Mount gay navy strength

Mount Gay Eclipse is not one that excites me. The original Eclipse is a blend of column and pot still rums, aged for a maximum of two years in ex bourbon barrels. Eclipse Navy Strength is a blend of 2 to 4 year old rums and apparently has more pot still in it than the original. But, it does sound good. Another blend of pot and column still rums, aged in ex American whisky barrels and finished in heavily charred ex bourbon casks.

There is no information given about the age of the blend unfortunately, but the original is 3 to 7 years. It can only be bought at Mount Gay in Barbados. Eclipse Navy Strength is bottled at Mount Gay Eclipse Navy Strength. Straight forward bourbon cask nose. Oak, vanilla, light marzipan, cigar box.

Lighter, fruitier and boozier than Black Barrel Cask Strength.

MOUNT GAY RUM ECLIPSE NAVY STRENGTH BARBADOS 750ML

Oak, light tobacco, chocolate, molasses, light candle wax, dried fruit, raisins, marzipan. Thicker, fuller nose than Eclipse Navy Strength. Not as fruity, but that department improved the longer I let it breathe. Oak spice, vanilla, light pineapple, very light tobacco and coconut. Finish is short with some bitterness.

Tobacco, oak, menthol, dark chocolate, black pepper, vanilla. Finish is medium long with a hint of bitterness. It remains very charry though. Since these rums are cheap enough for most people to not feel bad about mixing them, I dumped them both in a bit of Coke. The Black Barrel rum and Coke is a little thicker and rounder.

It accentuates the sweetness of the cola. Navy Strength is more pronounced, present, punchier. Without any info, I was thinking about the point of this release. Regular Eclipse is an ok mixer. Why release a higher strength version of an average product? Of course the answer has to be cocktails. Arminder at Rum Revival has a good video on this rum where he tests it in several cocktails.