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Mount Gay Extra Old (often written "OX") is a blend of rums aged between 8 and 15 years in American bourbon barrels.
Mount Gay Distilleries is the oldest operating distillery in the Americas - producing rum in Barbados since 1703. It's original name was Mount Gilboa, and in 1801 renamed Mount Gay after the distillery's manager Sir John Gay Alleyne.
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This rum will be regularly in my cabinet. For the price is the best choice If You like the taste of the wood right at the end of the sip
Wyraźny aromat melasy, toffi, waty cukrowej, wanilii, po ogrzaniu także skórzane nuty. W smaku melasa, wanilia, beczka, skóra. Finisz długi, początkowo słodki, ale przełamany słodyczą toffi i wanilii.
If you’re looking for a decent rum with a burn and not very sweet, Mount Gay XO is a good option. I’d prefer it to be a little sweeter but it is not bad.
8:The nose of this Barbados rum is all balance and sweetness. Coconut enters first, followed by the tobacco of a mild cigar. There's thickness. One thinks of a butterscotch or a vanilla crème brûlée. The coconut is always at the forefront, slightly warmed and lightly toasted. The fruit is also worked on: the banana is cooked and the mango stewed.There's more power on aeration, the profile is less buttery, there's no boredom. Now it's the more vegetal, woody side of coconut that comes through, mixed with almond. In this more refreshing dynamic, we return to fresh fruit with more acidity.
8:The palate is not overly sweet, and this is a rum with character. A hint of mango pulp initiates a smooth mid-palate, with full-bodied tobacco and butterscotch. The rum is full-bodied and never alcoholic.
7,5:The finish melts like butter. A caramelized woodiness remains, a sign of fine maturity.
Reading about the Distillery in Modern Carribean Rum, so why not open a bottle of Mount Gay. A combo of fruit and oak with some buttery tones on the nose. The palate shows more fruit than oak. However it is a bit thin, without much body (probably due to coming in at 43 ABV).
It's very whisky forward? the cask aging really takes control and ild make this as an old fashioned to surprise guests with rum instead. Interesting, not my favorite though.
So the story goes like this - I was still pretty fresh rum sipper and I wanted to treat my self with something "better". At local discount my eyes crossed with something that looked very decent, not toi mention the "XO" sign which I thought was a guarantee of getting really nicely aged rum*. At first the taste was too strong and dry for me, but later I realised that Mount Gay XO is one of my favs!
No strong ethanol smell, amazing pure cane sugar scent, slightly dry, slightly tart in the mouth, but with a soft, pleasant finish. I drunk it solo, but I also added it to cocktails and with that kind of rum any drink was SUPERB.
Definitely it would be a must-have in my cabinet and I'm curious about other Mount Gay rums.
Subtle spice permeates through the whole experience but then appears strongly on the finish. Full-bodied and present from the moment it enters ones mouth and the finish seems to go on forever. There isn't too much sweetness going on but has the occasional undertone. £55 retail is a very fair price to pay for a woody rum that makes itself felt in each sip.
Rating: 7/10
Smell - raisin, woody, demerara sugar
Taste - dried fruit, treacle, banana, little spice
After Taste - medium to long lasting, woody, nutmeg, very present, holds really well
Typical MG quality; but bourbon’s need for new casks every batch means other distillers are going for their old barrels (cheap); but if I wanted to drink bourbon, I would!
Off topic, but don’t drink Scotch that’s been in US wood either. Tastes rough and cheap. Needs Sherry wood.
The thing is this: rum producers must compete for drinkers who are often more familiar with other spirits — so unfortunately they borrow these others’ methods. And they shouldn’t! (What is Appleton thinking? 30yo rum indeed!)
'ripe banana and toast, followed by vanilla, pastry and...'
"Mount Gay Extra Old rum review by The Ultimate Rum Guide"
It is spicy especially on the finish and a little bit short.
"The nose is very fruity. Raisin, prunes and currants with a little banana and some tropical fruits a little pineapple perhaps."
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Honestly it's just a more expensive worse version of the Plantation XO so just skip this one