Skip to comments.
Bacardi to re-launch Havana Club rum label
Miami Herald ^
| August 8, 2006
| ELAINE WALKER
Posted on 08/08/2006 10:14:41 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41 next last
I'll have to check it out. I wonder how Havana Club stacks up against my FAVORITE rum, Flor de Caña?
1
posted on
08/08/2006 10:14:42 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: Luis Gonzalez
2
posted on
08/08/2006 10:16:09 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: PJ-Comix
I have a couple bottles of the Cuban variety....it's not that good. I'll look forward to trying the "new" Havana Club.
I'm a big fan of Barbancourt...it makes the best rum and coke.
3
posted on
08/08/2006 10:25:17 AM PDT
by
paddles
To: paddles
According to the article, the Havana Club now in Cuba isn't using the right forumula. I've heard good things about Barbancourt. From Haiti. Distilled directly from sugar cane juice rather than mollasses like the other rums. I'll have to try it and see how it compares with Flor de Caña which is my current favorite.
4
posted on
08/08/2006 10:29:10 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
To: PJ-Comix
Flor de Cana is very good. Too bad I can't get it around here. I like Gosling's (Bermuda) just as much.
To: PJ-Comix
I'm usually OK with just some vodka with cranapple juice poured in, maybe a key lime.
Will have to try this Havana Club, though, this news has kind of a happy feel to it.
I like Bacardi better than Flor de Cana, which I think is a little perfumy in flavor. Bacardi is harsher, but somehow that pleases me. OTOH, I'm getting too old to drink much anymore.
6
posted on
08/08/2006 10:36:40 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Don't mix alcopops and ufo's)
To: PJ-Comix
Unlike most countries, the United States typically gives priority to the first entity to utilize a brand, not the first to register it, said Miami attorney Jim Gale, whose firm Feldman Gale specializes in trademark and patent law. US Admiralty law is the same way. Goes against the rest of the "International" approach to maritime laws by other nations. Gotta love the U.S. of A.!
7
posted on
08/08/2006 10:37:20 AM PDT
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Admn Mods: tiny, malicious things that glare and gibber from dark corners.They have pins and dolls..)
To: PJ-Comix
8
posted on
08/08/2006 10:38:19 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: PJ-Comix; paddles
You should try Westerhall Plantation if you find a bottle; it's "estate bottled" in the US Virgin Islands, and has a distinct cane taste.
It's a clear sipping rum, and NOT hideously expensive, but it's hard to find.
9
posted on
08/08/2006 10:40:05 AM PDT
by
Redbob
To: Sam Cree
I like Bacardi better than Flor de Cana, which I think is a little perfumy in flavor. Try the clear 4 year old Flor de Caña?
10
posted on
08/08/2006 10:40:24 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
To: bagadonutz
Seems like a good time to suggest that all you rum lovers try El Dorado from Guyana.
To: PJ-Comix
They better have a sit with Hyman Roth, make sure this is okay.
12
posted on
08/08/2006 10:43:33 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(Living His life abundantly.)
To: PJ-Comix
A friend of mine's family is from Cuba. They left in 1961. They have two unopened bottles of the original Havana Club in their liquor closet. Yes I did say closet. They will only open them when they have a confirmed report of Castro's death, to celebrate it.
13
posted on
08/08/2006 10:48:32 AM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: masadaman
Rum once occupied a very important place in this nation's history. In colonial New England, the distillation of rum was the biggest industry. Also EVERYBODY drank rum back then including even children.
(I had my first shots of rum when just eight years old.)
14
posted on
08/08/2006 10:49:53 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
To: PJ-Comix
there will be two versions of Havana Club for sale, one from Bacardi and the other from the Cuban/French joint venture. Hmmm... I think I'll go with... Bacardi!
15
posted on
08/08/2006 10:52:19 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: PJ-Comix
Not the 4 year old, I don't think. I'll give it a try.
16
posted on
08/08/2006 10:53:49 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Don't mix alcopops and ufo's)
To: Sam Cree
I've developed a taste for aged rums. What is good about Flor de Caña is that it is naturally aged. They don't use chemicals to hasten the process.
17
posted on
08/08/2006 10:57:17 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Join the DUmmie FUnnies PING List for the FUNNIEST Blog on the Web)
To: PJ-Comix
I remember when Flor de Cana came out, made by a Nicaraguan family IIRC. I seem to remember the guy saying he was going to go head to head with Bacardi, and do it better. That was such a bold and endearing statement that I went out and got a bottle.
18
posted on
08/08/2006 11:06:51 AM PDT
by
Sam Cree
(Don't mix alcopops and ufo's)
To: PJ-Comix
Venezuelan Rum is the best. Particularly Ron Pompero Anniversaro.
19
posted on
08/08/2006 11:11:13 AM PDT
by
tdewey10
(It's time for the party to return to the principles of President Reagan.)
To: tdewey10
I've come to enjoy my rum and cokes over the last two years, but I'm still no connoisseur. Here's my two cents:
Best tasting: Captain Morgan
But if I want to get hammered: The 151. I do respect it, however. One finger, and lots of coke and ice. After two/three of these, I'm hugging you and telling you how much I love you. Any more and you're dumping me on my front doorstep, ringing the bell and running.
Best mixer: Coke with Lime. Sometimes I do the Diet Coke thing, as if that offsets the 50,000 calories of the rum.
Question: Is rum the most fattening of the boozes, being that it's made of sugar? If you must drink, what's the dieter's best non-wine choice?
20
posted on
08/08/2006 11:28:52 AM PDT
by
Jhensy
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson