Review: Lady Bligh Coconut Rum
Lady Bligh Coconut Rum is made by Luxco with rum imported from the Caribbean. Natural flavors are added before bottling at 50.5 proof in Missouri. They also produce Lady Bligh Spiced Rum, and Lady Bligh Cherry Spiced Rum. The brand is named for Mary Elizabeth Bligh, the daughter of William Bligh. Yes he is the same William Bligh who was the Commander of HMS Bounty in 1789 when the famous Mutiny on the Bounty occurred. Years later he was appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia. He soon initiated a law prohibiting the use of spirits as payment for goods. This led to the Great Rum Rebellion of 1808. Bligh’s daughter Mary Elizabeth was so ashamed of her fathers rule she led a band of rebels to reclaim the peoples taxes, possessions, and their confiscated rum. Read more 