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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 is very smooth and yet a bit dry. Lots of butterscotch, vanilla and some spices on the nose. Let it rest for a few minutes and some of the alcoholic character goes away. The taste is heaven, some sweet fruity (without being sugar) tones to start with, then some burned sugar cane, vanilla and it all ends up with more spicy tones and lingers for a while. Most def one of my favourites!
Alcohol on the nose and on the tongue. Not the smooth sipper I was hoping for. Sadly similar to a Myers Style rum but at a price that was higher than I would like to spend on a mixing rum. Disappointed
Trying to get past the sweet rums which Iβve been tasting as a beginner. Didnβt really knock me off my feet. I put a pinch of brown sugar in it and then it was enjoyable. I guess Iβm still stuck in the sweet rum stage !
Im reading the other reviews and im just myself starting my rum voyage. Ive now learned that im more inclined towards the somewhat sweeter Matusalem gran reserve, solera 23 or the Plantation barbados xo 20th anniversary. With this said the Mount gay xo does what it does perfectly. It is less sweet, it is more distinct and i like it.
Tento rum mne malinko pΕekvapil svojΓ drsnostΓ s pomalΓ½m dozvukem chuti na konci sklenice. ΕΓ‘dnΔ jsem si jej vychutnal, nicmΓ©nΔ pΕi pΕΓmΓ©m srovnΓ‘nΓ mi chutnal o nΔco malinko vΓce Mount Gay Black Barrel.
Pleasant rum to sip on. Noticeable vanilla aromas and very smooth.
Light amber, spicy, vanilla aroma, silky round taste
Love it neat or on ice. Might become my house rum.
At the edge of being a sipping rum or not as it is dry and not that sweet (note I prefer non-sweet rums, so if sweet is your thing deduct 1 from my score) but well rounded, very down the middle in a good way
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I like the aftertaste and the overall flavour, but it's hard for me to enjoy just due to the harshness of the rum, it feels rather coarse down the throatto me.