The Captain Morgan range is an inexpensive, mass-market Rum brand. It is a light Rum: either unaged or lightly aged.
Expressions include Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold, White, and the Original Dark, along with a variety of flavored variants.
Captain Morgan Rums are produced by the Captain Morgan facility and comprised of stills from all over the Carribean.
Was there a real Captain Morgan?
More famously known as Captain Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan was a Welsh landowner and privateer who eventually became Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Morgan became vastly wealthy by raiding settlements from his base in Port Royal, Jamaica and shipping on the Spanish Main
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spicy
mint
cinnamon
banana
black pepper
brown sugar
molasses
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The Captain Morgan brand was created in 1944 by the Seagram Company.
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Diageo acquired the brand from Seagrams in 2001.
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Jamaica is the only market in which the Captain Morgan name can be used on a Rum that isn’t produced by Diageo. In this case, it is produced by Wray & Nephew Ltd. and can’t be sold outside of Jamaica.
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The Rum brand Captain Morgan was created by the Spirits company, Seagram Company Ltd. in 1944.
The acquisition process that saw Seagram broken up, change hands and ultimately lead to Diageo taking control of the brand.
The Captain Morgan in your bottle varies depending upon the market you are in, as Diageo buy distillates of varying ages from unaged to lightly aged, and from different Rum producing markets to make a specific blend for each market.
The only common factor across the market is that ‘The Original’ (Dark) expression Rum will have a dose of caramel added to make it look the way it does.
Distillery info:
CountryVirgin Islands, U.s.
Established1944
OwnerDiageo
StatusActive
AddressCaptain Morgan Rum Distillery, 1, Christiansted, St Croix 00820, USVI