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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 is great rum. Very subtlety sweet, with a smiley dark caramel and vanilla flavors. Neat it has a nice spice to it but not over powering. On the rocks it mellows nicely but maintains a strong, dark, smokey flavor. The scent is also smooth, mellow, and subtlety sweet caramel. It's a great rum overall and probably I would have rated this a 9 in the past. But recently I've had the Mount Gay black barrel which is cheaper than this and in my opinion, it's the better rum excluding the price. I've also rated the BB for those that are interested, bit won't reshash that review here. The XO is a fantastic rum and you can not go wrong with it. But for my tastes, I narrowly prefer the Mount Gay Black Barrel and since it's cheaper, the BB is now my go to.