Bacardi - Tiki Drinks and Food

A arriano Tiki Socialite San Diego Joined: Jun 13, 2006 Posts: 1620	A arriano Posted posted on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 2:29 PM I know a lot of people better educated in rum than I often rip on Bacardi -- preferring Cruzan, Havana Club, etc. A lot of old tiki drink recipes call for Puerto Rican rum, especially white. And I would guess that 99% of those old drinks that called for Puerto Rican rum were using Bacardi. So my question is this: Is it that there are simply better rums out there than Bacardi, or has the quality of Bacardi diminished over the years? And if the response is the latter, exactly how has the quality diminished?

I know a lot of people better educated in rum than I often rip on Bacardi -- preferring Cruzan, Havana Club, etc. A lot of old tiki drink recipes call for Puerto Rican rum, especially white. And I would guess that 99% of those old drinks that called for Puerto Rican rum were using Bacardi.

So my question is this: Is it that there are simply better rums out there than Bacardi, or has the quality of Bacardi diminished over the years?

And if the response is the latter, exactly how has the quality diminished?

Post #429893 by arriano on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 2:29 PM