Each sip reveals a harmonious blend of spices, vanilla, and hints of oak, leaving a lasting impression on your palate.

Vintages can varie between deliveries, we strive to manage up to date data, but sometimes its impossible to keep records good all the time. 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. There are also some baking spices like nutmeg and cinnamon adding some complexity and interesting notes. While it does work better than the original version, it just doesn’t have the complexity that I’d want to see in a premium rum.His early life (including how he made his way to the Caribbean) is largely unknown, but we do know that by the 1660’s Morgan was captain of a privateer ship charged with capturing Spanish ships in the Caribbean. An award-winning tribute to the Welsh buccaneer himself, the base of this exclusive experience is Puerto Rican rum matured in oak barrels for two years. Seagram liked the Levy’s recipe so much that they purchased it and used it as the basis for their new rum. 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.

Having bored you to tears with all of this tedious history and trivia, the question remains, is it any good? Distilled from sugar cane in a continuous still, Captain Morgan rum is made with molasses, water, mash and yeast.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. Content on this site is not intended to substitute for advice given by medical practitioner, pharmacist, or other licensed health-care professional. Information and statements about products are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or health condition.