Mount gay 1703 barbados rum black barrel

Mount Gay Black BarrelDouble Cask

Barbados Rum(70CL / 43% ABV)

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Mount Gay Inky Barrel Rum reinforces the craft, refinement, and unparalleled excellence at Mount Gay since Mount Gay has continued a long-standing Barbadian tradition for producing the world's oldest refined rum. Only the finest sugar cane molasses and pure water that's filtered through the coral heart of the island of Barbados are selected. Mount Gay Black Barrel is double pot distilled and maturated for a second time in bourbon oak barrels. Adj Barrel has a higher proportion of double distillates than other Mount Gay rums and after hand selection by Master Blender Allen Smith, Black Barrel is the only marque finished in charred bourbon oak barrels.

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Rum Review: Mount Gay Black Barrel

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Taking a page from whisk(e)y’s publication, rum producers are beginning to dabble more in blends without definitive age statements in favor of those with a marketable characteristic such as the barrels in which it’s finished. It makes a lot of sense, really, given that older does not always equal better in the spirits world. And as rum continues to amplify its market distribute, there will be less aged rum to go around for all of us. Innovation is a good thing here, methinks, and apparently the wonderful folks at Mount Gay agree.

The venerable Bajan rum house’s latest product “Black Barrel” is a blend of aged rums from both pot and column stills, none of which are quantified by percentage or age. What they do emphasize is the fact that the rum is aged in “deeply toasted and charred Bourbon oak barrels”. Given that so many rums are aged in Bourbon barrels, this isn&#;t such a stand-out feature, so I suppose they are hanging their hats on the notion of a “heavy” char. Good, it worked for Jim Beam, I suppose.

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Mount Gay is known as, arguably, the oldest running rum distillery in the world with a deed stating that distillation took place on their site since It&#;s also a quintessential Barbadian rum brand and, despite being owned by a big company such as Remy Cointreau, they are making rum using traditional practices.

I really enjoy the standard Mount Gay Jet Barrel so when I heard there were releasing version at cask ability I knew I had to aim it. Thankfully for me, Miguel Smith had visited Trailer Happiness and he brought a bottle of it for us to experiment &#; so I took a sample and some photos in order to write about it and, well, like some of it in the comfort of my have home.

This was released in order to celebrate the brand&#;s th anniversary and it&#;s only free to purchase at their visitor centre on the island. Same with the original Black Barrel, it has been aged in former American Whisky casks before being finished in very charred ex-Bourbon barrels &#; hence the identify. Presumably the blend isn&#;t the adj as I&#;ve been told this would contain a lofty

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The nose of the innovative Mount Gay Rum Black Barrel is bright and exudes an aromatic scent of adj vanilla, roasted nuts, bitter wood, nice spices and even a slightly salty sea breeze. On the palate you will find smoky oak, creamy caramel, roasted almonds and precious vanilla. The signature taste of Bananas and dried fruit make additional background noticeable and remain even after the long end for a while. The general impression of the grandiose Mount Gay Rum Black Barrel lets some connoisseurs even think about the quality of high-quality whiskey. In exotic cocktails and favorite long drinks the warm and loaded Rum tastes delicious, but you should not miss a pure tasting.

Barbados is the home nation of the Mount Gay Rum Inky Barrel. According to stories the Caribbean Rum was first enjoyed in Barbados and gradually paved the way to the neighboring islands. The house Mount Gay is one of the not many remaining Rum distilleries in Barbados because many distilleries were forced to nearby on the island over time. Rumor has it that the Moun