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Mount Gay Signature Rum Tasting in Barbados provided by Mount Gay Visitor Centre

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Mount Gay Signature Rum Tasting in Barbados
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Duration:
1h
Taking Covid-19 safety measures
Group size:
15
Wheelchair accessible
Ticket type:
Mobile
Free cancellation
  • Duration:
    1h
  • Taking Covid-19 safety measures
  • Group size:
    15
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Ticket type:
    Mobile
  • Free cancellation
About
Know before you go
  • Duration: 1h
  • Mobile tickets accepted
  • Instant confirmation
Cancellation policy
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
Available languages
English
What to expect
Know before you go
  • Duration: 1h
  • Mobile tickets accepted
  • Instant confirmation
Available languages
English
Cancellation policy
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
What to expect
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Important information
Inclusions
  • Complimentary Rum Punch
  • Professional & Knowledgeable Brand Hosts
  • Reasonably sized groups
  • History of Mount gay rum and our craftsmanship
  • Tasting of 4 Rums
  • Sample of Rum Cream
  • Entry/Admission - Mount Gay Visitor Centre
Exclusions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks (available to purchase)
Duration
1h
Departure details
  • Exmouth Gap, Bridgetown, Barbados
Additional information
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Infant seats available
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Tour Times - 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, Last tour 2:30
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Inclusions
  • Complimentary Rum Punch
  • Professional & Knowledgeable Brand Hosts
  • Reasonably sized groups
  • History of Mount gay rum and our craftsmanship
  • Tasting of 4 Rums
  • Sample of Rum Cream
  • Entry/Admission - Mount Gay Visitor Centre
Exclusions
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks (available to purchase)
Departure details
  • Exmouth Gap, Bridgetown, Barbados
Duration
1h
Return details
  • Returns to original departure point
Additional information
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Infant seats available
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Tour Times - 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, Last tour 2:30
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Travel safe during COVID-19
Last updated: Nov 16, 2020
A note from Mount Gay Signature Rum Tasting in Barbados
Attention: COVID-19 Safety Protocols established by the Ministry of Health & Wellness in Barbados - The wearing of masks, sanitizing of hands, social distancing and temperature checks will be strictly enforced.
What you can expect during your visit
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Temperature checks for tour participants upon arrival
What you can expect during your visit
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Temperature checks for tour participants upon arrival
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
  • Contactless payment for gratuities and add-ons
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Gear/equipment sanitized between use
  • Face masks required for travelers in public areas
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Itinerary
  • You'll start at
    Exmouth Gap
    Exmouth Gap, Bridgetown, Barbados
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    Mount Gay Visitor Centre
    Stop: 60 minutes - Admission included
    Tour times - 9:30, 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 1:30, last tour 2:30. On the Signature Rum Tasting you will learn about the rich history of Mount Gay Rum after meeting your Brand Host, the tour will kick off with complimentary welcome Rum Punch. While you enjoy your cocktail your host will take you on a journey through the Legacy Museum which offers visitors a fascinating glimpse into the illustrious history of Mount Gay Rum and the island of Barbados. From there, you will view a short film which gives an explanation of the process of how Mount Gay rums are produced. Next, you will be taken to the Tasting Room where you will enjoy an experience of flavour of 3 Mount Gay rums. Your host will walk you through the tasting explaining the differences between each rum that you taste.  To complete the tasting, you will then be taken to the Signature Bar for a chance to indulge in some wonderfully crafted cocktails with the very knowledgeable mixologists.  After the tasting, make sure to visit the gift shop to purchase some bottles or souvenirs for yourself. Some of the rums can only be purchased on the island! You can also enjoy finger foods or lunch for purchase at the Live Grill.
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Simon Bailey
Nottingham, UK72 contributions
