Mount Gay Eclipse

While in Barbados in 2011, my wife and I toured the Mount Gay distillery in Bridgetown and sampled some of their products including Mount Gay Eclipse and Mount Gay Extra Old, both of which we used as mix for rum punches. Upon our return home we purchased a bottle of each.

Fast forward to April 2017, the same two bottles are still in our liquor cabinet but are just about empty. Tonight I sipped on the remainder of both products to determine how the two fare as "sipper" Rum.

I must say that I was doubtful either of these two rums would qualify for decent sipping rums given the fact that 1) they were fairly inexpensive and 2) the bottles had been opened 6 years ago and both were less than 1/3 full.

I was pleasantly surprised with both samples of Mount Gay Eclipse and Mount Gay Extra Old. While the Mount Gay Eclipse rum is light and not as complex as the few aged rums I have sampled, it was nevertheless tasty. In my opinion Mount Gay Eclipse is a better mix than a sipping rum.

The second sample (Mount Gay Extra Old) was darker, tastier and more flavourful than the Eclipse and I really enjoyed its taste. Will without a doubt acquire a bottle of Mount Gay Extra Old in the near future. This rum makes an excellent mix but as a stand alone it is a respectable rum to drink neat. For this reason I will rate this rum as an 8.

A solid, light rum. Decent taste. A bit thin, but it is column made.

An unremarkable light-bodied rum. Would not use for anything other than mixed drinks and I prefer Appleton VX for that anyways.

Αξιοπρεπές εναλλακτικό μίξερ για να προσθέσετε κάποιο χαρακτήρα στο αγαπημένο σας κοκτέιλ με ρούμι. Δε θα έλεγα ότι είναι καλή επιλογή να το πιείτε straight, με πάγο ή έστω με φλούδα πορτοκαλιού.

After so many years of searching for a tasty mixer that is cheap and never does a number on your system, Mount Gay Eclipse wins hands down. I only wish that it were as widely available back then as it is now, since it could have saved me lots of Bacardi hangovers in the seventies. This one is even okay on the rocks, but never neat. However, thanks to my bad experience with their XO at more than double the price, I probably won't buy any more from Mount Gay.

It's an basic rum, I wanted to like it but found it lacking in character and rather bland. Even mixed with coke did nothing much for me. It's no anejo especial (havana club) and around the same price.

Let's be honest, it's a very cheap rum, but as a mixer it's actually decent for what it is

Don't get me wrong it was ok but I had anticipated something really good.

Tunn men lättdrucken. Ok för priset men inget att köpa hem

Ok for mixing but nothing else. I wouldnt buy this rum again though.