Malibu Caribbean Rum with Coconut & Cranberry

Malibu: Now there's a throwback to the 1980s. I was intrigued when browsing in my local Sainsbury's to see a premixed can of Malibu and Cranberry. Malibu trying to be modern wow!! I used to drink it with cola, lemonade or pineapple if I was feeling flash and wanted something ultra tropical. Cranberry was a new one on me and was not sure whether the combination would work or not so decided to get a can. Its only a 250 ml can and it was on special offer. It's normally £1.99 but i got mine for £1.59. so if I did not like it I had not lost too much. So was it a tropical paradise or drinks cabinet hell?

The drink comes in one of those long thin 250 ml cans you normally only see for Redbull or premixed drinks. It looks fairly modern even though the Malibu logo is prominent. Opening the can I get a whiff of a fairly sweet strange smell, as both the cranberry and coconut are apparent.

The liquid inside is a lovely pinky red berry colour and is still so there's no gassy bubbles. I take a sip and I really am not that impressed. The cranberry seems to be a bit weak and on first taste lacks that sharp tang. Mixed in is the coconut form the Malibu and the combination just does not work. There's a slight kick to the drink from the rum in the Malibu . It's 5% alcohol which is not too strong but just enough so you don't fell like you are drinking coconutty fruit juice. At the end the cranberry taste develops a bit more especially in the after taste.

If you see this avoid it like the plague. Its not quite as bad as Tesco's own Moijito that tasted like mouth wash but its pretty dire. If you really want to be retro and have Malibu stick to a tried and tested combination not something Delboy would order