In 1944, though, the company decided to launch a new line of Caribbean spiced rum inspired by the life of famous pirate Henry Morgan, and formed the Captain Morgan Rum Company as a holding company for the new venture. The Vanilla became more noticeable each time I sipped the rum, its flavour grew in leaps and bounds until that was all could taste whenever I tried to steal a sip. Said vanilla is the first fragrance you’ll become aware of during the tasting, next to honey and caramel. Tax incentives favouring Puerto Rico caused them to transfer manufacturing to a factory outside San Juan (close to where the Bacardi family was setting up a factory at the same time); in 2001 they sold the rights and brand to Diageo, a British concern which by 2010 was the largest spirits company in the world.

I tried mixing the rum with cola, but I ended up with what tasted kind of like Vanilla Coke, which has always been my least favourite of the flavoured colas.In general, rum is produced by first combining molasses or sugar with water and yeast to produce a fermented mildly alcoholic mixture. In fact, the Captain Morgan Rum Company traces its history back to 1945 when Seagram’s CEO, Samuel Bronfman, negotiated the purchase of the Long Pond Distillery from the Jamaican Government and formed the Captain Morgan Rum Company. But you’re also correct that the vanilla outstays its welcome: I’d rather have a young, piquant, dead-heavy molasses based “straight” rum like Young’s Old Sam or Coruba to drown my mixin’s in, than to attempt it on this one. Content on this site is not intended to substitute for advice given by medical practitioner, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional.

With the addition of a little ginger beer, all of those flavors start to come together really nicely for a delicious drink. Update: The rum has now been reclassified (by me) as a spiced rum due to the overwhelming vanilla profile…and the fact that it’s now acknowledged as being added-to. Even with that bitter ginger beer in the mix, the sweetness from the rum makes it almost taste like candy. Right from the get go I must mention that I’ve given Captain Morgan a wide berth thus far, simply because it always had a reputation as a low- to mid-level mixer. Its rich flavor is the result of using some of the most sophisticated rums to come from over 300 years of traditional Caribbean rum making.

It was established in 1944 by Seagram after they bought the Long Pond distillery from the Jamaican government, and subsequently the. Privateers at that time in history were essentially ‘legal pirates’ who were allowed to attack and loot enemies of the state reaping the rewards from their plunder in lieu of pay. Thus, all of the work produced on this blog is protected by copyright, including all of the pictures and all of the articles. I’ve run into a similar difference of opinion about a particular flavor in a rum with a pair of friends who swear by Pyrat XO Rerserve as their stand by in large part because of the citrus notes in it.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This distiller company specializing in the production of rum was inspired by Captain Morgan, a legal pirate defending the interests of England, which has to be the symbol of the company since its inception. Do you want to learn more about this rum, track the market value of your bottles, and share your rum with like-minded people? The brand’s trademark taste is achieved through a unique recipe blend - with spices innate to the Caribbean Islands - for the final part of the process. Admiral Sir Henry Morgan (aka Captain Morgan) was a Welsh ‘privateer’ who attacked and plundered the Caribbean on behalf of, and with the written consent of (in the form of an English Letter of Marque), the Governor of Jamaica, Sir Thomas Modyford.Its aroma is characterized by notes of vanilla, oak, syrup, and citrus, while its flavor profile combines sugar, vanilla, burnt sugar, cherry, and Demerara sugar. In making common hooch to appeal to the widest possible audience and lowest common denominator (the US consumer), some of the quality is lost in the quest for sales. The company eventually became most well-known for two brands: Seagram’s 5 Crown and Seagram’s 7 Crown, which were both massive commercial successes. The downside of this is that beyond the candy of these spices, it takes a real expert to taste anything else: try as I might, I could not discern more than butterscotch, vanilla and caramel and some very faint traces of what may have been orange.

It is bottled at 40% alcohol by volume and fortunately for me, the Diageo Marketing Team here in Alberta provided me a the sample bottle of this rum for my review: In the Bottle 4.

I tried lots of ice which helped to bring the sweetness level down but, I still tasted nothing but Vanilla. I do find it interesting to hear it from your side, it does point out somethings I ignore because of my love for vanilla.