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Mount Gay XO Extra Old rum

Mount Gay XO Extra Old

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Barbados | Aged | 40% ABV

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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747 Mount Gay XO Extra Old Ratings

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Rob 🇺🇸 | 50 ratings
Posted over 7 years ago

You can tell its an well aged high quality rum. One of the dryer rums I have tried. It is not the best i have come across but i prefer it to the overly sweet rums like zaya and plantation xo.

CJ1999 🇬🇧 | 95 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Strong and smooth with a nice touch of sweetness. Perfect for a casual drink if you’re looking for something nice

Pirate 🇬🇷 | 30 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

I managed to find the oldest bottle, with the Barbados depiction thereupon. Greatly balanced, rich taste, pleasant burn, crisp and satisfying. One of the finest drinks that i've ever tasted out there, period. I followed the suggestions with coconut-water ice-cubes and it was okay, but i still prefer it neat.

I also managed to get a hold of its evolution, by Allen Smith, the black box one with golden letters. This felt way better, even though it was like stronger, dryer, harsher, with more powerful burn. This one i liked much better and prefer clearly. With coconut water ice-cubes, it becomes much smoother and way more tasty! If you strain yourself a bit though, you can perfectly drink it neat. With cola i didn't like it much, because its taste gets toned down quite a bit. Dominant wood and hints of smoke. Its every sip reeks of awesomeness and style! Allen, we miss you dearly!

RumSwanson 🇺🇸 | 6 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

This is a great sipping rum, especially if you're just starting out. Not as funky as other sippers in the same price range, but still delicious. A very round flavor profile that just envelopes your pallet. Goes down easy.

Gavin_J1987 🇬🇧 | 3 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

This was my first XO and wow was it worth it. Tempted to go 10 but not sure I can place it above Diplomatico which is my favourite to date. But this is smooth and sweet - amazing straight and I also enjoyed with a tiny squeeze of lime and ice

Dimitris 🇬🇷 | 87 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

New version taste is little exotic, little fruity and a touch sweet with medium lenght in aftertaste of cognac & bourbon oak. Overall pleasant good rum and flavour profile is close to Plantation XO.

BingChen 🇻🇳 | 27 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

This is an excellent non-sweet rum with rich aromas suitable for whisky drinkers. The beginning of the nose offers a hint of cinnamon spice, reminds me of the Johnny Walker blue label. Easily one of my favorites.

SPEHUN 🇭🇺 | 121 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Mount Gay is a quality product to the world of rum. Mount Gay serves a great bridge point to all drinkers. It is not sweet enough to scare away those who prefer earthy/dry spirits (scotch drinkers). It also is not

Rotem oren 🇮🇱 | 11 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

This is Sooo good
Amazing smell, sweet and oaky.
The thast is tropicaly sweet and full of molasess.
The finish is the best, you get a mouth wash of butter-cookies.
I'm having a lot of fun with this bottle.

Seko 🇨🇿 | 205 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

I have tried the updated blend, from ex-whisky, ex-bourbon, ex-cognac barrels. This is a beautifully crafted rum, a true classic with slightly lighter tones than the old blend by adding the ex-cognac barrels aged part which I appreciate. Beautiful, rich nose, with hits of coconut, oak and champaign, well matching, balanced taste which adds tones of vanilla, toffee, spices and charred oak. To give it a better score - I would appreciate more refined finish, it is kind of earthy, with hoppy bitterness to it - but nevertheless, it is a an honest unadulterated rum, no sugar, true pleasure.

PineWood 🇧🇪 | 19 ratings
Posted over 3 years ago

Nose of crême brulée. Perfectly dry taste, no alcohol burn and long and velvety finish. Very good, and for its value I would probably rate it 9/10.




Brand Details

Name: XO Extra Old
ABV: 40%
Type: Mount Gay
Raw Material: Unknown
Process: Pure blend (1 distillery)
Distillation: Unknown
Women leading Rum: Yes

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