Rum tasting tour with a visit to Mount Gay visitor centre
We visited the Mount Gay visitor centre as part of a day tour we did through St James Travel & Tours Barbados. The Bajen gentleman who gave us a talk on the history of Mount Gay very enthusiastic & definitely represented the company. After we had a very insightful experience tasting the various rums.
Written October 23, 2021
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Liz R
56 contributions
Rum tour
Great visit and accompanying overview of how the rum originated and is made today. Tasted 4 rums and Rhea was an informative and knowledgeable guide who made us feel very welcome. Not being able to book on the longer tour we opted to do the one hour session and used a local taxi to transport us.
Written February 14, 2022
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Mount Gay
Thank you for your review, it is always great to hear when our guest have a wonderful time with us. We shall also let Rhea know of the great job she has done your experience. we hope to see you again.
Written March 9, 2022
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Berrybee_12
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados11 contributions
Fantastic Rum Tour - Great Value!!
Wonderful Experience. Hostess was entertaining, knowledgeable and answered our many questions. Rum tastings were generously poured and overall, this was fantastic value for money. Would highly recommend and visit again. Keep up the great job, as I was very impressed.
Written March 25, 2021
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Netania N
7 contributions
Mount Gay Rum Tasting
My fiance and I had a great time tasting Rum at Mount Gay. We were greeted with complimentary rum punches in a patio area with mist machines to help keep us cool. The tour was great. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and funny. She noticed my fiance could handle his rum so she poured him more during our tasting which he appreciated. We tasted 4 different rums and enjoyed our experience. The rooms for the tour were cool with air conditioning. I would recommend this tasting tour!
Written November 9, 2021
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Reviewerried
Oak Ridge, NC9 contributions
A little taste will do you.
This was a marvelous tasting. Short, sweet and delicious. I love shorter tours. We were given the history of Mount Gay and the went on to a taste. I recommend that you taste a little as you will be tasting four different types of rum. My favorites were the Silver and XO. Our guide was funny and very knowledgeable. Oh, yes I forgot to tell you included in the tour is the complementary Rum Punch. Make sure you have a driver or taxi to take you back to your hotel. I enjoyed the tasting so much that came home with four bottles. Well worth the money. You can also get lunch at the factory. This tour was recommended to me by my resort and taxi driver. Please make sure you do it.
Written July 9, 2022
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Mount Gay
Thank you for your review, always nice to hear when our guest have a great time with us. Sounds like a full day of fun, you have learnt a lot and even found favorites to drink which is good. We hope to see you return soon.
Written July 12, 2022
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Jack Courtney
Severn, MD201 contributions
Ok, so I like rum and might be biased, but the tour was great!
Ok, so I like rum and might be biased, but the tour was great! The tour of Mount Gay was, even to me a rum drinker, informative about their brand, their rum was very tasty, and the tour guide was funny, amusing and had some pretty good drink ideas. I would highly recommend this tour even if you are going to visit other rum factories! The distillery has a bar for great mixed rum drinks before and of course, after the tour. And yes, I did buy a souvenir sized liter bottle of the rum shown in the picture above! I love to buy such kinds of souvenirs to take home and share!
Written February 9, 2020
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texastraveler44
Detroit, MI26 contributions
The birthplace of rum!
Couples
What a fun and informative experience! After listening to a short history of the origins of Mount Gay rum, we were treated to a tasting of four different rums from the Mount Gay line. Our guide showed us how to enhance the tasting experience and to discern the various notes of each of the rums we tried. I would highly recommend this experience to anyone visiting Barbados!
Written February 25, 2022
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Mount Gay
Nice to hear that the guide was able to break down the notes and profiles of the rums, so that you could understand and appreciate it. Hope you found a favorite mount gay rum, and we looking for having you back with us soon.
Written March 3, 2022
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Cole R
1 contribution
Amazing experience
Couples
Well worth the price.

