Mount gay extra old xo
Rum Review: Mount Gay XO
Mount Lgbtq+ Extra Old
Up for review today is Mount Gay’s Extra Old rum. Mount Gay doesn&#;t provide any age declaration 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 proof that the Extra Mature is aged in used Kentucky bourbon barrels and bottled at 83 proof. Let’s take a closer look at this nice Bajan product.
The bottle is substantial but plain. The shape is fairly distinct, however, and the bottom of the bottle is quite thick. The ebony ink chips away easily from the gold label revealing unattractive nicks, but all in all, it’s a good presentation. Let’s remove the thick foil covering from the innate 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 conceive if I turned it upside down, the rum would coming pouring out. Cork is a innate product and variations are to be expected, but this is a quality control issue, and will lead to rapid oxidation.)
In the glass, the rum is gold,
Mount Gay XO - Aged vs New - Rum Review
- Ivar
- Dec 7,
- 5 min read
Mount Gay XO is somewhat of an institution in the rum society. It’s been around for a very long second and has been one of the great examples of aged rum from Barbados. It was super premium when the phrase super premium wasn’t a thing yet. It was one of the rare 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 watch it as the foremost rum in the nature anymore. There is no best rum in the world to me. I see it more as a reference rum. If someone new to the cat
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Mount Gay Extra Old or XO as they appear to have re-branded it. For those in the know Mount Gay Extra Old is often recognizable as MGXO. The XO notation on the Mount Gay is pretty typical across the rum and spirits industry to denote an aged spirit (without actually noting how mature it is!).
As the Mount Gay Distillery is the oldest official distillery in the world established as the label denotes, I don&#;t think we desire to worry too much about the heritage and authenticity of the contents of this Extra Vintage rum.
The more established distilleries use labels such as XO because they cannot guarantee the exact mix of rum&#;s which will be used in every batch of rum produced. Each cask will be different and the technique in making rum &#;uniform&#; comes in the shape of the master blender.
The master blender at Mount Gay is in the shape of Allen Smith who has been with the distillery over 20 years. Again this adds a guarantee as to what you will acquire in the glass.
Mount Lgbtq+ have recently re-branded their bottles and introduced a few new lines in the shape of Inky Barrel and a not many limited edition cask end editions have also appeared.
The new presentation of the Mount Gay Extra Aged C
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