Malibu (rum)

Malibu

Type	Rum
Manufacturer	West Indies Rum Distillery Ltd.
Country of origin	Barbados
Introduced	1893
Alcohol by volume	21%
Website	maliburumdrinks.com

Malibu is a brand of rum, flavored with liqueur, possessing an alcohol content by volume of 21.0% (42 proof). The brand is owned by Pernod Ricard.

History

The product was originally made from fruit spirits, flavored with rum and coconut flavoring in Curaçao. Originally, the product was used to simplify the making of piña coladas by bartenders. When the product took off, the production was then moved to Barbados where the rum is made by West Indies Rum Distillery Ltd., and the quality of the ingredients used was improved.

The brand was sold by Diageo to Allied Domecq for £560m ($800m) in 2002.^[1] In 2005, French company Pernod Ricard purchased Allied Domecq for $14 billion. The deal meant that Pernod Ricard acquired a number of alcoholic beverage brands including Malibu rum.^[2]

Marketing

Past advertising campaigns labeled it "seriously easy going" and usually features people from the Caribbean taking life seriously, in a parody of the stress associated with the Western urban lifestyle, with a voice over at the end saying "If people in the Caribbean took life as seriously as this, they would never have invented Malibu. It's seriously easy going." The marketing thrust of Malibu rum has also strongly focused on marketing Malibu rum's online streaming audio station known as RadioMaliBoomBoom.com.

Since 2014, the advertising campaign has shifted toward the idea of Malibu encouraging people to have their "best summer ever"^[3] with a YouTube campaign and TV ads showing the difference between "summer you vs rest of the year you".^[4]

Variations

The original version of Malibu rum is flavored with coconut. There are many different versions of Malibu rum in the worldwide market, flavored with various tropical fruits such as banana, pineapple, passion fruit, island melon and mango. Additionally, there is a blend with mint, known as Mailbu Fresh, tequila known as Malibu Red and a double strength version known as Malibu Black.

References

↑ "Diageo sells Malibu rum". BBC News. 27 February 2002. Retrieved 17 May 2008.
↑ Timmons, Heather; Kanter, James (22 April 2005). "Purchase of Allied Domecq Seen Spurring Other Deals". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 May 2005.
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVFQOBXjvEU&index=1&list=PLrIinbu9v3_GAseO9-dkV94UWfSuJKN_i
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xGroEzJgYs

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Pernod Ricard

Acquisitions

Aberlour (1974)
Dubonnet (1976)
Irish Distillers (1988)
Orlando Wines (1989)
Wyndham Estate (1990)
Seagram (2000)
Allied Domecq (2005)
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Lillet (2008)
Plymouth Gin Distillery (2008)

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People

Paul Ricard
Patrick Ricard
Jean Hémard
Ariste Hémard
Henri Louis Pernod
Jules-François Pernod
Jules-Félix Pernod

¹ As of 2008, the company is 46% owned by Pernod Ricard. ² Via Corby. ³ Distributed brand.

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