Cuban Rum Question - Tiki Drinks and Food

SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Tiki Socialite Edmonton Joined: Jul 20, 2003 Posts: 1113	SDT Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Mon, Apr 30, 2007 5:56 PM My boss is going to Cuba in August and she's willing to bring me back rum. What should she bring me that we can't get in Canada? And conversely, are there any rums she should avoid?
D DemeraraDrinker Member Kansas City Joined: Mar 28, 2007 Posts: 92	D DemeraraDrinker Posted posted on Tue, May 1, 2007 10:19 AM On 2007-04-30 17:56, Sweet Daddy Tiki wrote: My boss is going to Cuba in August and she's willing to bring me back rum. What should she bring me that we can't get in Canada? And conversely, are there any rums she should avoid? Well, Canada doesn't have a trade embargo, so you can get Havana Club in Canada. Havana Club is good, but the only reason you'd want to bring it back from Cuba is if its a lot cheaper than it is in Canada. You could also look for some other rums besides Havana Club that you can't get at home. Here a bunch of other rums in Cuba: http://www.rum.cz/galery/cam/cu/ If your boss can taste some of the rums before buying them, that would help.
PLT Pepe le Tiki Tiki Socialite Vancouver, BC Joined: May 09, 2005 Posts: 325	PLT Pepe le Tiki Posted posted on Tue, May 1, 2007 6:18 PM I liked Ron Matusalem. There was a five and seven year and both are good quite good. I found that most domestic rums were very localized and not easy to find. So it will kind of depend on where she's going. If she does the 'Cigar and Rum factory tour' in Pinar Del Rio, she'll find it. Despite the 'cheezy touristy factor' and the death defying old Russian plane ride, it's worth it for some real Cuban Rum and cigars.

SDT

Sweet Daddy Tiki Posted posted on Mon, Apr 30, 2007 5:56 PM

My boss is going to Cuba in August and she's willing to bring me back rum. What should she bring me that we can't get in Canada? And conversely, are there any rums she should avoid?

D

DemeraraDrinker Posted posted on Tue, May 1, 2007 10:19 AM

On 2007-04-30 17:56, Sweet Daddy Tiki wrote:
My boss is going to Cuba in August and she's willing to bring me back rum. What should she bring me that we can't get in Canada? And conversely, are there any rums she should avoid?

Well, Canada doesn't have a trade embargo, so you can get Havana Club in Canada. Havana Club is good, but the only reason you'd want to bring it back from Cuba is if its a lot cheaper than it is in Canada.

You could also look for some other rums besides Havana Club that you can't get at home. Here a bunch of other rums in Cuba:

http://www.rum.cz/galery/cam/cu/

If your boss can taste some of the rums before buying them, that would help.

PLT

Pepe le Tiki Posted posted on Tue, May 1, 2007 6:18 PM

I liked Ron Matusalem. There was a five and seven year and both are good quite good. I found that most domestic rums were very localized and not easy to find. So it will kind of depend on where she's going. If she does the 'Cigar and Rum factory tour' in Pinar Del Rio, she'll find it. Despite the 'cheezy touristy factor' and the death defying old Russian plane ride, it's worth it for some real Cuban Rum and cigars.