Bacardi Is to Bring Havana Club Rum Back to the U.S. - Tiki Drinks and Food

E Erizo Member Naples, FL Joined: Apr 01, 2007 Posts: 2	E Erizo Posted posted on Sun, Apr 1, 2007 8:52 PM Hi there everyone. i`m new in this forum but aged in the art of drinking rum from about 40 years of tasting cuban rum, born and raised in Havana could not be otherwise, like i see here there is a war going on between Bacardi and Havana Club, Well, as long the drinker haven`t proof Havana Club never before, no problem, Bacardi will do, or any other in this case, but once you have tried out Havana Club and specially the seven years old there is no way back, is like a very powerful hard drug, there is no substitute for it anyplace in the world, i must confessed that are some others rum from the Caribbean that when not Havana Club is present will get you close to this ideally state of spirit that many of you will already know, i`m talking about the panamenian "El Abuelo " and specially the 12 years añejo, " Pampero " from venezuela, "Flor de Caña " 12 años from Nicaragua, and few others, but afterward you still missing the Real Thing . I can`t explain why is that, it maybe the sugar cane from Cuba, it maybe the water they use or like a friend of my use to say, the acetic acid they use to simile the age years ( that last is a joke although any rum with a 1 ml of this acid will taste " aged " ). I been living for seven years here in the states, missing the "real thing" a lot and expecting that some day Cuba will be free again to prove the taste i grew older with, in the meantime i was able to bring few of them bottles in last January from Europe and still looking for any shop willing to sell me few more from any part of the world, glad hear from any of you any news about it. What a shame that politics and other circumstances make us missing the pleasure of enjoying one of the little things that a normal human should enjoy at least once a week, a couple shots of good rum and the taste of a cuban cigar. BTW, sorry for my english, i`m still learning.

Hi there everyone. im new in this forum but aged in the art of drinking rum from about 40 years of tasting cuban rum, born and raised in Havana could not be otherwise, like i see here there is a war going on between Bacardi and Havana Club, Well, as long the drinker havent proof Havana Club never before, no problem, Bacardi will do, or any other in this case, but once you have tried out Havana Club and specially the seven years old there is no way back, is like a very powerful hard drug, there is no substitute for it anyplace in the world, i must confessed that are some others rum from the Caribbean that when not Havana Club is present will get you close to this ideally state of spirit that many of you will already know, im talking about the panamenian "El Abuelo " and specially the 12 years añejo, " Pampero " from venezuela, "Flor de Caña " 12 años from Nicaragua, and few others, but afterward you still missing the Real Thing . I cant explain why is that, it maybe the sugar cane from Cuba, it maybe the water they use or like a friend of my use to say, the acetic acid they use to simile the age years ( that last is a joke although any rum with a 1 ml of this acid will taste " aged " ).
I been living for seven years here in the states, missing the "real thing" a lot and expecting that some day Cuba will be free again to prove the taste i grew older with, in the meantime i was able to bring few of them bottles in last January from Europe and still looking for any shop willing to sell me few more from any part of the world, glad hear from any of you any news about it.
What a shame that politics and other circumstances make us missing the pleasure of enjoying one of the little things that a normal human should enjoy at least once a week, a couple shots of good rum and the taste of a cuban cigar.
BTW, sorry for my english, i`m still learning.

Post #296209 by Erizo on Sun, Apr 1, 2007 8:52 PM