Drk of the Week: Mount Gay Black Barrel - Imbibe Magaze

Contents:

• REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM
• RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL (RX132)
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL 0,7 L (43%)
• REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM AND XO RUM (2020)
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW
• ONE DRK, THREE WAYS: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
• DRK OF THE WEEK: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL
• MOUNT GAY 1703 BLACK BARREL RUM
• MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL REVIEW

REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM

Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum.

To celebrate their 310th anniversary, Mount Gay has stepped to the “black” space (aga) wh Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum, a blend of both aged double distilled pot and sgle lumn distilled ms.

The blend for Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is weighted heavily towards pot distilled m and is fished a heavily charred ex-bourbon barrel. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is nsired to be a replacement for Mount Gay’s earlier Eclipse Black, which was a blend of 100 proof m ag two to seven years. There’s no age statement on the Mount Gay Black Barrel, but s proof is lower at 86, and s lor is much darker than the Eclipse Black.

RUM REVIEW: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL

It’s important to keep the release of Mount Gay Black Barrel perspective, however – a 100 proof m isn’t for everyone, so by lowerg the proof and creasg the barrel impact Mount Gay is taylorg this release towards woog bourbon drkers who may not have much experience wh the m tegory. Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum (86 proof / 43% abv, $30) is ep amber lor, and the impact of the heavily charred bourbon barrel uldn’t be much clearer s lor. This strong oak spice pretty much f the Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum experience, and how well you like this m will be greatly pennt on how much you like oak.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL (RX132)

Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum don’t hi the fact that is a m for bourbon drkers. At $30, Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum is a ltle pricier than say, Plantatn’s 5 Year Barbados m, but ’s also bigger and bolr.

Mount Gay very close to liverg an exceptnal m, but ends up gog a b too far wh the oak agg.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL 0,7 L (43%)

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. 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 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. Mount Gay.

Introducg the Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum, a masterful blend crafted Barbados wh remarkable woody and vanilla aromas. Disver the credible taste of Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum today, and treat yourself to a premium Barbados m that expertly b tradn, thenticy, and exceptnal qualy one unfettable experience. About the Mount Gay distillery.

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

The distillery Mount Gay is loted Barbados. Rums om Mount Gay have been reviewed 1, 457 tim wh an average of 8.

Mount Gay Black Barrel 0, 7 l (43%). Mount Gay Black Barrel 0, 7l Rum [43%].

További Mount Gay termékek: Mount Gay Rum.

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL RUM REVIEW

A Mount Gay Rum 1703-as sorozata arra utal, hogy a cég törtéét 1703-ig tudták visszakövetni, így ez a mmárka büszkélkedhet a világon a legrégebbi múlttal, illetve törtétel. Allen Smh lepárlómter nagy gondossággal készítette el a Mount Gay egyik legújabb termékét, a Mount Gay Black Barrelt, amely egy kis mennyiségben kiadott (small batch) kézműv m.

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.

ONE DRK, THREE WAYS: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL

Mount Gay XO has been “enriched wh a broar palette of ms selected, dividually aged three different sks – Amerin Whiskey, Bourbon and Cognac – for five to 17 years, rather than the prev eight to 15 years.

DRK OF THE WEEK: MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL

Let’s taste (cludg a parison agast a 2008 vtage bottle of Mount Gay Extra Old).

Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum (2020) – I’ve no olr bottlg of this for parison, alas, but based on memory and my old tastg not, the soul of Black Barrel hasn’t changed.

Mount Gay XO Rum (2020) – While there’s olr stock the blend now, I thk the key thg to note is that the old Extra Old started at 8 years old, while the new XO starts at a mere 5. Contrasted wh the rich not of ffee, cholate, and tobac found my 2008 vtage bottlg of Mount Gay Extra Old, and there’s really no parison.

MOUNT GAY 1703 BLACK BARREL RUM

Mount Gay XO Rum (2020). Beyond the nce of s aromas, Mount Gay Black Barrel remas uy and bold taste and livers a eply toasty fish.

Mount Gay is the world’s olst mercial m distillery, wh the olst survivg ed datg om 1703!

MOUNT GAY BLACK BARREL REVIEW

After a while, Sir John Gay Alleyne, a fourth generatn Barbadian was troduced, and the distillery grew om there, hence the pany beg named after Black Barrel blend is distilled tradnal pper pot and lumn stills, matured for up to 7 years Amerin whiskey sks, and further aged for 6 months heavily charred Bourbon sks. Recipe60ml/2oz Mount Gay Black Barrel44ml/1.

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