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Captain Morgan The Original Rum Review

Captain Morgan The Original Rum: Review & Tasting Notes


Captain Morgan The Original Rum Review
About Captain Morgan The Original Rum
  • Country: Jamaica
  • Distillery: Diageo
  • Still Type: Column
  • Type: Dark / Molasses
  • ABV: 40%
  • Age: ​minimum 2 years​
  • Sugar/Colouring: Yes
  • Price Band: £15 - £20
Captain Morgan The Original Rum is a blend of 5 rums from Jamaica, Guyana and Barbados, which are aged for at least 2 years in charred oak barrels.

Owned by Diageo since 2001, the Captain Morgan brand dates back to 1944 when the Ontario-based Seagram Company - originally a producer of Canadian whisky - started selling rum under the name 'The Captain Morgan Rum Company'.  The brand is named after Captain Henry Morgan, a Welsh privateer and Governor of Jamaica who in the 1600s was licensed by the English Crown to raid Spanish settlements and shipping in the Americas, becoming hugely wealthy in the process.


World Rum Guide Review
Captain Morgan The Original Rum is a dark caramel coloured rum best served mixed with cola or ginger beer. Aromas of molasses and pepper are followed by vanilla, toffee and molasses on the palate. The finish is short and slightly bitter, with smoky notes and a hint of honey. - Carl Jackson, 2019
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Captain Morgan The Original Rum Serving Suggestion
Serving Suggestions
  • Cocktail: Cuba Libre​

Captain Morgan - The Original Rum
Tasting Notes


NOSE

Sweet on the nose, with molasses & pepper

PALATE

Toffee, molasses & vanilla

FINISH

Short & slightly bitter, with smoky notes

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