Captain Morgan Private Stock

After reading other reviews, I thought this would be better than Bacardi Ocho for sipping. This is totally disappointing for sipping! The Bacardi Ocho seems like a perfect 10 compared to this. The flavorings are overpowering. No smoothness at all. Each sip has a bite that makes me want to spit it out. Mixing it with my tea made it drinkable. Not worth the $22 I paid for it.
I know taste is very subjective. Kinda wondering how it got great reviews from many people. Maybe I’m just new to sipping my drinks.

The amount of vanilla overwhelms anything else that might be an asset. Regular Capt. is a better product.

edited to add sugar test results- 45g

This isn't terrible, but there's little to no complexity going on here. It's fine as a mixer but it's kind of boring neat. It also tastes like someone accidentally dumped a whole bottle of vanilla extract in here. Take it easy with the additives, Cap.

Can a rum have too much of a good thing? I found this one to be overloaded with caramel and artificial vanilla with a stale alcohol aftertaste and a peppery bite.Needs to be cut with ice or water just to be drinkable.Would not buy again.

I don't like Captain Morgan's rum. Usually good smell but taste is missing

Let me paint this for you: Drinking "Captain Morgan Private Stock" is like having a melted chocolate candy bar slowly poured from the pan down over your tongue. It’s so thick that it induces a feeling of suffocation by thick, sugary goo clogging your throat. This "rum" is TOO thick, sweet and clingy. I bought one bottle, never again. CM has some good rums but this one is a a real disappointment. Just my opinion, thanks. Never again.

I thought Private Stock will not be sweetened to all hell, but I was wrong. Well, I gave it a chance.

Too sweet. Spices overwhelm and tastes artificial. Horrible aftertaste. I thought things would have improved since the horrific cheap Captain Morgan rum from my college days in the early to mid 80s...I was wrong...just expanded into other horribleness. If I had started with this rum when I got into rums earlier this year I might have rated it higher but I've sampled far superior rums than this so this is indeed barely drinkable and I would have to drown in Coke Zero in order to make it palatable. So I'm down to this: should I pour it down the sink into the septic tank (thereby inebriating the microorganisms in there) or push this off to some friends (thereby running the risk of making them EX-friends)....hmmm....

Choice is obvious...

PARTY IN THE SEPT TANK...MICROORGANISMS ABOUT TO GET TANKED!!!!

I was hoping for a Puerto Rican rum to mix Zombies with but this unpalatably sweet and spiced rum is not fit for drinking.

They didn't even try with this one. Someone poured a large bag of sugar into a barrel of semi-aged bulk rum, added some vanilla and baking spices, and called it private stock.

The stuff tastes like acid reflux. I would actually serve it to my worst enemy because, who else?