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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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I've seen various Mount Gay rums but always overlooked them and never tried any. The XO was very good and I realize I've been missing out. Very smooth. Love the babana.
I've tried lots of dark rum offerings over the years but this one is my absolute favorite. The experience is amazing from beginning to end. It looks great in the glass and the first sip is immediately loaded with burnt sugar and molasses. Spices and caramel follow and the swallow is out of this world without much burn or fire. An amazing rum! I do like to try other rums just for variety and adventure but I always have this one on the shelf for those days when I deserve a reward!
Excellent balance of fruit flavors. Rounded with a smooth finish. Leaves a nice taste in the mouth.
Almost perfect on most levels.
Enjoy!
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2 months ago
Beautiful to drink, smooth and delicious, a great rum
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3 months ago
If you don't have much to spend this is the rum you should try at least once
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4 months ago
Smooth, drink neat with no burn. Delicious! An authentic dark rum to be drunk on its own, perhaps with a single ice cube
This is one of my favorites as it's fairly different from the ones that I usually drink. In my opinion, it's not even sweet, has a good woody aroma and has a bit of nice wamth when swallowing. Used to be my sipping rum for laid back evenings.
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10 months ago
I really enjoyed this one. For sure one I can recommended.
This is a smooth rum, sipped neat or with one ice. Its sweetness is limited. I enjoy it over a calm evening.
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over 1 year ago
Tasted at Laka Lono on 10/14/21. Rich caramel aroma. Delicious! Rich fruity brandy-like. Long toffee finish.
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MGXO has a super nice balance of dry, smokey, sweet, and oaky barrel flavor. There are hints of marshmallow vanilla along with chocolate, leather, and oak. Some subtle dried cherries and molasses flavor as well. I'm a bourbon fan which may be why I like this so much. There is a noticeable complexity of flavors it has besides just sweetness. There is a wonderful dry element to this one and I prefer it on the rocks at 43% alcohol. Extremely happy with this and will definitely be buying again. Update: coming back to this was difficult at first, I have tried so many "premium" sugary rums since and I couldn't appreciate it the way I used to. Over a few sessions of sipping at first it was just too hot and I could only taste the alcohol, then I added a little bit of water and time to the equation. After breathing and a dab of water I was able to recollect my initial love for this rum with its natural dry fruit/molasses sweetness and smooth finish. It's notably smoother on the finish than Doorly's 12 year and I can say that for sure now.