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Facts and Information about the Bacardi Rum
The alcoholic drink Bacardi is a rum based drink from Cuba. Bacardi rum
is produced from molasses which is mixed with with spring water and a
selected yeast which then turns the sugar into alcohol. The secret
recipe for the drink includes filtering the rum through charcoal to
remove any impurities. The following list details the main
ingredients of Bacardi Rum together with other info about this famous
rum alcoholic drink.
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Process for making this speciality rum - The molasses are mixed
with spring water and a selected yeast which then turns
the sugar into alcohol.
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The
rum is filtered through charcoal and aged in oak barrels
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Country of origin is Cuba and dates back to 1862
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The
rum recipe was developed by Don Facundo Bacardi Maso
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Don
Facundo left Catalonia in Spain for Cuba in 1839 with two of his
brothers and became a wine merchant and began to sell the locally
made Cuban rum
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The
secret rum recipe was gradually developed by Don Facundo who had
bought a small distillery in Santiago
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The
family planted a small coconut palm, El Coco, in front of the
distillery and fruit bats were found in the rafters of the Cuban
distillery - the famous bat Logo was born
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Bacardi rum is produced at the main distillery which is based in
Puerto Rico
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It
is then bottled around the world
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There are now variations on the original flavour including Bacardi
Limon, Bacardi O, Cicon, Tropico, and Breezers are all speciality
blends
Bacardi Products
Bacardi Products
include the following:
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Breezer
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Superior
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Oro
(Gold)
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Black
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151
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Apple
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Razz
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Bacardi
O (Orange Rum)
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Limon
How to serve the
Bacardi Rum
Bacardi Rum is an
extremely versatile drink and can be served in drinking glasses:
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Straight up - Perfect as after dinner drinks and usually served at
room temperature
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On
the rocks - If a cold drink is preferred chill and serve in drinking glasses over ice cubes or mixed with crushed ice
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Bacardi Rum can be mixed with cream or other mixers to create some really good and extremely colorful cocktails served in decorated drinking glasses and on bright drink coasters
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Serve in unusual drinking glasses on colorful drink
coasters.
Quantities and
Proportions of ingredients in Bacardi cocktail drinks
Quantities of ingredients tend to cause confusion - no problem, just use
the correct proportions of each ingredient to create the best authentic & original
Bacardi cocktail recipe! Serve in unusual drinking glasses on colorful drink
coasters. You can use a thimble, cup or
even a pitcher ( if you are making this recipe for a group or a crowd ) when you make a
cocktail! The following simple guidelines
will also help with the different quantities referred to in other
cocktail recipes:
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1 oz (ounce) equals 2 tbsp (tablespoons) or 3 cl (centilitres)
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30ml
equals 1 oz
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1 shot equals 3 tbsp (tablespoons) or 1½ oz (ounces) or 45 ml
(millilitres)
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1 cup equals 8 oz (ounces) or 24 cl (centilitres) or 240 ml
(millilitres)
The list
of free Bacardi Recipes detailed above contain the contents by
ingredients. Exercise your bartending skills, use decorations and unusual drinking glasses and drink coasters to become the bartender of your own personal bar which serves Bacardi Rum Recipes!
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