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Liquor Review: Captain Morgan Private Stock

Published on January 28th, 2008 in Rum by Boozey The Pirate

Captain Morgan's Private Stock Yaaarrggg! Ahoy maties, I be a captain on a swashbuckler ship. When ye be wanting to learn about rum ye best be talking to a pirate. Avast if ye be forgetting that us pirates know rum like we know booty plundering. When I plan to be out pirating around in me ship, I always make sure I load up on Captain Morgan Private Stock when I be in port. Well, I make me crew do all the loading of me ship on account I be spending me time with the wenches, plundering. Yaaarrggg!

Captain Morgan Private Stock was launched in 1996 and be produced by the Diageo company in Puerto Rico under the name of The Captain Morgan Rum Company. The distillers know what they be doing as they be making rum since 1944. They be starting out with some sugar cane molasses, water, mash and yeast. Once this be distilled, the rum goes into an oak barrel fer aging. After the rum be aged, a secret mix of island spices be blended in to produce me favorite spiced rum. As soon as ye uncork the bottle ye can enjoy a strong aroma dominated by vanilla but with an underlying hint of molasses. It be the best aroma to be found on a swashbuckler ship, but that nay be saying much. Yaaarrgg!

I like wenches, but nay as much as I be liking rum. Drinking me rum always be making the wenches look better. Yaaarrggg! Avast if ye be thinking that the only reason to drink Private Stock be to make the wenches look good. This be one of the best sipping rums to be found, and ye best not be sipping on me stash or it will be a walking of the plank fer ye. If ye be drinking it straight, then ye be experiencing flavors of mostly sweet molasses with a hint of vanilla and spice. The strong vanilla aroma not be carrying over to an overpowering vanilla taste. The overall flavor be smooth and mellow and ye only be getting a slight hint of the alcohol burn. Ye best be careful not to get carried away by the ease Private Stock be going down. Aye, she be packing an 80-proof punch, and she be making you wobble when you walk if you have more than a few. Yaaarrggg! She nay be so strong that ye be tipping over loaded to the gunwales, though. If ye be setting sail early the next morning, this rum be a good choice as she will take it easy on ye the morning after a long night of drinking.

Captain Morgan Private Stock be making fer a good mixing rum if ye want to add it to cola. It also be making a fantastic egg nog fer me swashbuckler party fer me friends and wenches. However, if ye really want to be getting the most out of ye Private Stock, I suggest just drinking it straight as everything just dilutes the already delicious flavors.

Captain Morgan Private Stock be a staple on my swashbuckler ship, fer meself of course. I make me crew drink RonRico on account they nay be worth the $26 a fifth this rum be costing. Aye, she be great fer mixing and she be even better on the rocks. So the next time ye be in port visiting the wenches, pick ye up a bottle before ye go back to pirating. Yaaarrggg!

Sipability – 8.5

January 2008 Mixability – 8.5