Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold Rum
  • Category Rum
  • Country Virgin Islands
  • Region Caribbean
  • Distillery Captain Morgan
  • Style Dark Rum
  • Alcohol 35%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.
  • vanilla
  • cinnamon
  • mint
  • black pepper
  • brown sugar
  • molasses
  • clove
  • nutmeg
  • spicy

Captain Morgan

Original Spiced Gold Rum (0.7l, 35%*) *please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary

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The original Spiced Rum that started it all.

The Levy Brothers in Kingston, Jamaica, owned a pharmacy and purchased raw Rum from the Long Pond Distillery and infused it with medicinal spices and herbs. Samuel Bronfman was the CEO of Seagram and when he tasted it he bought the rights. Shortly thereafter, Captain Morgan Spiced Rum was launched by Seagram in 1944 as a spiced blend of Caribbean Rums. For import/export reasons the brand was moved to Puerto Rico in the 1950s. Diageo purchased the line from Seagram in 2001. Tax and regulatory matters intervened once again and Diageo moved the company to Saint Croix in the US Virgin Islands. It is the second most popular Rum brand in the world with dozens of varieties.

Captain Morgan's Original Spiced Gold is the product that the company is built on with few updates to suit the modern age. The sources of the blended Rums and spice recipe are secret. But traditionally the Rums come largely from Jamaica and Guyana. The herbals and spices are relatively complex, but two shine out — vanilla and Caribbean allspice. After Bacardi, this is the most famous Rum in the world and a core cocktail element of beach bars from Java and The Maldives to Hawaii and Saint Thomas.

Smartass Corner:
Captain Morgan Rum is named after Sir Henry Morgan — a Welsh privateer in the Caribbean who was based at the infamous Port Royal, Jamaica during the 1600s. A "privateer" is an officially sanctioned pirate. This means that the government of England gave him permission to attack Spanish ships.
  • Category Rum
  • Country Virgin Islands
  • Region Caribbean
  • Distillery Captain Morgan
  • Style Dark Rum
  • Alcohol 35%*
*please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary California residents: Click here for Proposition 65 WARNING.

Appearance / Color
Medium Amber

Nose / Aroma / Smell
The aroma is thick with vanilla and cinnamon notes over a dash of menthol and black pepper.

Flavor / Taste / Palate
The flavors build upon the aroma with plenty of turbinado sugar and molasses, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and vanilla.

Finish
The finish is medium-length with loads of baking spices.
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  • vanilla
  • cinnamon
  • mint
  • black pepper
  • brown sugar
  • molasses
  • clove
  • nutmeg
  • spicy
Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold Rum
Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold Rum
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A little bit of etymology; nobody really knows where the word Rum comes from. The most popular suggestions are Rum (the Romani word for 'potent'), Rumbullion (an uproar), Saccharum (sugar in Latin), and Rummer (a Dutch drinking glass).
Next time you have a tipple of Rum you can say that you're tapping the Admiral. This intriguing phrase comes from the great Admiral Nelson who was killed in the battle of Trafalgar off of Spain. The story is that his body was preserved in Rum to be shipped back to England but, when the barrel arrived, some of the Rum was missing and said to have been siphoned off by some desperate or unknowing sailors. It's a great story but most likely false.
Rum is a sugar cane based spirit, primarily made in the Caribbean and Latin America, but you can really find Rum in many corners of the world.
Rum used to be accepted as a form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
You might find Rum masquerading itself under other nom de plumes, like Ron, Rom and Rhum.
If the center of our galaxy had a signature scent, it would be Rum. Yup, astronomers studying a giant cloud in the Milky Way found a substance called ethyl formate, a chemical that smells suspiciously like Rum.
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Dog Dogson's Smartass corner
Character Dogson
A little bit of etymology; nobody really knows where the word Rum comes from. The most popular suggestions are Rum (the Romani word for 'potent'), Rumbullion (an uproar), Saccharum (sugar in Latin), and Rummer (a Dutch drinking glass).
Next time you have a tipple of Rum you can say that you're tapping the Admiral. This intriguing phrase comes from the great Admiral Nelson who was killed in the battle of Trafalgar off of Spain. The story is that his body was preserved in Rum to be shipped back to England but, when the barrel arrived, some of the Rum was missing and said to have been siphoned off by some desperate or unknowing sailors. It's a great story but most likely false.
Rum is a sugar cane based spirit, primarily made in the Caribbean and Latin America, but you can really find Rum in many corners of the world.
Rum used to be accepted as a form of currency in Europe and Australia, a practice we should probably bring back into fashion.
You might find Rum masquerading itself under other nom de plumes, like Ron, Rom and Rhum.
If the center of our galaxy had a signature scent, it would be Rum. Yup, astronomers studying a giant cloud in the Milky Way found a substance called ethyl formate, a chemical that smells suspiciously like Rum.
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