Make no mistake, Captain Morgan Dark Rum is all about the flavours of rich caramel, aged oak, sweet dark brown sugar, oozy toffee, ripe banana flavours…so many we had to list them out. Before and after the 2015 SummerSlam event, John Cena used the brand as a nickname for Seth Rollins during WWE's Monday Night Raw. This versatile and perfectly balanced rum-based spirit drink has a mouthwatering sweetness and textured mouthfeel, delivering an unforgettable taste sensation.

In 2014, Diageo Canada filed a trade dress infringement lawsuit against Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc, claiming striking similarities between the Captain Morgan character and Admiral Nelson, and that the similarity would dilute the Captain Morgan trademark. A question: you said “Cloves and vanilla top the flavors of the rum which many speculate was created to compete directly with the popular marketing campaign feature, the Kraken sea creature.

The blend of Caribbean rum is refined with exquisite spices such as cloves, cinnamon and cassia, making it wonderfully spicy.

Captain Morgan Dark Rum is made with a secret blend of fine Caribbean rums and exotic spices to make our darkest flavour rum. Not always knowing if they’ll be taken down into the ocean’s watery depths, they sometimes crack open a bottle of rum to get them through the darkest hours. For this test, we began as testers should, drinking the rum neat to get a baseline, then creating the cocktails using an ounce and a half of rum, four ounces of ginger beer and a wedge of lime.Aged in oak barrels, our premium black spiced spirit drink boasts a rich, full-bodied flavour with notes of vanilla, black cherry and caramel that make for a delicious and smooth finish. However, you can also accept or reject further cookies at any time or specify which of these cookies you would like to agree to. This new pineapple mango flavor rum is available in the United Kingdom, Australia, the Czech Republic and Germany. Kraken Black Spiced Rum is made in Trinidad and Tobago distilled from naturally sweet molasses, aged one to two years then blended with eleven spices. In 2010, two US territories, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands argued over plans for Captain Morgan to move operations to the Virgin Islands for tax reasons.

While we have taken care in preparing this summary and believe it to be accurate, it is not a substitute for reading the product packaging and label prior to use. While its initial spicy kick is strong enough to blow away the cobwebs, it then melts away for a flawlessly smooth aftertaste.So Ken, we can safely say we enjoyed your challenge and gave a slight edge to the Captain Morgan Black Spiced with Bundaberg ginger beer though the Kraken and Barritt’s weren’t too far behind. Captain Morgan is a brand of flavored rums (including, in Europe, some rum-flavored "premium spirit drinks") produced by British alcohol conglomerate Diageo. On the nose it is vanilla, spices, the taste The taste itself is not complicated, vanilla, caramel, the aftertaste is shortish but pleasant, with a hint of oak. While we were so hoping to have a common bond with our reader “Mo,” we learned there is no right or wrong answer when it comes to rum.