# Captain Morgan white rum, a small issue and why **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [January 4, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-morgan-white-rum-a-small-issue-and-why/957222 "2022-01-04T22:05:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dummygladhands71](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-morgan-white-rum-a-small-issue-and-why/957222/1 "2022-01-04T22:05:59Z")
I like Captain Morgan spiced rum, yeah, I know, it’s declasse but I like it. Been my bev of choice for years. Once the store was out and I bought the white. But it’s weird. I don’t mind the taste but it made my head swim, if that makes sense. The regular spiced rum, yeah, I know my limits, I know what to expect, when to quit, but this stuff, not drunk really, just kind of woozy, honestly, more like acid from my old days. After very little. I just stuck it in the liquor cabinet and forgot it. So now I’m cleaning the liquor cabinet and there it is and I will probably pour it out, but is there any possible explanation to why it affected me so oddly? ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-morgan-white-rum-a-small-issue-and-why/957222/2 "2022-01-04T22:22:32Z")
The shorter distillation process for white rum could have done something. But I’m guessing that it was a blood sugar issue. Maybe you had a bug or hadn’t been eating right that day. That’s how alcohol affects me when my sugar is wonky. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-morgan-white-rum-a-small-issue-and-why/957222/3 "2022-01-06T03:46:07Z")
Some rums are actually sweetened as well, so maybe that’s a component. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-morgan-white-rum-a-small-issue-and-why/957222/4 "2022-01-06T06:14:47Z")
I read the thread title and thought, _“Well, he is getting old”._