Some swell pre-prohibition cocktail recipes - Tiki Drinks and Food

T thejab Grand Member (1 year) Tradewinds Apartments, Alameda, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2992	T thejab Posted posted on Mon, May 15, 2006 12:07 PM On 2006-05-14 15:38, finkdaddy wrote: Back then Bacardi was made in Cuba, so now it is actually Havanna Club. I'm pretty sure it is the white variety. That's right. Under Castro the state took over the Bacardi operation and it was renamed Havana Club. Another company was started in Puerto Rico under the Bacardi name. I just read in "Straight Up or On The Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail" that Bacardi was once made in a town called Dacquiri in Cuba. The book is highly recommended for your home library. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/086547656X/sr=8-1/qid=1147718935/ref=sr_1_1/102-4309451-8663320?%5Fencoding=UTF8

On 2006-05-14 15:38, finkdaddy wrote:
Back then Bacardi was made in Cuba, so now it is actually Havanna Club. I'm pretty sure it is the white variety.

That's right. Under Castro the state took over the Bacardi operation and it was renamed Havana Club. Another company was started in Puerto Rico under the Bacardi name.

I just read in "Straight Up or On The Rocks: The Story of the American Cocktail" that Bacardi was once made in a town called Dacquiri in Cuba. The book is highly recommended for your home library.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/086547656X/sr=8-1/qid=1147718935/ref=sr_1_1/102-4309451-8663320?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Post #232058 by thejab on Mon, May 15, 2006 12:07 PM