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Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold
"Mixed with coke is about the only way to enjoy this," as one member puts it — and that's the honest summary. Expect big artificial vanilla, caramel and toffee, a thin body and a lot of sugar. At 35% it's light and sweet, spiced with cinnamon. Plenty of people started their rum life here, but almost nobody sips it neat.
The community says- Reliable cola mixer
- But: Contains added sugar
- But: Tastes artificial
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How does Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold taste?
Aggregated from 322 community reviews.
Sweet, artificial spiced mixer for cola Loved as a cheap cola mixer and a lot of people's first rum, but tasters find it thin, very sweet and artificial. Neat, it doesn't work for most.
People who want a cheap, sweet spiced base for rum and cola
Anyone who sips neat or dislikes sweet, artificial flavor
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75% rate it below 6. 20 selected write-ups from 322 community ratings. You can view the complete list in our app.
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Review by DAG-YT_DSS-YT
Most helpful positive review
A good tasty rum. Smell has a lot of sweetness where the taste has the oposite where the spices and the wood comes forward. Good rum during a dinner evening instead of dessert as a finisher. Arrr matey’s,
Review by BjörnNi 🥃
Most helpful critical review
Enjoyable with Coke
Review by LukaŽiga
4,9:Right from the start, the nose reveals a fairly frank alcohol that evaporates and doesn't return. What follows is a great wave of vanilla mixed with sweet spices. This vanilla is extremely present, sweetened and coated like a candy. The indulgence continues with a little milk chocolate. It's very light in flavor, simple but not unpleasant when you love vanilla!On aeration, guess who steals the show once again? More vanilla, for an even sweeter sensation. The candy aspect is now reminiscent of a large packet of marshmallows. The sweet spices are still present, represented by cinnamon. The longer you wait, the more the vanilla fades in favor of sugar, but this rum isn't meant to wait in a glass, as it's more of a cocktail product. 5,5:On the palate, as you'd expect, it's round and very light. A hint of caramel precedes the avalanche of vanilla and marshmallows. The palate, too, is very simple. 4,5:The finish is short, with vanilla, sweetness and a drying finish.
Review by Mirko Frosini 🇮🇪
Good for making cocktails. Smooth impractical!
Review by Imagol Ronmantico
I know the valuation may be excessive, but this rum evokes all my youth and although it is not the best rum in the world I can drink it and enjoy every mix with Coca Cola as from the first day.
Review by Nicofr
A low-end, over-spiced rum. It's undrinkable neat and made especially for cocktails, but even then its spicy taste takes over too much. For the same price, it's better to choose a Cuban rum that won't distort the cocktail.
Review by Chrischi78
Captain Morgan Spice Gold? Cardboard-sweet artificial syrup with cheap vanilla flavoring and artificial spice. More sugar than flavor, more marketing than quality. Has nothing to do with good rum. Better to drink something real.
Review by zabo
Edit: Now that I mix pretty much every rum I can get my hands on and am looking for the ultimate CubaLibre, I have to say that the Captain is no longer my cup of tea. Somehow I find it very artificial in taste. On its own, it doesn't go down my throat at all. I used to like it in cola, but now it's even too sweet for a rum and coke.
Review by Beach-and-Rum 🏖️🌴
Und die Pallette der Einsteiger (Rums) geht weiter. Jede Menge Aromen zugesetzt. Vanille mit einer extremen Süße. Mit ordentlich Cola mag es irgendwie gehen.
Review by cigares
The nose is almost correct, with roast, spices and a hint of sake. On the palate, however, weakness is evident from the outset with a hollow mouthfeel, then some aromas appear with caramel and yogurt. The finish is minimal, but not unpleasant. A "rum" that doesn't dare call itself rum (because of the 35%?) or because of the additives? But all in all, a pleasant drink.
Review by Rumbaer
Ein Spiced Rum halt. Geeignet für Rum Cola und bedingt für Cuba-Libre. Die alte Abfüllung des Captain mit dem damaligen Logo hatte einen besseren Geschmack als die neue Abfüllung mit "modernem" Logo. (Auf meinem Bild ist die alte Flasche) Nichts zum pur Trinken!
Review by Maik Schütte
For Captain Coke perfekt, pure not so good...
Review by Andi
Without cola, very thin and watery.
Review by Thomas Krippgans
Super Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis. Ich mag die Vanillenote so gern. Schon klar, dass das kein richtiger Rum ist. Für den Preis trotzdem sehr gut trinkbar.
Review by Gregor
Too sweet, too flavored, and too little alcohol
Review by Blaidor
Smell 2,5/10 Taste 3/10 Aftertaste 3/10 Image 4/10 (info about rum, bottle, carton-box, sugar free, marketing....) Total impression 3/10 ------------------ BTL...
Review by TheRhumhoe
Quoi de mieux après un Uitvlugt PM 1964 pour débuter le nouveau millier de rhums dégustés ? Sûrement un des rhums les plus connus, les plus dégustés et qui a fait débuter pas mal de monde dans l’univers du rhum (moi inclus, à travers des centaines de soirées que mon foie a dû affronter). Appelée aussi la Momo dans le milieu, cette boisson propose un nez fidèle à ce qu’on peut espérer : beaucoup de vanille et de caramel, des notes sucrées à gogo (cola, toffee, nougat, crème brûlée, sirop, chocolat au lait), le rhum épicé ressort avec la cannelle et quelques notes rôties. On sent surtout le côté alcoolique et synthétique, prévisible au possible. Rien de fascinant ou de profond, ce n’est pas le but recherché. La bouche reflète ce qui a été dit pour le nez. On ressent la vanille chimique, le caramel, le nougat, le cola et le toffee, c’est tellement sucré que ça en devient écœurant. La cannelle et le chocolat au lait sont éphémères, le profil étant totalement dominé par les arômes chimiques et cette structure à la fois sirupeuse et diluée. C’est un sacré glouglou qui s’accorde bien avec un coca (et encore). Paradoxalement l’alcool est un peu présent. La finale est aussi courte qu’insipide et sans grand intérêt, on retrouve le sucre, le caramel, la vanille et ce côté dilué, mais aussi une facette très légèrement amère, seul rebond durant la dégustation. Bon, on peut pas s’attendre à grand chose de ce rhum et c’est normal, c’est de la daube liquide sur le plan qualitatif, mais il a une valeur sentimentale avec toutes les soirées traversées dans ma prime jeunesse.
Review by Dabou
L’un des meilleurs avec du coca!
Review by Rumpalumpa
Yes, what can you say, people used to like drinking it, it's cheap too. But it's definitely far too sweet, because you have to mix it with cola (there's no other way, is there?) and that's even sweeter, which is just too much.
Review by Tim
So viel wie von diesem Rum habe ich wahrscheinlich von noch keinen anderen Rum getrunken. Oops. Mit Cola und Limette ein Klassiker. Durch die Vanille in dieser Kombination auch lecker, aber zum Purtrinken eher weniger geeignet.
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Avg. community purchase price 16 €
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Details about Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold
A spirit drink on a rum base from Multiple countries, at 35%.
Community purchases
829 bottles logged by 520 collectors.
A drinker's rum.
46% opened, 262 emptied and repurchased.
What does Captain Morgan Original Spiced Gold cost?
Community paid 9–20 €.
Current best price: 11.80 € – within the typical community range.
What members actually paid for their bottles. A typical range, not the current shop price. Full price & collection history in RX+ →
+13 purchases in the last 3 months.
Added to collections, last 12 months — dark bars are the last 3.
829 purchased · 351 tasted · 39 wishlist · as of
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