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052B635E-9690-4640-B50C-DA7DF101DEBABarbados Mount Gay
Mount Gay Extra Old XO Cask Strength Rum 70cl bottle
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Aged rum · 15 years · 63%

Mount Gay Extra Old XO Cask Strength Rum

Aimed at drinkers who want a Barbadian sipper with the volume turned up: at 63% this pours coconut, vanilla, burnt sugar and oak with a floral, toasted-orange nose. Several tasters note it drinks close to a Foursquare from the bourbon cask, and one liked that it "taste more like FSQ with just MG tail." The catch a few raise: the alcohol isn't always cleanly integrated.

The community says
  • Full-bodied cask strength
  • Coconut and vanilla
  • But: Hot, under-integrated alcohol

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The look inside the bottle

How does Mount Gay Extra Old XO Cask Strength Rum taste?

Summarized by AI from 22 community reviews.

Coconut-and-oak Bajan at full cask strength Well-made 15-year cask-strength Bajan with coconut, vanilla and oak. Loved by some as full-bodied and balanced; others find the heat under-integrated and the distillery character faint.

Perfect for

People who like dry, oaky Bajan rum at full strength

Less suitable for

Anyone sensitive to hot, high-ABV spirits

Experience level · Expert (4/5)

Style & occasion: Mature & oakySipping neat

Full aroma profile Aroma families · nose & palate · top aromas
Flavor profile
Sweet & dessert
Spice
Wood
Dried fruit
Roasted & dark
Fruit
Funk & ester
Vegetal & floral

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Community voices

What does the community say?

8.2/10 Very good

22 community reviews
6 selected write-ups on this page, all of them in the RumX app

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Distribution of all 22 ratings
9–10 18%
8–9 36%
7–8 36%
6–7 0%
5–6 0%
4–5 9%
0–4 0%

Ranges include their upper bound: “7–8” means above 7 up to and including 8. See the full rating guide

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Most helpful positive review

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Oct 20207,207 reviewsDenmark
9.3/10

This is a great full body cask strength rum and I can only recommend it. Only 3000 bottles made so you have to be fast.

Review by crazyforgoodbooze

Most helpful critical review

crazyforgoodbooze
Dec 20202,635 reviewsGermany
5.0/10

no idea what went wrong here but the drinking strengths are more suitable for me...

Review by Jules Selected Spirits

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Jules Selected Spirits
Apr 202234 reviews
8.7/10

deliciousssssss

Expert reviews

Reviews from RumX's blog partners, independent experts who have tasted, evaluated, and described this rum.

Expert review by The Fat Rum Pirate

After trying this the XO does seem a little "watery" but only immediately after drinking this at nigh on Cask Strength. A very well made, well balanced and blended authentic rum. Highly recommended. If the price is a problem then just go for the regular XO an perhaps a bottle...
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Community shelf

47 bottles logged by 45 collectors.

A drinker's rum.

40% opened, 5 emptied.

28 sealed 14 open 5 emptied

What did the community pay for Mount Gay Extra Old XO Cask Strength Rum?

Community paid 48–236 €.

Purchase prices reported by members, not a shop price. Avg. 222 €. Full price & collection history in RX+ →

47 purchased · 25 tasted · 23 wishlist · as of

Details about Mount Gay Extra Old XO Cask Strength Rum

A rum from Barbados, distilled by Mount Gay, at 63%.

DistilleryMount Gay
CountryBarbados
Raw materialMolasses
ABV63%
Age15 years
Limited edition3,000 bottles
Sugar0 g/L
Volume70cl

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Rating guide

RumX's 0–10 scale is strict. Here's what each band means.

9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good your rum Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.