What Is Bacardi & More on This Popular Rum 2022 • Chick About Town

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Bacardi is a West Indian rum originally produced in Cuba.

First sold commercially in 1862, by 2014, Bacardi was the best-selling rum in the world (it has since lost and regained this position several times in the past few years).

Bacardi Limited, the company that produces Bacardi rum, is the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world.

Bacardi Nassau Royale

Bacardi Nassau Royale Rum Liqueur is a delicate blend of exotic ingredients with a hint of vanilla. It is popular in Nassau Bahamas and Bahamian cuisine. It has been used with whipped bananas and cream to top the banana royal dessert. It uses a well-selected blend of exotic ingredients and is kissed with dramatic notes of vanilla.

Nassau Royale Liqueur is bottled at 33.5% alcohol by volume. It is a great rum that can be appreciated as a mixer when added with cola. Experience its traditional island taste and bouquet straight, in a mixed drink, or with dessert. For a decadent moment, try as a topping to vanilla ice cream. Enjoy!

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Bacardi Portfolio

Originally known for Bacardi white rum, which was innovative in its use of charcoal as a filtering agent and was arguably the first clear, white rum in the world, Bacardi Limited now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels, including Havana Club rum (in the US), Grey Goose vodka, Patrón tequila, Bombay Sapphire gin, Dewar’s Scotch whiskey, Martini & Rossi vermouth, and Martini Prosecco (a sparkling wine that I love!).

More extensively, here are brands owned by Bacardi based on alcohol type:

Rum: Bacardi, Havana Club (USA only), Castillo, Banks, Pyrat XO Reserve, Oakheart Spice Rum
Tequila: Patrón, Corzo, Cazadores, Camino Real
Scotch whisky: Dewar’s, Aberfeldy, Craigellachie, Royal Brackla, Aultmore, The Deveron, Glen Deveron, William Lawson’s
Bourbon: Angel’s Envy, Stillhouse Black Bourbon
American Whiskey: Stillhouse
Cognac: Otard, D’ussé Cognac, Gaston De LaGrange
Cachaça: Leblon Cachaça
Vodka: Grey Goose, Eristoff, Ultimat Vodka, Stillhouse Classic American Vodka, 42 Below, Plume & Petal
Gin: Bombay Sapphire, Bosford, Oxley
Vermouth: Martini & Rossi, Noilly Prat
Sparkling wine: Martini Prosecco, Martini Asti, Martini rosé
Liqueur: Bénédictine, St-Germain, Get 27, Get 31, Nassau Royale, Martini Spirito, Patrón liqueurs

Bacardi rums have been entered for a number of international spirit ratings awards.

Several Bacardi spirits have performed notably well.

In 2020, Bacardi Superior, Bacardi Gold, Bacardi Black, and Bacardi Añejo Cuatro were each awarded a gold medal by the International Quality Institute Monde Selection.

In addition, both Bacardi Reserva Ocho and Bacardi Gran Reserva Diez were awarded the top honor of Grand Gold quality award.

What Is Bacardi Superior?

Bacardi first gained its fame from the white rum it produces: the very popular Bacardi Superior.

The Bacardi website has this to say about Bacardi Superior:

…classic Bacardi rum, the soul of the Bacardi brand—youthful, high-quality, sociable, sensual and passionate…[it] is the main bearer of Bacardi‘s authenticity, origin and craft; it has carried the Bacardi Bat Device as its symbol since 1862. Its personality is that of the Latin Caribbean…which provides the Brand with a unique point of view on life.

In terms of how it is made, Bacardi Superior, is blended, charcoal-filtered, aged for at least one year, then charcoal-filtered again to produce a subtle, delicate rum that is clear in color, light in body and dry in flavor.

Is Bacardi Rum?

Yes, Bacardi is rum.

“Bacardi Rum Room”

Bacardi rum rooms was a multiroom event series by Bacardi aimed at celebrating Bacardi’s premier rum lines: Bacardi Anejo Cuatro, BACARDÍ Reserva Ocho, and BACARDÍ Gran Reserva Diez.

The series of Rum Room events included 5 events in 5 American cities: Atlanta, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

At each Bacardi Rum Room event, attendees got to explore a series of multisensory rooms while being treated to BACARDÍ cocktails, hors d’oeuvre, music performances, and special appearances by the brand’s celebrity friends.

What Is Barcadi?

Barcadi is simply a misspelling of Bacardi.

What Is Bicardi?

Bicardi is a misspelling of Bacardi.

What is Baccardi?

Baccardi is simply a misspelling of the brand name Bacardi. Read more about Bacardi here.

Bacardi Black vs Gold vs Superior: A Summary

Clearly, the distinguishing factors between Bacardi white, Bacardi dark rum, and Bacardi Gold are 1) how long they are aged, 2) what they are aged in, and 3) whether or not they are filtered again after aging.

Bacardi white rum is aged less than Bacardi gold rum, which in turn is aged less than Bacardi dark rum.

Since age is usually an indication of the sophistication of an alcohol, we can also conclude that Bacardi Black is finer than Bacardi Gold, which in turn is finer than Bacardi white.

Looking at my own experience with rum, I now understand why I prefer Myers’s Rum to Captain Morgan’s Spice Gold to white Bacardi rum.

Image Credits: Bacardi on LinkedIn, Dale Moore; Charanjit Chana

What Is Bacardi & More on This Popular Rum

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