Cuba, Here I Come! - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Dec 19, 2014 4:47 PM Not to be a downer, but: Since rum is the national liquor in Cuba and associated with a tropical lifestyle, the image and mystique of Cuban rum is greater than its substance. Yes, Havana Club is really not the best rum from Cuba, in Germany you can get it on every supermarket shelf, like Bacardi here. In general, Cuban rums have a hard time standing up to what else is already available out there, in my opinion. They are just not as flavorful as Demerara or other kinds. (the opposite is true for the cigars: They ARE indeed unsurpassed) This of course won't matter much, since their unavailability here for so long will make them special once they do become available. I have sampled them in Cuba, and in Europe - where you can get a greater variety of brands than in Cuba itself! Varadero 7 years is good.

Not to be a downer, but: Since rum is the national liquor in Cuba and associated with a tropical lifestyle, the image and mystique of Cuban rum is greater than its substance.

Yes, Havana Club is really not the best rum from Cuba, in Germany you can get it on every supermarket shelf, like Bacardi here.

In general, Cuban rums have a hard time standing up to what else is already available out there, in my opinion. They are just not as flavorful as Demerara or other kinds. (the opposite is true for the cigars: They ARE indeed unsurpassed)

This of course won't matter much, since their unavailability here for so long will make them special once they do become available.

I have sampled them in Cuba, and in Europe - where you can get a greater variety of brands than in Cuba itself! Varadero 7 years is good.

Post #733456 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Dec 19, 2014 4:47 PM