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Mount Gay Master Select
About Mount Gay Master Select
Mount Gay Distillery is located in Barbados. The brand dates all the way back to and is said to be one of the oldest rum houses in the world. The Distillery, initially named Mount Gilboa, was renamed at the turn of the 19th century, adopting distillery manager Sir John Gay Alleyne’s namesake.
Today the distillery produces high-quality rum using the best ingredients, which includes coral-filtered water, a combination of naturally-occurring yeast and their proprietary strain. They employ a combination of pot and column stills, blending together the intense aromas and flavors of the first with the smoothness of the second. Over the past 4 decades they have had 4 Master Blenders, the current one being Trudiann Branker. The spirit matures in American Whiskey, Bourbon, and Cognac oak casks, with others being brought in for various special editions. Mount Gay is home to the largest stock of aged rum in Barbados.
The Master Select expression is a limited annual release and a blend of their finest liquids. Each year the Master Ble
Mount Gay Master Select revealed
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A Master-ful Rum: Mount Gay Master Select
The high end of the rum market in America is much less plentiful than the lofty end of the whisky market. Blame it on consumer demand (or lack thereof), or other factors, the reality is that it&#;s pretty hard to find an extensive selection of super premium options in this category.
Which is why I&#;m always excited when a new super premium rum is released&#; even if that rum is just the annual edition of an ongoing series.
On that note, I recently got my hands on the newest edition of Mount Gay&#;s MasterSelect, which was released in February. This year&#;s release contains rums aged between 10 and 30 years and retails for about $If you don&#;t recall hearing about Master Select previously, it&#;s because this product was previously known as Old Cask Selection.
Same product, new name (and new bottle). But, it is still, according to Mount Gay, the distillery&#;s &#;rarest&#; rum available.
Credit for the blend goes to Mount Gay&#;s Master Blender Allen Smith. Smith has been with the distillery since the early s, and originall