Bacardi to re-launch Havana Club rum label

Miami Herald ^ | August 8, 2006 | ELAINE WALKER

[PJ-Comix]

I heard 0 calories in rum.

[American_Centurion]

0-carbs

0-fat

0-sodium

calories-64/1oz serving

[Mr. Lucky]

My favorite Rum and Coke substitutes Bourbon for the Rum and leaves out the Coke.

[Clemenza]

Demerara from Guyana is the best, if you can find it.

[freethinkingman]

One of my favorite topics.

Fav's include: Appleton XO (extra old) Pyrat XO Mount Gay Eclipse Bacardi 8 Bacardi Anejo The Anejo is a distict flavor, came across it in Key West and I have been hooked on aged rums ever since. btw Captain Morgan = spiced rum , its too busy for me, try Bacardi 8 if you want a treat, has distict carmel aftertaste.

[Don Carlos]

Flor de Caña - Have an emply bottle that a friend brought from Nicaragua last year. 5 year old Black Label. Do you know of a USA source? Its a very sippable run on the rocks. Reminds me of Bacardi Select.

Lots of rum threads since Castro's (ahem) mis-fortune, huh?

[Don Carlos]

Ping to you, my rum drinking friend!

[livius]

Irrefutable evidence that Fidel's dead.

[chilepepper]

the best rum IMHO is Brugal. it was cuban of course, but the brugal family fled cuba but had distilleries in Domincan Republic and St. Croix USVI. excellent stuff!

venezuelan pampero is good stuff too, or at least it was before the clown chavez and his parrot took over...

down here in Chile you can get the cuban/frog version of Havana Club. make great molotov cocktails or lighter fluid but i wouldn't actually drink the stuff...

[PJ-Comix]

Down here in Florida, Flor de Caña, can be found in about half the liquor stores.

[PJ-Comix]

Yeah, a Dominican friend of mine was RAVING over Brugal. I think you can get it cheap down in Santo Domingo.

[SpinnerWebb]

Ron Zacapa Centenario... a 23 year old Guatamalan rum. Sipping drink only, do NOT mix it with anything. It's smoother than any single malt scotch I've ever had.

[agenda_express]

Try Don Q rum. Distilled in P. Rico. Can be found some places here in the states.

[Ax]

There is no better rum on the planet than Havana Club. We used to be able to get a 750ml bottle in the dollar stores in Havana for less than $4. I can't even drink Bacardi anymore. When I do drink rum here in Florida, I get the cheap stuff from the ABC stores. It SAYS it's made in the USVI but I suspect it's made somewhere in Dade County.

When ordering a "cuba libre" in a foreigners' bar in Havana or Varadero, the bartenders will look around to see if any goons are skulking. If it's clear, they'll correct you and say that it is called "mentira," (a lie), because there certainly is no Free Cuba.

[PJ-Comix]

There is no better rum on the planet than Havana Club.

Okay, you convinced me. I look for it in the liquor stores this weekend. Now I have to give it a try.

[Invisible Gorilla]

Arechabala, former sales manager of the family company, said Monday he vividly remembers the day the bodyguard of Cuban revolutionary Ernesto ''Che'' Guevara placed a gun to his head and took over the Havana Club distillery in Cardenas.

Not the most important reason to hate every Che t-shirt and bumper sticker I see, but I'll add it to the list.

[PJ-Comix]

Does anyone think that the sudden availability of Havana Club might be related to the state of Fidel's health?

[Invisible Gorilla]

Yes, but in a strange twist it's actually good news for my health.

[Ax]

PJ, if you find one that sells it, please let me know. I'd KILL for some Havana Club!

[elhombrelibre]

Thanks