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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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Posted
over 2 years ago
Great colour, rich bold flavours. Plenty of body, smooth. Loved it. Would recommend. My version of this Reserve Blend is 43% abv. 8.5
Posted
over 3 years ago
...when I lived and worked in Barbados for a summer when I was 19. Smooth and goes with anything.
Posted
over 3 years ago
Im Geruch fein nach Rosinen, Pflaumen und GewΓΌrze,
SchΓΆne Bernsteinfarben,
Im Geschmack sehr ausgewogen, getrocknete FrΓΌchte, GewΓΌrze, ein ganz wenig SΓΌΓe gut eingebunden und trotz 43% Alkohol nicht zu scharf.
Fazit: ein sehr guter Rum mit sehr gutem Preis/LeistungsverhΓ€ltnis.
Einer meiner Favoriten in meiner Sammlung.
I am not a professional, but this rum is anything that I ve tried. Amazing vanilla taste, smooth, this is very good
Tastes a little similar to the Mount Gay black barrel but a lot smoother. Enjoyable sipped straight
MG XO is smooth enough to sip yet robust enough to mix without getting lost in the mix. Although very obviously rum it's reminiscent of a Highland region single malt in terms of smoothness, dried fruit and alcoholic kick, may be its the common use of ex bourbon barrels in Highland malts as with MG XO for maturation.
Neat, or on ice, always enjoyable. Respect it, but mostly appreciate this rum for the complexity it provides.
Posted
7 years ago
It's a nice rum, gets better as you let it breath, not too sweet.
Posted
7 years ago
Very smooth for very little to no added sugar.
An amazing sipper with a lot of depth and oaky flavor for the value:
Posted
over 7 years ago
As the title says, this is my first sipping rum. I've only had rum in mixed drinks and decided that it's time for me to grow up and have some big boy drinks. Hehe. I decided to start with this one since it is often seen as a standard for tasting rum.
Overall I'm happy with my decision.
I smell fruit and spice. It's a little sweet smelling. I don't get the banana that others report, but that's good since I hate banana.
On my tongue, I get some spiciness, mainly pepper. I also detect some fruit, but my palate isn't refined enough yet to narrow it down.
I'll be judging all future rums against this one.
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The barrel aging comes through strong and its pretty darn dry so if you have a sugar tooth your not going to like this. This is a straight up neat in a tumbler whisky and rye drinkers rum. I like that it's bottled at 43% the extra heat makes for a warming session. This is perfect cool weather rum for occasions such as an evening spent on the beach.
I'm doing a side by side with the Brugal 1888 which has a higher grassy cane tone and maybe for that a justified 40% hence smoother quality but still I just think all rum should be bottled above 80 proof.
Both are top notch and side by side it's like Simon and Garfunkel but your not sure which one is Simon.
If you are exploring the world of Rum such as I and are coming from a single malt or bourbon background than this is a 100% sure bet must try at least once. It may not be your favorite but there is no way your going to be disappointed. For me I have placed a rather large 'YES' stamp on my file card.
I now know this is the goods.