Since winter is a time when many people wish to take their vacation and escape to warmer climes, it's only fitting that I let my taste buds escape by tipping and sipping this week's cocktail... The Captain's Vacation... This is a nice and simple drink to make.  Pineapple juice, spiced rum, and Sprite or 7-Up.  Instead of your standard spiced rum, I used The Kraken's Black Roast rum.  This rum has a nice roasted coffee smell to it, and a great coffee taste as well.  It is, however a bit thicker than most rums- almost like a syrup. I found that the coffee flavored rum gave this drink a nice roasted under taste that smoothed out and balanced the rather sweet taste of the pineapple juice.  Which is a good thing since I'm not a fan of sweet drinks.  It also went well with the gentle lemon/lime flavor of the Sprite as well. I liked that none of the three ingredients was dominant.  Rather they kinda took turns with each sip.  Sometimes the rum was...