Beverage of the Week (B.O.W)
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BOW for the Week of: August 11 to August 17, 2010
Mount Gay proudly carries the moniker of ‘the world’s oldest rum distillery.’ With more than 300 years of history Mount Gay has become synonymous with its home island of Barbados and the entire rum world.
Mount Gay uses both pot stills and column stills. Pot Stills produce rums with a sense of heft and deep, sweet and spicy flavors while column stills produce rums with cleaner, fruity flavors. The marriage of rums from these two production methods results in rums with great texture and complexity that are well-suited for mixing while being contemplative and delicious with nothing but a glass.
Their distinctive, ‘Extra Old’ is a special blend of 12 to 17 year-old rums. This rum is Mount Gay’s elite bottling and is widely considered to be within the select group of the world’s greatest rums.
