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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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Very well balanced rum, pot still and column still blend without sugar or color added.
Smells wonderful similar to other aged unadulterated rums from Barbados, its a combination of bourbon whiskey and cognac barrel-aged rums. I would say the cognac is predominant love, a bit alcoholic at first but once you let it sit opens up great, the finish is smooth and long.
All in all a wonderful rum.
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3 years ago
MG has always been one of my favorites and the XO is one of the best they offer.
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3 years ago
Very, very drinkable especially if you are on a budget. Started drinking this in Barbados at the Mount Gay distillery tasting party. Love it on the rocks with a drop or 2 of lime.
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3 years ago
One of the oldest rums you can find, fantastic flavour, worth the money.
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3 years ago
A surprisingly good rum for the price. Pleasant on the nose with just a slight burn. Naturally sweet and neatly balanced with some ginger and white pepper notes.
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3 years ago
B-A-L-A-N-C-E
Nose and Palate both have Molasses, Wood, Cinnamon and Toffee
And guess what, you can focus on each element and have the reward of it singularly coming through to reward your senses.
Mr. Smith hit the target on this one, and each encounter delivers sub-MOA accuracy.
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3 years ago
This is definitely one of my favorites so far. Not to sweet not to dry, right down the middle. A spicy sweet fruity oak taste.
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over 3 years ago
Zvedavost mi nedala neochutnat jednu z najstarsich palenic rumov na svete. Vynimocne prekvapenie sa nekonalo, ale kto ma rad nedosladene rumy, trosku suchsie a horkejsie, tak mu moze chutit.
Mna ale az tak neoslovil.
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over 3 years ago
molassas on the nose with clove, brown sugar, and sweet on the palate. Overall it is a decent sipper, but not an exceptional sipper.
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over 3 years ago
What a great smooth and full flavour rum for the price. Easily one of my favourites hands down.
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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.