Can you visit the Bacardi factory without a tour? There is no “free’ tour anymore. Now the “Historical” tour and 1 welcome drink in a plastic Bacardi souvenir cup cost $15 . Other tours- include
Can you visit the Bacardi factory without a tour?
There is no “free’ tour anymore. Now the “Historical” tour and 1 welcome drink in a plastic Bacardi souvenir cup cost $15 . Other tours- include the “Historical tour” plus either a premium Rum Tasting tour (5 types to sample) or for “Mixology” course tour cost more.
How long is the Casa Bacardi tour?
roughly 90 minutes
The tour itself is roughly 90 minutes. You get a very brief history of Bacardi and the tasting is the bulk. You’re paying for the rum, so drink all of it. The regular tour is an hour and you learn quite a bit more on that one.
Why is dark rum dark?
by aging the rum in charred oak or wooden barrels for a period of time, they end up with a darker color and a bolder flavor. The longer the rum is aged, the darker it is. Rum can also be darker if molasses, burnt sugar or caramel is added for color and flavor.
How old do you have to be to go to Casa Bacardi?
18 years of age
Guests must be at least 18 years of age. For those looking to treat themselves or do some early holiday shopping, the BACARDÍ store is open to tour guests and features branded items from t-shirts to barware to personalized bottles. Acrylic screens and electronic payments limit contact for a safe shopping experience.
Why is rum so bad?
After the fermentation process, rum is distilled to remove congeners. That’s the bad stuff you don’t want in your cocktail. (Congeners = bad hangovers, blindness, and other unspeakably awful things.) These oak barrels are then passed down to rum companies, where they live a happy life aging the good stuff.
What does Bacardi taste like?
Bacardi is a brand of rum, because it is made from sugarcane and because it is not distilled to the point of being neutral in flavor. But as far as the TTB is concerned, Bacardi is a brand of rum because it tastes like rum. If you ran Bacardi silver through a charcoal filter for long enough, you’d have a vodka.
Is Bacardi a light rum?
Bacardi light rum is a colorless, clear, light-bodied rum. It is double filtered through charcoal with a one year aging process between filters.
Is the Bacardi factory open in Puerto Rico?
The factory is located off the main island of Puerto Rico in Cana de San Antonio Bay, about a mile from the ferry terminal in Old Town San Juan. To visit, you take a ferry from San Juan, but those ferries will not be running for a while. If the Bacardi factory were even open, there would be no tourists to take the tour.
What is the history of Bacardi?
Bacardi was founded in 1862 in Santiago de Cuba , when Don Facundo Bacardí Massó revolutionized the spirits industry by creating the world’s first light-bodied rum.