Captain Morgan Tiki Mango & Pineapple

Captain Morgan Tiki is a flavoured, molasses-based drink rather than a serious rum, bottled at just 25 percent from column-still spirit. It is engineered for ease and sweetness, a poolside bottle aimed at casual drinkers reaching for something fruity rather than at anyone exploring rum on its own terms.

The fruit reads as confected mango and pineapple with a sharp, varnish-like edge, and neat it comes across as rough and synthetic. Topped with lemonade or soda over plenty of ice it does the simple job it was designed for, delivering sweet tropical flavour in a long, undemanding drink. Honesty matters here: this is a sweet party mixer, not a rum to study, and it makes most sense treated that way.