Post #298264 by defaultet on Tue, Apr 10, 2007 8:55 PM

Thanks for the replies, everyone. A couple items: I tried the UPC finder that someone posted. That didn't work, but it also didn't work for any of my other Havana Club bottles. It looks EXACTLY the same as my other bottles, so I have no reason to believe it is not legit. It looks nothing like the Bacardi Havana rum (which I never seen for sale)

As far as the duty-free store that is less than half a mile from the border, I would say that everything in the store is 100% legal. If anyone has any concrete experience with this, please speak up. But I would venture that everything for sale will always be legal because of regulation, taxes, etc. I think all of this would necessarily be coordinated between the two governments. Or else I give government way too much credit. But you don't see Cuban cigars or Absinthe for sale at the duty-free store (which you can buy easily in Canada)

But if they sell Havana Club at the Canadian duty-free store, wouldn't it stand to reason that they would have it at the U.S. duty-free store? Hmm, maybe I'll check it out next time. Anyway, legal or not (and I'm saying it's legal) I doubt anything's going to happen when they look at your rum and your receipt from the official store just down the street.