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Mount Gay XO - Triple Cask Blend
Vanilla, coconut and caramel up front, then oak, dark chocolate and a little clove and pepper into a medium finish. This is the classic Bajan profile — round and easy, with the three casks (bourbon, whiskey, cognac) adding a bit of extra depth. Most call it a "daily sipper" that never surprises. A few wish it went deeper for a 17-year label.
The community says- Round and balanced
- Coconut-vanilla warmth
- But: Short finish
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How does Mount Gay XO - Triple Cask Blend taste?
Aggregated from 437 community reviews.
Smooth, coconut-vanilla everyday Barbados sipper Well-liked as a smooth, balanced everyday Barbados rum with coconut-vanilla warmth. The common gripe: pleasant but not very complex, and the finish runs short for the age on the label.
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What does the community say?
57% rate it between 6 and 8. 15 selected write-ups from 437 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by abaker-rum
There is not a ton to say about this rum, it is solidly execute with classic caramel, vanilla, and oak notes throughout. There is a lot of coconut on the nose, and the finish is fairly short. A solid expression that doesn’t stand out.
Review by HenryL
Most helpful positive review
Super "daily" sipper! Update: Of the affordable and always available, still my favorite Barbados rum.
Review by Leo Krüper
Most helpful critical review
Burns despite 43%. Nice vanilla
Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
31.08.2025 Retasting at the German Rum Fest 2025. ------------- Whisky & Rom Festival 2023 28.10.2023 Another retaste and it still performs pretty well. Price to quality is pretty good. ------------------------- This is a very nice and easy sipping rum from Mount Gay. A typical Bajan rum in nose and palate. The nose is elegant with spice, a bit of orange and charred barrel. The palate starts off with a bit of sweetness, spicy and a bit dry. There is some leather and earthyness to it as well. The finish is medium long, dry and with charred oak and ginger. Again a tiny bit of earthyness on the way out.
Review by Portman
One of my absolute favorites. Insanely vanilla-like fragrance, balanced almond-marzipan aromas, floral. Overall light to medium-bodied, wonderfully deep and sufficiently complex. Absolutely worth the price.
Review by Stefan Persson
Tasted this rum at my recent visit to the distillery. It’s a blend of molasses based Column Still rum and Copper Double Retort Pot Still rum. It’s aged between 5 and 17 years in 3 types of casks, American whiskey, bourbon and cognac casks which gives it an interesting complex and aromatic profile. The nose is round, balanced, dry, woody, fruity and spicy with scents of oak, pineapple, and vanilla. At the palate it’s round, smooth, creamy, salty, woody, fruity and spicy with flavors of oak, banana, figs, cloves, caramel and dark chocolate. The finish is rather long.
Review by Rumpalumpa
A top Barbados rum and a classic among the unsweetened rums. Great aromas that are familiar from Barbados and which are enhanced by the different barrels. Rather on the dry side, but with a pleasant sweetness at first.
Review by Rene Pfeiffer
Good honest entry rum, if it should be without sugar and without finish. That fits.
Review by BTHHo 🥃
The taste has notes of salted caramel, baked figs, cloves and dark chocolate. The aftertaste is round and soft.
Review by Rumbaer
Mein erster Rum von Mount Gay. Den Geruch empfinde ich als sehr angenehm nach Vanille, schönen warmen Holznoten, dezent Kokosnuss. Gleichzeitig aber auch frisch und etwas fruchtig. Geschmacklich dann nach Vanille mit Gewürzen und holzigen Noten, am Ende Kokosnuss. Ein toller Rum.
Review by LukaŽiga
8:The nose of this Barbados rum is all balance and sweetness. Coconut enters first, followed by the tobacco of a mild cigar. There's thickness. One thinks of a butterscotch or a vanilla crème brûlée. The coconut is always at the fore front, mixed with vanilla and caramel, slightly warmed and lightly toasted. The fruit is also worked on: the banana is cooked and the mango stewed.There's more power on aering , it is less buttery, but not boring. Now it's the more vegetal(celery), woody side of coconut that comes through, mixed with almond. In this more refreshing dynamic, we return to fresh fruit with more acidity. 8:The palate is not overly sweet, and this is a rum with character. A hint of mango pulp initiates a smooth mid-palate, with full-bodied tobacco and butterscotch. The rum is full-bodied and never alcoholic, Nose=palate, with added peaches, orange peel and prunes. 7,5:The finish melts like butter. A caramelized woodiness remain, with dried fruits, a sign of fine maturity, it comes a bit dry. Edit:20.3.26
Review by RumisRum
Nose not very strong initially, i let it rest about 15 minutes which improved the nose. Taste is smooth and buttery, good experience.
Review by Vincent D
First tasting at the RhumFest 2022, much better than the Black Barrel tasted just before. Edit: The barrel is very present and gives punch to this very syrupy and vanilla rum. It's got some punch despite the reduction. Not the style of rum I enjoy most but the tasting was not unpleasant and I enjoy coming back to it as my daily rum.
Review by DosenZorn
Very tasty spicy rum with a pleasant sweetness in the finish. Too bad that was colored with sugar caramel. Would be really interesting to see the natural color.Edit: Due to some tasted rums in the meantime I have lowered the rating somewhat, for a suitable standard
Review by TheJackDrop
Notes taken at Rhum Fest 2024, Quick notes and a bit heavy palate, sorry :) Here we have: a little more complexity than on the black barrel Rum: round, vanilla, but with a little oak, light spice, a little cognac. Finish: nice, very round once again. A good entry-level rum, you might say!
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Read full review →Mount Gay XO Triple Cask Blend is a completel y solid rum, one which does sometimes fly under people's radars. It is easily as good as R L Seale's 10 Year and Doorly's XO and to be fair thats not bad company to be in now is it? Crikey this...
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Auction results 39 € – 42 €
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Details about Mount Gay XO - Triple Cask Blend
A Pot & Column Still Rum from Barbados, distilled by Mount Gay, at 43%.
Community purchases
818 bottles logged by 725 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
35% opened, 121 emptied and repurchased.
What does Mount Gay XO - Triple Cask Blend cost?
Community paid 34–60 €.
Current best price: 41.08 € – within the typical community range.
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+55 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
818 purchased · 468 tasted · 505 wishlist · as of
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