Booze of the Week
This week’s Booze of the Week is Captain Morgan Tattoo. Tattoo is a dark rum that is probably the most interesting liquor I’ve ever tasted. Upon opening the bottle and first holding it under my nose I smell fruit. The stuff smells fruity. Not any specific fruit, but that’s the best description I can think of. I poured the Tattoo into a glass with ice. This stuff isn’t dark, its black. Only holding the glass up to a light shows a little red peeking through the darkness. Again, the smell reminds me of fruit. It actually smells pretty good.
The first sip was odd. The taste pretty well followed the smell … fruity, but not really fruit. It really wasn’t until about a third the way through the bottle before I realized that it wasn’t fruit really … it was cola. Not Coke, but the taste reminded me of generic store-brand cola but not in a bad way. Its a very interesting taste.
The really neat part of Tattoo is the finish. Pepper. Yeah, pepper. Again, not in a bad way. The pepper i subtle but its there. The cola flavor combined with the pepper finish makes for a damned interesting liquor. This really is one of the liquors that is entertainment for your tastebuds.
My verdict: I don’t know that I’d call Tattoo a “quality dark rum” but its a pretty good liquor. I probably won’t make it a regular purchase, but this is one I may very well pick up every so often.
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So, if it has a cola-ish taste, would mixing it with cola be overkill?
Or was this rum designed to be sipped on the rocks or straight, instead of as a mixer?
Mixing it with coke would just be too sweet (to me).
Pretty smooth all by itself.
So then I should mix it with Coke
It is too sweet for me mixed with Coke, but as a stand alone liquor it very good rum!!
*Ahem*
You remarked: “It’s black.” Didn’t you get the memo? We can’t use the word black anymore. It’s African-American. As I type this on my African-American keyboard on my African-American computer, I am eating my salad off of an African-American plate. See how simple it is? lol
I am going to have to give it a try. Always liked the spiced rum from Capt Morgan, this should be interesting. As an aside, picked up a bottle of Slivovitz last week…damn!!! That stuff will peel the plaque right off your innards. Mutant plum moonshine…from Transilvania!!
Guy S: Slivovitz is just plain evil, this stuff will just peel your eyeballs off.
I have lived to tell about the Serbian wedding I attended.
Yeah, I’ll have to try Tattoo. (the rum, not the midget from Fantasy Island)
I’ve noticed it at the local liquor store and was planning to try it one of these times. After reading your post, it’s a definite in the near future. Gonna try Kraken first, and then probably this one.
Kraken is on my rum to do list. In fact, there’s a bottle of the stuff in the kitchen right now.
[...] then the finish is so subtle that you almost miss it. Kraken has more of a woody beginning than the Tattoo does, but less than the Black Seal. It is also less sweet than the Tattoo [...]