Travel - The Oldest Rum Distillery In The Caribbean

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"Mountgay" is the oldest rum distillery in the Caribbean and Alun Hill was given exclusive access to film behind the scenes.

At over 300 years old, Mountgay rum is still made the same way as it was 300 years ago - and with a boiler made in Scotland 150 years ago still generating the heat.

See employee Craig explain the rum making process - and see the 2 oldest working pot stills in the world. Subscribe - never miss a video! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

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• Directed by:

  • Janet Wilson

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  • Alun Hill

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  • Alun Hill

[1wicked2008]

mountgay never heard of it .. but it sounds pretty gay

[Alun Hill]

I do hope that you didn't waste too many hours of your life thinking that one up .....

[hwsmi]

Love this stuff.....nothing better than some Mount Gay and Coke

[omarcus80]

mount gay is the first rum in the world, since the 1600s but officially since 1703

[sanaa94]

Rum was first created in Barbados and that is a fact.Back in ye olden dayes Barbados was a primary producer of raw sugar which was then exported to england to be refined. In the process of creating sugar hundreds of years ago they ended up accidently creating alcohol from the by products, and the Caribbean has never been the same since...

[felix66xx]

Bad history the oldest rum distillery are in Cuba, Puerto Rico and Espanola. little fact the British were the last to arrive along with the french and the dutch to the west indies and before there arrival the Spanish already were exporting rum to all parts of the new world and old ( Europe ) facts are facts wishing some thing does not make true.....

[Tavio Davis]

Barbados is the best country in the Caribbean

[DancingYeti187]

wow the original boiler came from Edinburgh Scotland 150 years ago!!! Scotland-Carribean Rum connection.. nice!

[julian biddulph]

Hmmm, this was a mildly informative video about Rum from Mount Gay. But your comments are more provacative bordering on animosity towards the great people of the Carribbean and their culture of Rum making.

PS: Did you know that British Sailors were issued with rum until the 1960's? I think.

[Taz Mania]

regardless of any debate, to me it is evident that the canary islands was one of, if not the largest contributor to what we know today as Rum.

[Taz Mania]

I bet if someone actually performed a study of the history of rum production in the canary islands they would find evidence of some the true "oldest distilleries" on the planet that may even pre-date the discovery of the new world!