Bacardi is celebrating 150 years of bringing people together.
Bacardi was founded in Santiago de Cuba on February 4, 1862, when Don Facundo Bacardí Massó purchased a small distillery. After years of experimenting, Bacardi revolutionized the spirits industry by adding steps never before used in rum-making.
February 4, 2012
Bacardi celebrates 150th birthday on February 4
Family-owned Bacardi Limited officially marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Company and its iconic BACARDI® rum brand on February 4 with activities around the world honoring the world's favorite rum brand. The Company is celebrating its spectacular growth from a small distillery founded by Don Facundo Bacardí Massó in Santiago de Cuba in 1862 to what is now the world's largest privately- owned spirits company.
Consumers around the world celebrate with classic, great tasting BACARDI rum cocktails at one-of-a-kind birthday parties and other BACARDI-themed events while the Bacardí family marks this historic milestone with its largest reunion ever. As part of its yearlong anniversary celebration, Bacardi launches themed promotions, opens a historical exhibition in Italy, rolls out a $2,000 limited-edition super-premium blend from the Bacardí family Maestros de Ron (Master Blenders) and accepts proclamations from governments declaring the day “Bacardi Day.”
To celebrate 150 years of bringing people together, family-owned Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, is commemorating the founding of Bacardi the company and its iconic BACARDÍ rum brand with a yearlong celebration in 2012.
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Limited-Edition BACARDI Product
To honor 150 years of Bacardi rum-making expertise and craftsmanship, eight Maestros de Ron (Master Blenders), all Bacardí family members, have combined their extraordinary talents to create a very special, limited-edition BACARDI Rum—Ron BACARDÍ de Maestros de Ron, Vintage, MMXII®. A blend of the finest rums laid to rest in oak barrels over the last 20 years and finished in 60-year old Cognac barrels, the vintage blend is presented in a hand-blown 500ml crystal decanter housed in a leather case and retails for US$2,000. Truly limited, only 400 decanters are available for purchase at a select group of international airports and premium retail establishments around the world.
Orginal BACARDI Cuba Libre
Recipe:
2 parts: BACARDI® Superior Rum
4 parts: COCA-COLA ® (bottled)
2: Lime Wedges
Glass Lime Wedge
Highball/Collins
Method:
Fill a Highball glass with cubed ice. Squeeze & drop a fresh lime wedge into the
glass. Pour in BACARDI Superior Rum and top with chilled COCA-COLA®, ideally bottled.
Stir gently. One of the world’s favorite cocktails, a simple, perfectly balanced
mix. The squeeze of the lime makes all the difference. Do this first, over the ice,
then add the BACARDI Superior Rum.
