Originally Posted by
BamaVol
I'll bet Bacardi has more varieties than any other rum distiller. Which is it?
I don't know. How many does Bacardi have? I know plenty of producers that have 4 or 5 varieties and some with more.
The real interesting thing will be Cuba. Bacardi always proudly says they were founded in Cuba, but of course they moved to Puerto Rico about 50 years ago. Will they return? Or will Cuba produce a much better rum and compete in the US market?
Today's Bacardi is the opposite of fine quality rum IMHO. It's a massive industry geared mainly to the US market. Plus it's made with molasses rather than pure sugar cane. And they use a fast acting yeast which doesn't yield much taste. Give me the smaller batch pure cane rum made with more attention to detail, slower, and with much better character and taste.