Bacardi Pineapple

Bacardi Pineapple is a flavored rum from Bacardi, listed here as a United States product from Massachusetts. The details on hand don't give an ABV, age or tasting notes, so what follows is what flavored rums in this category typically offer. Expect a clean, light-bodied white rum base with pineapple as the dominant note: ripe, slightly candied fruit on the nose, a juicy middle, and a soft, sweet finish. Flavored rums of this kind usually carry little of the molasses, oak or spice you would find in a gold or dark rum, which keeps the fruit front and center. This is a mixer first. Sipping it neat won't show much beyond sweetness and fruit, though a pour over ice works for anyone who likes it that way. Because the pineapple is already built in, it saves you the step of juicing or muddling fruit. The simplest use is a highball with soda water or ginger beer and a lime wedge. Lemon-lime soda, coconut water, and cranberry or orange juice also pair well with it. In classic rum cocktails, it fits best where pineapple is already part of the drink. A Piña Colada is the natural choice: blend about two ounces with cream of coconut and pineapple juice over crushed ice, and you can ease off the sugar since the rum adds its own sweetness. In a Daiquiri, use it in place of white rum with fresh lime juice and a small measure of simple syrup, shaken hard and strained into a chilled coupe. A Mojito works too, with mint, lime and soda, though cut back on the sugar. It is a poor match for a Dark 'n' Stormy or a Rum Old Fashioned. Those drinks depend on the weight and spice of aged or dark rum, and a pineapple-flavored spirit would clash with ginger beer's bite or the bitters-and-sugar structure of an Old Fashioned. For serving, keep the bottle in the freezer or fridge so shots and shaken drinks come out cold. Use a highball or Collins glass for long drinks and a hurricane glass for frozen ones. Shaken, spirit-forward drinks go in a chilled coupe. Garnish with a pineapple wedge or lime wheel. The sweetness suits grilled chicken or pork, jerk seasoning, shrimp tacos, and spicy dishes.