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RobertBurr
03-19-2009, 11:35 PM
Has anyone heard a rumor of a new Bacardi Spiced drum coming in June?
young0076
03-20-2009, 12:22 AM
Drum or Rum ?? After a few of my Appleton VX mixes I have heard just about everything.

If you mean RUM then "NOPE" have not heard of that one.
joergen
03-20-2009, 07:58 AM
I really enjoyed the old Bacardi Spice, even if it was a while since I had it. Rememeber buying it on a trip to Ft. Lauderdale years and years ago. Wonder if I still would appreciate it... Let's hope there is a new one it's way.
RobertBurr
03-22-2009, 12:40 AM
That must have been a late night post. Bacardi Spiced Rum, not Spiced Drum. It sounds the same though. I think it's coming soon.
TheRumelier
03-22-2009, 07:36 PM
I picked up a bottle before Xmas at a "hurricane sale". Apparently all the items in the sale came from St.Martin after a liquor company's warehouse was flooded in a hurricane last summer. The liquor sold fast, I bought about 30 bottles of various rums, most just had damaged labels. The wines are still there, damaged and been under water and no AC for a while, a hard sell!!
The spice is not a favourite for sure, hopefully they will give us a new version of it that will be better this time. Is it a reaction to the Capt. moving out of PR and sailing east??
Edward Hamilton
03-22-2009, 11:45 PM
Has anyone heard a rumor of a new Bacardi Spiced drum coming in June?

If that doesn't look like someone starting a rumor I'm missing something. Good work Rob.
Rum Runner
06-08-2009, 08:26 PM
I think we have the answer with the release of the Seven Tiki Spiced Rum in the USA, which is under the Bacardi Global Brands line-up.

Go figure why the worlds largest rum producer is contracting a Fijian distillery to produce a spiced rum!

I posted the press release in the Rum News forum.
forrest
06-08-2009, 09:04 PM
Go figure why the worlds largest rum producer is contracting a Fijian distillery to produce a spiced rum!

Bacardi acquired this rum when they acquired another spirits portfolio (i think it was 42 Below, but not positive).
young0076
06-08-2009, 10:22 PM
My wife is in Florida looking for it. If I happen to get a bottle of it I will make sure to put my 2 cents on it. Most of you know I am a spiced rum lover, and have loved my Four Square so far, and beiing that this Tiki Rum is 70 proof I can't imagine it being to far off from the other spiced rums. We shall see.
Rum Runner
06-08-2009, 10:26 PM
Bacardi acquired this rum when they acquired another spirits portfolio (i think it was 42 Below, but not positive).

You are most likely right forrest. It's hard to keep up with who is taking over who.

One interesting point is that Bacardi-Brown Foreman did a "soft launch" of this brand in the Uk in conjunction with the UK Rum Fest back in October '08. Here is the link (http://popsop.com/4235).

You can see not only is the bottle different, the label states an aged rum bottled at 40% ABV.

What they are releasing in the USA is a totally different product under the same name. It's now a spiced rum bottled at 35% ABV.

Robert Burr was right in that Bacardi was to introduce a new spiced rum onto the USA market. We just did not know that it would not have the Bat on the label.
forrest
06-09-2009, 01:08 AM
Burr was right in that Bacardi was to introduce a new spiced rum onto the USA market. We just did not know that it would not have the Bat on the label.

i think , again, the part of the correct anticipation was for 'Bacardi' the corporation (the same corp. that owns, Bombay Gin, Grey Goose, some of Patron Tequila and Leblon Cachaca, etc. . . .) not 'Bacardi' the rum-- or even better 'the Bat'!!

i heard this from a Bacardi rep. at a Bacardi event . . . so, you know how it goes....
TheRumelier
06-09-2009, 09:38 AM
Didn't we try it in the Miami Rum Tasting conducted by Ed? It is all a blur now!!
Rum Runner
06-09-2009, 10:49 AM
Didn't we try it in the Miami Rum Tasting conducted by Ed? It is all a blur now!!

The press release stated that it won a gold medal in Miami.
gbohl
07-13-2010, 01:45 AM
ok a little bit late here but i as in a marketing pannel and we tasted the new Spiced rum from Barcadi...and its pretty impressive...aged in oak barrels...and as of yet unnammed...it should be out in the next 6 months or so.....i said it was like a grown up version of Captian Morgans.....it had a good flavor for spiced rum...