Post #657569 by Hale Tiki on Fri, Nov 2, 2012 4:41 PM

Oh, IOAAB. You should really browse the site. Do some research on rum. And surprise your wife with any of the 10 spiced rums that are better than Captain Morgans. In no particular order:
Kraken
Oak Heart
Trader Vic's
Shellback
Cruzan
Seven Tiki
Ron Zacapa
Ron de Jeremy (I had it twice, and it may have been because I was at the Tiki Oasis room crawl, but I'll be damned if I didn't enjoy it.)

Avoid:
Blackheart
Sailor Jerry's
Shipwreck
Admiral Nelson
One with a skull with wings on it. It looks cool, but taste like gas-ass.

Or, if you REALLY want to score points, make your own spiced rum! Start with a damn good white rum, like 10 Cane, or Mount Gay, and use the recipe found below. I've found that I've had to alter the recipe a bit, by removing the allspice and cinnamon a day early. Also, there's a very good line in the article:
"To drink a rum shrub made with Captain Morgan," he writes, is about as authentic as "learning about the habits of wild bears at Walt Disney World's Country Bear Jamboree."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123395505336458213.html

I'm not bragging, but there was a few years where I hit the spiced rum HARD, and ended up with some liver damage, that thankfully has since healed. I've had all of the above with Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Moxy, various craft cola's, and RC Cola. NEVER use Pepsi. Pepsi and spiced rum do NOT mix.