How to Drink Mount Gay Rum with Trudiann Branker
Lush Life28 Jan 2025

How to Drink Mount Gay Rum with Trudiann Branker

Can you feel the heat on your face? This episode we want to transport you right to the sunny island of Barbados. Anyone’s guess which rum we’ll be exploring??

If you haven’t guessed already, it’s Mount Gay, not only the oldest rum in Barbados, but the oldest rum in the world!! I’m thrilled that Trudiann Branker, the trailblazing Master Blender, is joining us.

Starting at the distillery in 2014 as Quality Assurance Manager, Trudiann rose to prominence with her unique ability to merge scientific expertise and creative intuition.

Under her guidance, Mount Gay has unveiled award-winning innovations like the Master Blender Collection and the Single Estate Series!

We met at the launch of the Single Estate Series 2, and I couldn’t wait to have her on the show! Single Estate is super special, and it’s great to have her explain how it all came to be

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The cocktail of the week is the Cocohill:

INGREDIENTS

  • 60ml / 2oz Mount Gay XO Rum
  • 1 Coconut water ice cube


METHOD

  • Pour Coconut Water into a silicone mould 3-3.5cm high or regular ice cube moulds and freeze.
  • Once frozen, place the coconut ice cube(s) into an old fashioned glass
  • Add XO and serve


You’ll find this recipe and all the cocktails of the week at alushlifemanual.com, plus links to most of the ingredients.

Full Episode Details: https://alushlifemanual.com/mount-gay-rum-with-trudiann-branker


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