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- Category Dark Rum
- Country Barbados
- Region Caribbean
- Distillery Mount Gay
- Age 8-15 Year Old
- Style Dark Rum
- Maturation White oak ex-Bourbon barrels
- Alcohol 43%*
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The story of Mount Gay Rum begins in the year 1703, on the Caribbean island of Barbados, when John Sober (seriously?!) inherited a distillery, and invited Sir John Gay to help manage it. Sir John Gay jumped at the opportunity to give the Barbadians something special. He refined the production process and began producing noticeably superior product that has survived to this day. Mount Gay is the oldest Rum brand in the World. A distillery with a 300-year tradition and Master Distiller Allen Smith at its helm. How can this expression go wrong? You’re right it cannot... and it didn’t.
MGXO is a fantastic blend consisting of a wide range of sassy Rums from 8 to 15 years of age, all of which were nursed in American White Oak ex-Kentucky Bourbon barrels. MGXO’s excellence was awarded many a time (e.g. Trophy at the 2001 International Spirits Challenge in London), but even though it is very highly regarded among Rum-inados, it’s still often overlooked by noobs who look for "premium" on the label... don’t be that guy. To covet or not to covet? Hmm… not really a tough nut to crack, is it?
- Category Dark Rum
- Country Barbados
- Region Caribbean
- Distillery Mount Gay
- Age 8-15 Year Old
- Style Dark Rum
- Maturation White oak ex-Bourbon barrels
- Alcohol 43%*
Appearance / Color
Gold, copper and bronze
Nose / Smell / Aroma
Deep and complex. Dark molasses, brown sugar, luxurious oak, cocoa, baking spices, oak, ripe fruit.
Flavor / Taste / Palate
Rich, tropical and dry. Molasses, apples, vanilla, toffee, ripe banana, canned & dried fruit.
Finish
A punch of flavor with some biscuits & molasses.
Flavor Spiral TM
About the Flavor Spiral
What does Mount Gay XO Reserve Cask taste like?
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The Flavor Spiral™ shows the most common flavors that you'll taste in Mount Gay XO Reserve Cask and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
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Mount Gay
XO Reserve Cask
Dog Dogson's
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It is often misunderstood that the little red star on the image of the island on Mount Gay Rum's original bottle represents the location of the distilleries, but in fact, it symbolizes the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown. The distilleries are actually in the northern part of the island.
In 1757, Sir John Gay Alleyne was elected to the Parliament of Barbados, a seat he held down for the next forty years. His contemporaries even considered giving him the title: The Most Important Man in Barbados.
The oldest surviving deed for the Mount Gay Distillery is from 1703, making Mount Gay Rum the world’s oldest commercial Rum distillery.
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Dog Dogson's
Smartass corner
It is often misunderstood that the little red star on the image of the island on Mount Gay Rum's original bottle represents the location of the distilleries, but in fact, it symbolizes the capital of Barbados, Bridgetown. The distilleries are actually in the northern part of the island.
In 1757, Sir John Gay Alleyne was elected to the Parliament of Barbados, a seat he held down for the next forty years. His contemporaries even considered giving him the title: The Most Important Man in Barbados.
The oldest surviving deed for the Mount Gay Distillery is from 1703, making Mount Gay Rum the world’s oldest commercial Rum distillery.
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