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Liquor Review: Captain Morgan Tattoo

Published on January 16th, 2008 in Rum by Wade

Everyone knows of Captain Morgan rum. The people over at the Captain’s distilleries have created yet another incarnation of the regular Captain’s rum that appears it might be ready to stand alongside the best of the rum world. Captain Morgan Tattoo has to be one of the most unique tasting rums on the market today. It doesn’t have that barrel aged great taste that most dark rum is known for, but instead it makes its mark with a very different liqueur-ish flavor. Either way, this should make for a fun night.

Captain Morgan Tattoo is a bold variation crafted from fine, aged Puerto Rican rum. It’s blended with a secret combination of premium and hot spices that makes for a sweet, warm finish. The best way to describe the flavor is a perfect mix of Royale Chambord and Jägermeister. Meanwhile, Tattoo carries the same proof as Jägermeister, and the taste is just great. The flavor may prove too much for you if you drink too many of them straight. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. With it’s fruity, raspberry-like, and spiced flavor, this rum is excellent for shots and is a lot friendlier than Jägermeister. So why not give it a try?

Now the real fun with Tattoo comes with the mixing. Every way Captain Morgan Tattoo can be mixed tastes incredible. Well maybe not all the ways are incredible, but most of them are. We came up with a delicious little mix, something I like to call “Fresh Ink.” It’s a mixture of Sprite© and Captain Morgan Tattoo (duh), and it tastes great. The way it mixes actually tastes substantially better than it does on the rocks. When Sprite© is added to Tattoo, the raspberry flavor is seperated and not quite as thick, making it easier to drink. That fruity flavor is what makes this rum taste more like liqueur than normal rum. Tattoo is perfect for the causal drinker and the full-blown, “I don’t have a problem, I can quit whenever I want to” drinker alike. I’m the latter; I can quit whenever I want.

One of Tattoo’s weak points is that it didn’t give me a serious drunk feeling, even though it is 70-proof. It was a very weak drunken buzz that didn’t last very long. It was a real letdown. It gave me a drunk that was just strong enough to float the boat. Surprisingly, after barely being able to maintain a decent drunk, the hangover from it was pretty unfair. I had a mild headache and a case of the cotton mouth that was horrible. In defense of Captain Morgan Tattoo, I did drink the whole bottle. Like I said before, it just tastes wonderful mixed. Once it hits your lips, it’s so hard not to want more immediately. I do not have a problem. When did this become an interrogation? I just like a few drinks….or 12.

Perhaps the best part about Captain Morgan Tattoo is that it will only cost you $17. Something that tastes as good as this rum does for such a low price is well worth purchasing. It probably won’t get you totally drunk, but it will taste great while trying. If you would rather have something that is going to get you trashed, you my not care to have this one as a stand-alone drink, but there is always the option of mixing it with something stronger like Everclear 151. No matter how you drink, Tattoo is at least worth a try. Just remember you can drink as much as you want; it’s fine, no one is going to judge you here. Everything is okay now. You are amongst friends, and you can now join our forum to meet more people with the same life solution as your own.

Sipability – 7.0

Mixability – 8.0

Drunkability – 6.0

Hangover-ability – 7.0

Bang for the Buck – 8.0

Overall – 7.0