Mount Gay Eclipse

A good basic rum with a lot of spice notes from the heavy char whiskey barrels that they use. Unfortunately, it doesn't play well with other ingredients, but one of the best lightly aged rums for a Barbados rum punch. Basically needs bitters to make it shine in cocktails. On it's own, it's fine, but I'll reach for other rums before this one for neat pours or basic cocktails.

Tasted this against other Barbados rums. The flavor is nice, subtle, but did not find it out of the ordinary. Would be excellent as a mixing rum and it is at a great price point. It could be used in limited ingredient cocktails, but it will have a milder taste.

Nothing great to write home about but perfectly drinkable - pay a little more and go for the Black Barrel

Note: I'm a sipper. My opinion is based on sipping characteristics.

I'll start off saying I had greater expectations and that lead me to feel more disappointed than I should probably have been. For some reason I thought it will be close to otherwise 4 times more expensive XO. Why, I don't really know. I guess, I just *wanted* it to be close. And, of course, it ain't. It's rough, all right. Without a dash of water, it simply burns your throat. And that's almost all you'd get. Unlike in other instances, where afterburn is actually pleasing, this one is not and is simply overwhelming. I could not taste or smell much else, as it was the heat that was all over my mouth and nostrils. Dash of water kind of soften things a bit, but still the experience was not much of a joy for me. There are way more complex options in this price range, check my 6 and 7's for few better ideas.

Zapach: Pierwsze co to uderza alkohol, herbata, lekka dębina, trochę karmelu, cytrusy. Wyczuwalny młoda baza, zapach nieskomplikowany oraz niezbyt intensywny.

Smak: Początkowo lekka słodycz, cukierki krówka, brązowy cukier ale za chwile uderza gorzki aromat alkoholu. Dalej jest dębina oraz przyprawy. Czuć tu sporą młodość

Jak na rum zapach jest wyjątkowo mało aromatyczny, niestety smak nie dowozi tego co spodziewamy się po zapachu. Do drinków nada sie wysmienicie ale brugal anejo albo złota havana niestety zjada ten rum na wejściu. Na etykiecie nie ma info że to rum stazony, tylko handcrafted. Podobno leżakowany do dwóch lat jednak dalbym sobie reke uciac ze nie jest to górna granica tej wartosci lat

OCENA 51/100

Decent and reasonably priced rum. Good mixer for cocktails.

Decent enough bang for your buck cheap, drinkable rum. Nothing special, but nothing particularly wrong with it either. Which is good enough for this price.

Mount Gay rums generally have a great flavour profile, but I found this one rather bland. Really quite rough to drink neat, but flavours are awoken once mixed with ice, a lime wedge and coke.

When I first started drinking "rum" aka sailor jerry and Captain Morgan I kept thinking that it was supposed to taste sweeter and have way less bite from what I saw in the pirate movies. What I found was that most of the rums out there are very reprehensible tasting. Especially the most recognizable ones. When I tasted the sugar cane rum from Haiti it made sense why the pirates said it was sweet. Barbancourt 8 year to be precise. It was fucking magical because I just thought rum actually tasted like shit. But it turds out that I was drinking the wrong shit out of the butthole of life.

There's many other cheaper lightly aged mixers better than this. I bought one bottle to try and it will be my last. A bit harsh and little flavor. Suitable as a base mixer but don't go seeking this rum.

For the same job get Appleton Signature ot Plantation 3 Star.