Mount Gay Barbados Golden Rum, XO Triple Cask Blend, 70cl

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The rum from the distillery is full bodied and rich with classic notes of brown sugar, tropical fruit and a hint of chocolate. However, in my scoring I found personally found a little extra something in the Captain Bligh XO (not even a Bajan but very similar in style). if one god exists and would ask me: take three rums with you to heaven, i think, one of them would be this! MGXO is smooth, complex rum which is definitely best enjoyed without cola (if you want a Bajan mixer Cockspur Fine Rum has no equal). I have had the privilege of being taken around the distillery from their spring water, molaces, fermentation, distillery and cooperage.

Each cask will be different and the skill in making rum “uniform” comes in the shape of the master blender. Sipping the rum leads with strong notes of caramelized vanilla and robust fruit flavors of banana, grilled pineapple, red apple, apricots, and raisins.Let us know if we need instructions for where to find your house or want us to leave your wine in the shed! Of course, if you never had the privilege of tasting the original XO, it's hard to explain why the change is so disappointing. This is not to say that the current MGXO is bad – it appears they are saving the honest, good old stuff for the 1703 which is perhaps the finest Bajan rum we have ever experienced, period.

These notes deliver a subtle hint of dark chocolate, a bit of tobacco leaf, toasted coconut, cinnamon, graphite, and cashews. Following a five-year apprenticeship under Mount Gay’s previous master distiller, she took on her current role. The master blender at Mount Gay is in the shape of Allen Smith who has been with the distillery over 20 years. The proprietary yeast strain is based off a captured wild yeast, which Mount Gay’s team then bred for consistency.Karamell tropft im Takt aus leicht getoastetem Holz auf ein mit tropischen Früchten belegtem Toastbrot, ein Lederbeutel mit edlem Tabak dudelt vor sich hin und eine Tafel Schokolade summt dazu. Unfortunately Mount Gay has fallen to the massive, multi-billion dollar subsidies given to Diageo, Fortune and Bacardi and the company has been sold in pieces. Whether you’re familiar with Mount Gay or not, here’s everything you need to know about a brand that’s been distilling rum for more than three centuries.

The majority of barrels are American oak, including some formerly used for bourbon, but you also find rum aging away in ex-Cognac barrels and new ones made from Andean oak, a species only found in Colombia and Panama. Harmonisch schweben Holztöne und Karamellnoten zusammen mit tropischen Früchten und exotischen Blumen empor. Although the new XO has the characteristic Mount Gay, unsweetened rum flavor of the old XO, this new version has no punch and the flavor sort of dies on the palate rather than linger. This expression from Mount Gay's Master Blender Collection brings together rum distilled in a column still aged entirely in tawny Port casks with rums from pot stills initially aged in American whiskey casks before being finished in tawny Port casks too! During the first few years of the 18th century, the locality was acquired by William Sandford who continued to use it as a sugar plantation.Our bins hold 18-24 bottles of wine or Champagne or 2-3 cases of lager when filled with ice and water. Though the distillery’s first Coffey still only dates to the 1970s, other column designs were added to the mix around the time of American Prohibition. It is my go to to enthousiast people about rum or to give to people who have only experienced the diplomaticos or don papa’s. Mount gay is a great addition to the collection if it is a decision between this or zacapa 23 (2 commonly available top shelves) take this.

This new incarnation reminds me of another barbadian favorite of mine, the rum sixty six from foursquare. Hundreds of years ago, Mount Gay could rely on the molasses from local sugar cane for all of its needs, but that’s no longer the case as there simply isn’t enough available land anymore. I trust I will gain an even higher appreciation for this rum after sampling more rums of similar quality. It's characters of the bourbon barrel are very distinguished and give this rum 90% of its characters.

Nearly two centuries later, the Ward family was the last to live on the distillery grounds before the company was sold to Rémy Cointreau in 1989. Finally, there’s the 1703, a blend that varies from year to year and might include 30-year-old rums. In addition, while there used to be nearly 40 sugarcane refineries on the island, only one remains active today. The new version of XO is a blend of copper pot and column still rums that are aged between 5 and 17 years in ex-bourbon, American whiskey, and cognac casks.