Mount Gay
Mount Gay Distilleries Limited is a rum distillery in Barbados in the Caribbean . There is evidence that Mount Gay has been produced since 1703, which is why it is marketed as the oldest rum in the world.
Mount Gay matures depending on the variety two years up to twelve years in oak barrels that the whiskey distillery Jim Beam be bought.
The name is derived from the fact that the sugar cane-growing area of rum is located on an elevation called Mount Gay in the area of St. Lucy in northern Barbados. Sugar cane cultivation began in the 17th century when the area was still called Mount Gilboa and five small sugar cane plantations were established there. At the beginning of the 18th century, William Sandiford bought most of the land and combined it to form the Mount Gilboa plantation. Sandiford's son sold the plantation to John Sober in 1747. Since Cumberbatch and his son Cumberbatch lived most of the time in England , Cumberbatch's friend Sir John Gay Alleyne took over the management of the plantation. When Alleyne died in 1801, Cumberbatch wanted to honor Alleyne by renaming the plantation. Since Mount Alleyne already existed, the plantation was now called Mount Gay.
Since 1989 the Mount Gay Distilleries Ltd. to the international spirits group Rémy Cointreau .
