Barbados 
oldest!
The last remaining distillery on our trip is Mount Gay. To get to the production site, one has to book a tour in advance, which I obviously did. The whole organization around the trip was very professional.
On arrival, the visitors were welcome in the nicely restored plantation house, which contains the bar, a library and some historic items.
Tina, our tour guide. She is very knowledgeable, has a great sense of humor and could teach me on how to taste rum. I learned something new! We all had a lot of fun on the tour.
MG sources the whole water used in the production with their own well on the plot. Other then most of the caribbean islands, Barbados is not of volcanic origin but an ancient coral reef that has been lifted 60,000 years ago by tectonic movement. So the whole island consists of limestone which filters water very well. Thus, Barbados has high quality water reservoirs and even tap water can be drunk.
The water has a mineral taste, which I believe contributes well to the characteristics of the rum.
We were guided through the molasses tanks (no pictures allowed) that welcomed us with a heavy and sweet smell (it can be stored days, weeks, years) through the warehouse and the stills and have been given the opportunity to taste different types of molasses.
The smells in the warehouse was amazing.
The world’s only rum producing copper Coffey still
Molasses to taste 
We are at the end of the tour and the end of our 10day trip to Barbados. The tour ended with a nice tasting and some new lessons (for me at least - “don’t put the nose in the glas, Stefan! Swivel it, the rum comes to you”) on how to taste rum. Really nice is the cask strength Black Barrel!
The trip ended with a nice dinner at a beautiful sea side restaurant serving amazing food. Goodbye!
