Calico‘s Crew The Ships Cook Secret Recipe (Delicate Orange)

Calico's Crew The Ships Cook Secret Recipe (Delicate Orange) is a flavoured rum bottled under the pirate-themed Calico's Crew label, an orange-infused release of unstated origin. As a flavoured rum it sits firmly in the sweet, mixer-leaning camp, and the honest read is that orange and rum is a pairing that does not win everyone over, so this is one to approach as a flavoured curiosity rather than a sipping rum.

The character is orange-driven throughout, the fruit clear on both nose and palate, but the sweetness runs high and the alcohol shows through more sharply than the gentle 39% might suggest. There is little beyond the citrus and sugar to explore, which keeps it in flavoured-cordial territory. Judged for what it is, this is a sweet orange rum best left to mixing, where the fruit and sugar can find a softer setting alongside other ingredients.