Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
Yes the owners of Havana Club pretty much had no choice as Bacardi has a stranglehold on rum distribution in the US and has locked out all the smaller competition. Its amazing when you go to a grocery store in the US versus one overseas. In Europe we have such a huge variety of amazingly good and very different rums.
As for the Bacardi brands, yes I forgot about the flavored rums.