The Bacardi factories

[Karl Marx's Camel]

After the revolution, what happened to the Bacardi factories? Have they been shut down? Are they still continuing production? If production is continuing, what are they producing? The same rum as Bacardi?

[fernando]

Interesting question...however Im more curious about Bacardi's involvement in the terrorism against Cuba

[Niall]

Originally posted by [email protected] 7 2006, 09:28 PM
Interesting question...however Im more curious about Bacardi's involvement in the terrorism against Cuba
have they been involved in that?

[Sabocat]

The information that I've heard is that after the Revolution, Cuba nationalized the land. They continue to make a "national" rum in Cuba.

I've also heard that Bacardi is very anti-Cuba and is desperate to get their hands back on the cane fields that were nationalizied.

[fernando]

Originally posted by Niall+Mar 7 2006, 09:15 PM--> (Niall @ Mar 7 2006, 09:15 PM)
[email protected] 7 2006, 09:28 PM
Interesting question...however Im more curious about Bacardi's involvement in the terrorism against Cuba
have they been involved in that? [/b]
I know they have supported the US in various policies against Cuba, I was just curious if Bacardi also had links with Florida based terrorist organisations such as the F4 Commandos and the Alpha 66.

[Karl Marx's Camel]

The information that I've heard is that after the Revolution, Cuba nationalized the land. They continue to make a "national" rum in Cuba.

OK. That lead us a little bit closer... But is the rum they make, the same rum that was produced in those factories before the revolution (ie Bacardi rum)?

Thanks.

[which doctor]

After the revolution Bacardi moved out of Cuba and relocated to Puerto Rico. Castro siezes Bacardi property in Cuba. The Bacardi corporation later funded anti-Castro groups. If you visit Cuba today and see the old Bacardi building, you can still see the Bacardi bat at the top of the building.

I have no clue how I know all of that, some of it may be wrong.

[Amusing Scrotum]

Originally posted by NWOG+Mar 7 2006, 07:10 PM--> (NWOG @ Mar 7 2006, 07:10 PM) After the revolution, what happened to the Bacardi factories? [/b]

Try this....


Wikipedia
After the Cuban Revolution, with Fidel Castro and other M-26-7 members coming to power in 1959, the Bacardi company fled Cuba for the Bahamas. Castro then seized all remaining Bacardi assets in Cuba. It is claimed by Hernando Calvo Ospina that Bacardi financed anti-Castro groups after the revolution, later helped found the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) in 1981, and supported the Helms-Burton Act of 1996.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacardi

You may want to check out the two links.

[praxis1966]

OK. That lead us a little bit closer... But is the rum they make, the same rum that was produced in those factories before the revolution (ie Bacardi rum)?

Thanks.

Can't be. There's no way that the specific soil and atmospheric conditions of Cuba could be reproduced any place else, even as nearby as Puerto Rico. Also, I highly doubt that the current incarnation of Bacardi is using the same strain of cane that they did in Cuba. Nevermind that the stills are different (which believe it or not will affect flavor), and there is sure to be a difference in methodology of production. Some of that had to be lost in the hasty evacuation. Further, Bacardi was alot smaller company at the time of the revolution. Current production methods (not unlike those of Smirnoff, Dewar's, et al) at Bacardi focus more on volume and efficiency than quality than they did back then.

The short answer? Bacardi products suck and no, it's not the same shit.

Edit: By the way, they're not factories. They're distilleries.

[Commie Rat]

Also bacardi claim to be making 'Authentic Cuban Rum" whist neither operating nor getting suppy from cuba.

you could just be edge?

[Severian]

Cuba exports a rum called "Havana Club."

Bacardi claims it is made partly with nationalized Bacardi assets - and has attempted to steal the Havana Club trademark.

Details (http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/ratb/boycott/wysk.htm)

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Originally posted by [email protected] 8 2006, 10:56 AM
Cuba exports a rum called "Havana Club."

Bacardi claims it is made partly with nationalized Bacardi assets - and has attempted to steal the Havana Club trademark.

Details (http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/ratb/boycott/wysk.htm)
Remind me to buy some Havana Club :)

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

That's not an option for people in the US...

Anyway, Brugal is the best rum :)

[Sentinel]

Cuba exports a rum called "Havana Club."

We sell it on my ship. Excellent stuff, it has a Cuban government warranty stamp on it. :)

Two people from work won a Havana Club competition and got to travel to Cuba last year. Damn I was frustrated I didn't win, and those politically unaware types got it.

I tried to memorise everything about rum production the Havana club guys told us, but we were served mojitos during the class.

So when we got the questions, the only one I could answer was when Columbus discovered America (1492).

And that one I knew from before.

[Karl Marx's Camel]

You have a ship? :o

Havana Club is great... :)

[Sentinel]

Originally posted by NWOG
You have a ship? :o

Haha, not exactly. :lol:

I work on one, as a cashier in the taxfree shop, for a shit wage. I referred to it as "my ship" because I've worked onboard it for a while, but it's far from mine naturally.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Originally posted by Compañ[email protected] 8 2006, 01:34 PM
That's not an option for people in the US...
It's a good thing I live in the UK then isn't it? :P

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Indeed. Have you seen it in stores there?

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Originally posted by Compañ[email protected] 8 2006, 04:45 PM
Indeed. Have you seen it in stores there?
Yes I have, but I thought it had as much to do with Cuba as cheddar cheese has to Cheddar Gorge.