Mount Gay Extra Old XO Reserve Cask 15yr 43%

"The rum is very harmonious and complex. Good PLV"

"This is definitely a Bajan style rum. Heavy and yet well balanced. This release is better than the one from 2011."

"Easy Sipping from BarbadosToo thin. Could use significantly more alcohol."

"A very round and greedy rum. It lacks a bit of character and complexity, that's for sure, but it remains a very nice product. Between the flan and the crème brûlée."

"A little high quality-price ratio, but for a sweet rum, it does quite well"

"Very woody and rather dry"

"It’s a super solid Barbadian rum. Just about mixable without feeling bad but stands up superbly as a 86 proof sipper. Lovely nose, balanced mouth feel and enough complexity to keep it interesting. Lacks the syrupy complexity of the Foursquare ECS series but when in the mood for something less complex and easier to drink it’s one of my go to rums (and one of the best Rum Old Fashioned base’s there is in my view)"

"A good starter rum. Industrial quality but affordable and of a good standard. Very pleasant with dessert. I find Oliver's rating rather harsh. A 69 but it's true that there's better. After a second or third tasting, I'm changing the rating to 80 because I think it's underrated "

"Absolute basic rum. No sugar and you can taste it. Really an honest rum. The aroma is slightly fruitier and sweeter than the taste, which is dominated by woody and spicy aromas. A pleasant finish follows. The Mount Gay XO shows how a well-balanced unsweetened rum can taste without a lot of frills. For me, it is one of the best rums in the €40 price segment. I hope the new master blender at Mount Gay Distilleries at least maintains the quality of her predecessors with her new XO, the Triple Cask."

"My first time tasting this old bottling of the MG XO and it is very surprising. 👃 provides sweet tones of vanilla, caramel, burnt sugar, oak barrels and banana & coconut very faintly. Palate is fairly sweet with caramel, vanilla, chocolate with slight oaky barrel tones and very lovely touch of spicy notes such as black pepper but overall very subtle and great sipping rum. I like this old bottling very much. I will be comparing it with the new one as I have the bottle in stash too."