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

Contents:

• MOUNT GAY’S NEW MASTER BLENR COLLECTN IS A RUM FOR WHISKEY DRKERS
• MEET THE BARTENRS JET-SETTG TO BARBADOS FOR MOUNT GAY RUM’S ‘A TASTE OF HOME’ COCKTAIL COMPETN
• SPIR OF THE WEEK: MOUNT GAY ‘MASTER BLENR COLLECTN’ MAIRA CASK RUM
• RUM, REFED: APPLETON ESTATE AND MOUNT GAY’S NEW LIMED EDNS
• THE TASTE: TIPS FOR SIPPG MOUNT GAY RUM
• MOUNT GAY MASTER BLENDER COLLECTION: POT STILL RUM
• THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM

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

That is certaly the se wh the new 2023 Master Blenr release om teemed Barbados distillery Mount Gay. Like all Mount Gay m, no sugar was add to the spir. The effects of the PX sherry fish are notable, but do not overri the re inty of Mount Gay’s high-qualy m.

And if you n’t fd one, you n explore the entire Mount Gay llectn (cludg past Master Blenr releas) at webs like RerveBar. Mount Gay Rum | Tour Mount Gay.

This is the heart of Mount Gay. It clus a tastg of 3 Premium Mount Gay exprsns that are perfectly paired wh an assortment of gourmet cholate. Come to the se where Mount Gay has distilled m for over 300 years to disver how Barbados beme the birthplace of m and how Mount Gay’s foc on qualy has ma the olst, ntuoly nng m distillery the world.

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

And the experience is a ep dive to the flavour of our ms and the tradns at Mount Gay. AN EVENING AT MOUNT GAY. Get a hands on experience wh Mount Gay as you taste our extensive portfol, learn about our history and craft your very own cktails.

Our Signature Tastg is the perfect troductn to the world of Mount Gay Rum.

Learn about the history and home of Mount Gay and taste a selectn of our ft ms. Enjoy a tastg of our signature ms followed by Bajan lunch at the Mount Gay Visor Center.

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

Get a hands on experience of Mount Gay Rum.

RUM, REFED: APPLETON ESTATE AND MOUNT GAY’S NEW LIMED EDNS

Spirs also mature faster a tropil settg than lr northern clim, so nature set Barbados up for m excellence, and is no cince that the island’s most famo producer, Mount Gay, is the olst operatg m distiller the world, sce 1703.

In this ve, the Mount Gay Visors Center is a standout, wh not jt the ual ee tastg and souvenirs, but a full slate of experienc, om a eper signature m tastg ($20) to a hands-on cktail craftg workshop ($70) to a tradnal Bajan lunch featurg the lol culary specialti and bottomls m punch - pl signature m tastg ($75). There are a few other ep dive optns, many of which, like the cktail class and Bajan lunch, clu ee transportatn om hotels (the Mount Gay Visor Experience is an easily accsed mm-like settg the heart of Bridgetown, the island’s largt cy, not at the ral distillery self).

I vised, and I tasted, and I loved , but you do not have to travel to the islands to experience the bt of what Mount Gay has to offer, cludg s newt special edns.

THE TASTE: TIPS FOR SIPPG MOUNT GAY RUM

Mount Gay’s signature, what the brand is famo for, is refully blendg aged ms, and s flagship label, Eclipse, claims to be the world’s very first such blend.

But Mount Gay tak this ncept a step further, and for more than century, all of s products have been blends of spicier ms produced tradnal small batch pot stills and the on produced tall lumn stills, for a nuanced roundns distctive to the brand, a bt of both worlds approach.

It shows the distillery’s four signature taste characteristics found to varyg gre all Mount Gay products: ripe bananas, sweet vanilla, mocha and bter almond. “Ageg is greatly accelerated this tropil environment where the spir evaporat om sks three tim faster than Stland or Ireland, ” Chterfield Brown, Mount Gay’s ternatnal brand ambassador, and a Barbados native, told me. ” The Eclipse, like most Mount Gay ms, is aged bourbon barrels exported om the U.

MOUNT GAY MASTER BLENDER COLLECTION: POT STILL RUM

Steppg up the Mount Gay lp brgs you to Brown’s personal favore, the Black Barrel.

One direct ntributn of the parent pany’s experience is the premium exprsn, Mount Gay XO, simply a fantastic m.

THE ESSENTIALS OF MOUNT GAY BARBADOS RUM

It layers flavors of dried u such as raiss and pne wh the signature Mount Gay profile, and remd me on the fish of m rais ice cream, a very good way. The top of the regular le is a super-premium blend lled 1703, om ms aged 10-30 years personally selected by Mount Gay master distiller Allen Smh.