Mount Gay Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 23 BMMG

"This is a very atypical but delicious Rum from Mount Gay🤤Blind you’ll never say this is a MG 😅 The alcohol is integrated well. Some atypical tastes in mouth and finish with some notes of licorice, tobacco and a nice taste of the oak barrel. It‘s an awesome everyday rum with a good price per value ratio. I see this one slightly behind the 2000 MG from S.B.S Update: Found some nice licorice and rubber notes 😜 The second sip was a lot better, more impressive. By far the best from mount gay🤤🤤 enjoyed it a lot"

"A strong smokiness that fades with time and gives way to pineapple and lychee, which can also be found in the taste together with some chocolate. The whole thing is not Hampden Funky, but it is still exceptional in its own way. The finish is again completely different, leathery and nutty with some tobacco. Dry leather remains on the palate for a long time."

"I blindly guessed it to be Clarendon. It has a lot of bitter almond and marzipan in the taste. But if you know it, it is of course a typical Mount Gay. PLV very good!"

"Usually I find Mount Gay quite dry and spicy, but this is quite enjoyable. I had this as a comparison of different bottlings of this Marque, and found this to be the best variant, albeit by a small margin only."

"We tasted four Mount Gay 2000 releases at the Rum-X Community Tasting. The tasting was very entertaining, but the rums only made a small contribution. Overall, the rums were very similar, the differences lie in the nuances. Personally, I don't like the profile that much, as the fruit is simply missing. Even in the post-tasting, it is difficult to perceive new nuances in the fourth. Leading notes: banana and cereal (keyword: banana wheat 🤫), peach and peach iced tea are also new. In terms of taste, the rum club is venturing into new realms. It is significantly fruitier but also more acidic: pineapple and various citrus fruits, almost Jamaican. The floral notes remain in the background. The finish is not particularly exciting - the acidity almost takes over."

"Wow, dieser Barbados Rumclub hat echt eine fantastische Nase. Sehr, sehr fruchtig, vor allem Banane und Ananas sind erkennbar. Am Gaumen gefällt er mir dann nicht mehr so. Hier überwiegt leider der Alkohol."

"A rather atypical Barbados representative. In addition to fruity notes on the nose, there is also smoke, wood and a sweetness reminiscent of marzipan. The palate then turns back to the fruit notes with orange, mandarin and yellow fruits. Leather and barrel on the finish. I like it! 👍"

"05.04.2024 Mount Gay Extreme Rare online tasting mit Dirk. Retasting and I still think this is a pretty good release. Price to quality is very good in my mind. ----------------------- Typical barbados rum from nose to finish. Price to quality is very good. The nose is fruity and has light smoky wood to it and some vanilla after resting. The palate is typical Barbados with lots of fruit and smoky wood, vanilla and chocolate is trailing. The chocolate gets more obvious once the glass is empty and has been standing for a while. The rum draws nice curtains in the glass. The finish is long and warm with smoky wood and tropical fruits."

"A beautiful interplay of yellow fruit (mirabelle plum), wooden barrel and spices on the nose. This continues on the palate: toasty, spicy notes alternate with candied fruit and chocolate. The finish is spicy and rather dry."

"Tasted as a 5cl sample. Very atypical nose for Mount Gay and Barbados in general. Pineapple, yellow stone fruit, mirabelle plum, marzipan, vanilla, spices, wood and subtly smoky. A great nose that I would never have attributed to Barbados. In terms of taste, it is a little more in the direction of Barbados. The pineapple aroma is special here. Very mild, with a nice heavy consistency and a long finish. A top rum that I can't criticize. So far my favorite rum from Barbados."

"Auch diesen Rum gab es im Rare Tasting mit Dirk vom RumDepot. Er hat eine leichte Rauch Note, nussig, Mandeln, dazu einiges an Früchten, dazu eine ledrige Note. Hätte ich diese Blind verkostet wäre ich niemals auf Barbados gekommen."

"Nose: I would definitely describe it as dirty. Fruity and sweetish, but also smoky and reminiscent of plastic. The fruit is something between green apple and floury papaya, the sweetness something between honey, burnt sugar and marzipan. There is also some cookie dough. I like it overall. Palate: strong, spicy, a little fruity. Salty and bitter at first. Clearly resinous and rooty with a slight hint of mint. Also peppery with cardamom. The light fruitiness is difficult for me to discern, perhaps in the direction of grapefruit peel? There is some vanilla and leather at the back. Remains salty and bitter in the finish, with freshly cut branches at the very back. Nice nose, but too bitter on the palate for me."

"Zuallererst muss ich sagen, dass ich weder ein großer Barbados-, noch viel weniger ein Mount Gay Fan bin. Speziell die 2000er Mount Gays scheinen jedoch ein besonderer Jahrgang zu sein, der einige gute Abfüllungen bereit hält. Leider muss ich sagen, dass dieser neue Spirit of Rum eher nicht dazu zählt. Während die recht intensive Nase mit Aromen von gelben Früchten, einer würzigen Fassnote und einem Hauch süßen Marzipans lockt, enttäuscht mich der Gaumen etwas. Überraschend rauchig, mit zu viel Fass für meinen Geschmack, bleibt wenig Platz für typische Barbados-Aromatik. Das muss nichts schlechtes sein, ist in diesem Fall aber zumindest nichts besonders gutes. Eine pflanzliche, vielleicht gemüsige Note bleibt präsent, bis der Abgang sich durch trockene Noten Platz verschafft."

"Das ist einmal ein ganz anderer MG.. er schlägt deutlich aus der Art… ob dieses mir zusagt… da hadere ich noch mit mir… Unabhängig von der deutlich fruchtigere Note an der Nase und dem holzigen rauchigen Aroma am Gaumen ist da ein Aroma, dass mich irgendwie an Bohnerwachs erinnert! Um mir wirklich schlüssig zu werden, bedarf es eines weiteren Tastings! Vielleicht auch mal in einem Cocktail"

"Wie in den vergleichbaren Abfüllungen auch hier eine Klebstoffnote in der Nase. Im Vergleich ist dieser aber etwas süßer mit reifen gelben Früchten und schon fast einer Toffee Note. Die unreife Banane lässt sich aber auch hier finden. Die Nase ist insgesamt super komplex und macht Spaß! Im Mund im Gegensatz zum Rum Cask fruchtig, mit einer sauren, nicht reifen Ananas. Die Ähnlichkeit zu Whisky ist auch hier vorhanden. Neben der Frucht Noten verbirgt dominieren auch hier Holz und Gewürze. Der Abgang ist sehr tanninlastig, nicht so meins."