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Mount Gay’s 1703 Old Cask Selection Rum is the highest level of Mount Gay rum available. The vintage’s name comes from the year Mount Gay was established in Barbados, 1703, making it the the oldest known rum brand in the world. To create the perfect spirit, Master blender Allen Smith blended rums aged between 10 […]

On July 31st 1970, a 300 year old Naval tradition ended when the last rum ratio was issued aboard ships of the British Royal Navy – a day to be forever remembered as Black Tot Day. (Original Royal Navy records confirm that the rum used for the rum ration was most likely imported from the […]