Mt gay xo
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Today I am comparing the Mount Gay Inky Barrel against the Mount Gay XO. Wish me luck!
Mount Gay Distillery, located in Barbados, is one of the oldest distilleries in the world with the earliest proving document being a deed of sale from the 20th of February The original estate was originally formed by William Sandiford. In the mill and distillery were sold to John Sober (the irony) who then asked for help from his friend Sir John Gay (who owned the Nicholas Plantation) to manage the operations. That&#;s how the Mount Gay rum was born (renamed in after Sir John). You can find the full story on their website.
Mount Gay Black Barrel is a blend of column distillates and double pot distillates which are aged a second noun in deeply charred ex-Bourbon barrels and bottled at 43% ABV free of sweeteners. I am unaware of the age of the juice, but by the taste it seems younger than the XO ( years).
On the nose it&#;s creamy, the oak definitely submit, spices, vanilla, coconut cream, apricot, unripe strawberries and red apples along with some citrus.
On the palate I
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During lockdown I had the pleasure to unite an online tasting with Miguel Smith of Mount Gay and that&#;s where, besides mixing a delicious Old Fashioned, learning about a Coffey Still broken since that has been restored a couple of years ago and finish up purchasing the Mount Gay Verb Blend (more on that here), I tried the modern Mount Gay XO (MGXO) blend.
Mount Gay recently repackaged its whole core range and changed (or upgraded if you&#;d like) the blends for their Jet Barrel (covered that here) and XO. This is all the work of the new Master Blender &#; Trudiann Branker who also released my favourite MG expression so far &#; Mount Gay Pot Still.
While rocking the EST on the label, the new glance is pretty new featuring Barbados in the background and pinpoiting the distillery&#;s location in the north of the island in the St. Lucy parish. There is some information regarding the casks used along with some tasting notes, Trudiann&#;s signature and even a bottle number &#; mine is AP , so I guess it&#;s adj special?
MGXO Triple Cask Blend is molasses b
Mount Gay XO - Old vs Fresh - Rum Review
- Ivar
- Dec 7,
- 5 min read
Mount Gay XO is somewhat of an institution in the rum world. It’s been around for a very long time and has been one of the wonderful examples of aged rum from Barbados. It was super premium when the term super premium wasn’t a thing yet. It was one of the few shining lights of unadulterated rum in a sea of sugar added, debatable age statement carrying, faux premium products.
I “discovered” it when I moved to Canada in Those days I was highly seduced by the marketing and sweetness of “premium” rons. Despite that, I remember thinking that Mount Gay XO was one of the best rums I had ever had when I first tried it. It’s one of the expressions that opened my eyes about how wonderful and complex rum can be when you get rid of the additives. Somewhat of a saving grace in that regard, which has been partly responsible for putting me on the rum path that I’m on now. Since that moment in , I’ve always had a bottle of Mount Gay XO in my rum cabinet.
In , I don’t see it as the top rum in the world anymore.
Rum Review: Mount Gay XO
Mount Gay Extra Old
Up for review today is Mount Gay’s Extra Old rum. Mount Gay doesn&#;t provide any age statement on the bottle or their Web site, and while I have seen references indicating the product contains rums up to seventeen years old, the Ministry of Rum contends it’s a blend of seven, eight and ten year-old rums. Not in dispute is the fact that the Extra Old is aged in used Kentucky bourbon barrels and bottled at 83 proof. Let’s take a closer look at this fine Bajan product.
The bottle is substantial but plain. The shape is fairly unique, however, and the bottom of the bottle is quite thick. The black ink chips away easily from the gold label revealing unattractive nicks, but all in all, it’s a good presentation. Let’s remove the stout foil covering from the natural cork stopper and view what’s inside. (It should be noted that this particular bottle has an ill-fitting cork. It’s quite loose and I imagine if I turned it upside down, the rum would coming pouring out. Cork is a adj product and variations are to be expected, but