If the US Government is warming up to North Korea, how much longer can it be until Cuban Rum is back? TTB has started to allow a small number of products from North Korea, and the news a few days ago is that this is part of a broader US-North Korea cooperation. Does anyone find the D in DPR a tad misleading? A good trend or bad?
We’ll go way out on a limb and foolishly boldly predict that Cuban Rum will be back in the US (legally) within two years, after an almost 50-year absence. The story is documented in this new book: “Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba: The Biography of a Cause.”
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I’ve never had the pleasure of tasting Cuban Rum.
I am certainly excited about the prospect of getting my hands on some, along with a fat cigar!
I’ve tasted both Cuban rum and a number of fine Cuban cigars. I was in Cuba (legally) a few months ago. I’ve been before, and each time I try to measure the political situation there. Your poster could be right: Cuban rum could be tippled in US bars and restaurants before too long. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), has not been paying too much attention to the legal things allowed back into the US (aside from alcohol and cigars), so there might be a feeling of “no mas”. The Cubans are planning large yacht marinas. Give that some thought. It’s not in anticipation of a bunch of Canadians suddenly sailing down the east coast. It’s for the closer boaters.
I’m looking forward to Cuban rum and cuban cigars at my local watering hole. Two, three years maybe.
I appreciate a good Cuban, cigar, rum or otherwise. My only concern is an influx of subpar product that will be lapped up by the US consumer just because it has ‘Hecho en Cuba’ on the label.
Havana Club is pretty good stuff when you look at the older vintages. The young stuff is a bit too hot for me, but still works OK in mojitos and even as a substitute in a Caiparinha. The Havana Club Maximo is in the top two best rums I’ve ever had a chance to drink.