Mount Gay Rum
Mount Gay Rum is produced by Mount Gay Distilleries Ltd. of Barbados. In 2003 the company celebrated its 300th anniversary of the Mount Gay Rum product which it first produced in 1703, making it one of the oldest. Mount Gay Rum is sold in 66 countries but the primary market remains the USA. Several varieties are produced, including White, Extra Old, flavored (both mango and vanilla flavors are produced), as well as the flagship brand: Mount Gay Eclipse.
Mount Gay Rum is closely associated with sailing. Tales were told of sailors returning home with a barrel of Mount Gay in order to prove that they had reached Barbados - considered one of the most difficult islands in the Caribbean to reach. Today, the Mount Gay rum company is one of the main sponsors of the United States Sailing Association. [1] They also sponsor over 110 regatta events worldwide, with approximately 50 of those being based in the United States. Mount Gay is also one of the key ingredients in Stirling Punch, a drink named for famous yachtsman, America's Cup winner and Vanderbilt Sailing Club founder Harold Stirling Vanderbilt.
In 2007 Mount Gay was rated as being the favourite rum of America's "rich and famous". The rum was chosen as the winner of the 2007 Luxury Institute's "Luxury Brand Status Index" (LBSI) survey for premium rum.
The first drink James Bond orders in Casino Royale (2006) is not his trademark martini but a Mount Gay rum and soda.
Mount Gay Sugar Cane Brandy, a careful blend of specially selected rums of age up to seven years, is a fine product whose link with the sugar cane of Barbados is proudly reflected in its character. Not to be confused with generic 'brandy', the product is entirely rum. The name is a legacy from times when the product contained such a high proportion of double distillate that its organoleptic characteristics were much like those of brandy. In some markets, because of legal restrictions, the name ' Sugar Cane Rum' is used in place of the original name 'Sugar Cane Brandy'. (From the Mount Gay Rum website)
Mount Gay produces a "Pure Sugar Cane Rum" occasionally known outside of the US market as "Sugar Cane Brandy". The name difference is due to US law requiring "Brandy" to be a grape product.
"With sugar cane having been so long the lifeblood of Mt Gay, and one might suggest, of Barbados as well, Its fitting that a great rum should commemorate its qualities. Sugar Cane Rum is the result of a rigorous adherence to tradition, a continuing commitment to quality. A rich amber spirit, with a subtle sweetness, Sugar Cane Rum offers a harmonious fusion of vanilla and bitter almond in its taste, with a hint of smoky wood in the nose. The combination is achieved by deft blending of single distilled and double distilled rums of several ages, and by meticulous storage in charred oak barrels. The barrels come from Kentucky, US, and are used to age bourbon before they are used to age Mount Gay Rum. Such are the qualities of Sugar Cane Rum from Mount Gay. The world's oldest distillery dating back to 1703. Consistently smooth. Full bodied. Unique. An homage to the cane." From the Sugar Cane Label.
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External links
- Mount Gay Rum: Homepage
- France based -- Remy Cointreau - Current owners of Mount Gay
- EU Rum Project finances Distillery blending and ageing facilities in Barbados - July 20th, 2007
- Mount Gay opens new blending facilities; Prime Minister lauds project - July 20th, 2007
- Mount Gay doubles sales in US market - July 19th, 2007
- Mount Gay top Luxury brand - January 24th, 2006: Barbados Nation newspaper