Our guide (Tina) had the entirety of the tour group chatting and laughing together within minutes of meeting us.

Was extremely impressed with her knowledge of the product and how to read the room and engage with that.

The welcome rum punch and subsequent tasting drinks had us happily on our way home for a nap.
Written January 4, 2022
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Mount Gay
Thank you for your review, will be sure to let Tina know of your kind words. Wonderful to know you've had a great time with her and us. we hope to see you again soon.
Written June 29, 2022
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Laura B
21 contributions
Great tour guide, great rum, great value!
We had a few days to spare in Barbados so decided to slot in a rum tour, and we weren't disappointed! We used the discount to get some pre-tour cocktails, then had an excellent tour by a lady who I unfortunately can't remember the name of. She made the tour informative, and added plenty of humour throughout.

Highly recommended!
Written March 10, 2020
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Hitizek
Barrie, Canada73 contributions
Fantastic Tour
Having done this tour likely a dozen times, it never fails to be a great experience. Our guide (can't recall here name at the moment) was excellent and very impressive given she was new at the job. She had a great sense of humour and extensive knowledge of the distillery and history. On this particular tour they skipped the video (not sure if that has been scanned or not). We sampled the usual suspects and culminated with a few extra drinks crafted by the mixologist extraordinaire Ryan. The visitors centre has some great gifts and occasionally a one off bottle that you may not be able to pick up elsewhere. Will be back again for sure. FYI, this is for the Visitor Centre tour and not the distillery tour in St. Lucy (which is on my list to do).
Written August 2, 2022
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caronbarruw
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Worth the visit
Great day out worth the trip Guide very knowledgeable Tasting excellent and fun Sold the rum as well Pick up and …
Peachknows
Peachknows
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Rum-tastic!
Fun and very informative tour about the process of producing rum and how to use your senses (sight, smell, taste) w…
pistonbroke28
pistonbroke28
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Shame
Not what we expected. Only saw a room with pics and give a talk. Sampled 4 x rums and bought bottles. Wanted …
CherythL1
CherythL1
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Wonderful Experience
Really good trip, a bit of education on Rum, great host who did the tour, full of humour and also information, he k…
attaina2018
attaina2018
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Awesome sauce
Shout out to Rico, Liean, Zariah, Rashwan and our tour guy with the glasses lol I can’t remember his name. But my f…
D4265NLmarks
D4265NLmarks
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Great fun - bought the rum!
Great tour. Good history lesson, informative rum making explanation, fantastic tasters. A nice complimentary coc…
Belgian_Scot
Belgian_Scot
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Mount Gay tour & pick up
Was interesting and Rico was very informative. Was a nice day out. We arranged pick up and drop off transportation …
Shoequeen999
Shoequeen999
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DONT go
Totally mis-sold. We thought we were going to the distillery. No a shed in Bridgetown with no association with Mo…
E4448BProbinh
E4448BProbinh
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Great Tour
The host was very knowledgeable and presented in a way that you walk a way with a lesson. Being able to see the pro…
Stuart B
Stuart B
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Evening Rum Tasting at Mount Gay
The evening was an exceptional event and great value for money. Along with rum tasting, we had an opportunity to l…
RRoland2014
RRoland2014
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Best tour and cocktails class
This outing was AMAZING! We had a wonderful tour guide (Zariah) who was extremely knowledgeable and entertaining! O…
Sav C
Sav C
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Great experience
Absolutely amazing. Went with the siblings as a day out. Staff were so lovely and were very welcoming. Zariah was g…
K7773VCdebbieb
K7773VCdebbieb
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Rum and lunch perfect
From start to finish it was a brilliant experience. Tina our guide was amazing, she was fun, knowledgable and we le…
MichelleC656
MichelleC656
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Friendly & informative tour with good rum.
Well organised, friendly and knowledgeable tour. Good recommendations on how to drink rum. The suggestion of using …
AustintoBoston
AustintoBoston
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Iconic Barbados
Did the standard visitor’s tour. Comes with 4 free drinks (a welcome rum punch and 3 rum samples). Rico did a wonde…
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