Post #430003 by arriano on Thu, Jan 22, 2009 9:24 AM

On 2009-01-21 18:16, Mr. NoNaMe wrote:
So, if the old tiki drink recipes are from before 1958 they are not calling for Bacardi.

Actually, I recently read that Bacardi has had a plant in Puerto Rico since the 1930s. It was built so that they wouldn't have to pay tariffs following the end of Prohibition. The company only moved its headquarters after the Cuban revolution. So I think that the Zombie Punch of 1934 which calls for Puerto Rican gold rum was most likely Bacardi -- although I can't say that for sure.

It's my guess that Bacardi, being distilled in the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico and already being a very big company, was easily available in the U.S. and therefore probably fairly inexpensive. I guess what I was getting at from the beginning was whether Bacardi was:
A. At one time a very good rum that has since gone downhill in quality.
B. Always a fairly mediocre rum that was simply inexpensive and easily obtainable.
C. As good as it has always been, but connosieurs of rum prefer to sub Cuban, Virgin Island or another like rum instead.
D. Some combination of the above.
E. Another issue entirely.