspective lends self perfectly to his submissn for Mount Gay Rum’s “A Taste of Home” cktail petn. The cktail self is Rodriguez’s terpretatn of a Black Manhattan, one ma wh lol California gredients and Mount Gay XO m.