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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $16.81 $17.70
12 bottles: $13.29
A favorite aperitif in the Caribbean, an ice cool rum punch is perfect any time of day. Made with Bacardi Carta Fuego...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $16.81 $17.70
12 bottles: $13.29
A Premium Rum cocktail with Exotic Tropical Fruit Flavors of fruit punch, lemon and lime.
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $27.55 $29.00
12 bottles: $17.54
Complex, rich and sophisticated this is an impressive rum. The distinct flavors of burnt sugar, cinnamon, and cloves...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $12.28 $12.93
24 bottles: $7.67
Dark in color, light-medium in body, rich and robust in taste, BACARDÍ Black Rum imparts impressions of tropical...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $15.62
Dark in color, light-medium in body, rich and robust in taste, BACARDÍ Black Rum imparts impressions of tropical...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $11.97 $12.60
12 bottles: $8.86
BACARDÍ rum and coconut. What could taste more like summer sun and sandy beaches? The perfect blend of white rum and...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $14.71
BACARDÍ rum and coconut. What could taste more like summer sun and sandy beaches? The perfect blend of white rum and...
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Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $16.99
Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $11.97 $12.60
12 bottles: $8.86
Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $14.71
Acquire the taste for exotic dragon fruit, blended with the sweetness of juicy strawberries. BACARDÍ Dragonberry rum...
Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $23.09
12 bottles: $18.06
Straw color. Green, grassy aromas and flavors of banana peels and leaves, candle wax and starched linen, bananas...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $47.98 $50.51
6 bottles: $37.20
This is a very smooth sipper, characterized by a creamy dulce de leche, mild spices of cassia and clove, and a finish...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $14.71
Clear in the glass, with a pleasant aroma that hovers between lime lollipop and candied lime peel, this will remind...
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Spirits
1.75Ltr
Bottle: $22.79 $23.99
6 bottles: $20.99
Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $11.97 $12.60
12 bottles: $8.86
Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $14.71
Named after the spanish word for lemon, BACARDI Limon is a carefully crafted product that infuses BACARDI rum with...
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Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $16.89 $17.78
A flavored Rum with a little sweet heat. The perfect balance of sweet mango, chili spice and BACARDÍ white rum.
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $21.94 $23.09
12 bottles: $14.71
A flavored Rum with a little sweet heat. The perfect balance of sweet mango, chili spice and BACARDÍ white rum.
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Spirits
1.0Ltr
Bottle: $16.99
BACARDÍ Pineapple rum is a unique fusion of naturally fresh pineapple and white rum. Open a bottle and take your...
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Spirits
375ml
Bottle: $11.97 $12.60
12 bottles: $8.86
BACARDÍ Pineapple rum is a unique fusion of naturally fresh pineapple and white rum. Open a bottle and take your...

Japanese Whiskey Mencia Other Italian Reds Rum

Whisky might not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of Japanese fine produce, but over the past one hundred years, this fascinating and multi-faceted country has diligently forged a unique whisky identity which is growing in popularity, and which is entirely its own.

The story of Japanese whisky begins in 1918, when Masataka Taketsuru was sent to Scotland to undertake a tour of single malt distilleries in the Highlands, and bring home a knowledge of whisky and distillation skills. He returned full of inspiration, helped no doubt by his new Scottish wife, and alongside his friend, Shinjiro Torii, set up what would become a successful whisky industry.

Today, the Japanese whisky industry is spread over a relatively small handful of distilleries, which continue to use Scottish techniques and recipes, but with a hefty dose of distinctly Japanese experimentalism. This is displayed most obviously in the barrelling techniques the Japanese use - to create a distinctly Oriental set of tasting notes, native Japanese oakwood casks are used for ageing, alongside casks taken from plum wine producers, which impart a beautiful set of floral flavors to the whisky.

While some distilleries produce some excellent single malts, the majority of Japanese whiskies are blended, which reveals a unique set of flavors and aromas ranging from honeysuckle and orange blossom, to toffee and acetone.

It is difficult to categorize rum as a single spirit, because of all the spirits found around the globe, rum is perhaps the one which varies most dramatically from place to place. Clear, white rum - a favorite for cocktail drinkers - is perhaps the most prevalent example found today, but there is a whole world of darker, spiced and molasses-rich rums to explore, thanks to the fascinating history and wide reach this drink has.

Rum came about during the colonial times, when sugar was a huge and world-changing business. The molasses left over from the sugar production industry could easily be distilled into a delicious alcoholic drink, and provided extra income for the sugar traders. Before long, it became a favorite of sailors and transatlantic merchants, and it quickly spread across the Caribbean and Latin America, where it remains highly popular today.

The production of rum is a basic and simple one - you take your molasses, add yeast and water, and then ferment and distil the mixture. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the detail. The variation in yeasts found from place to place, the maturation period, the length of the fermentation and the type of stills and barrels used provide the rainbow-colored variation that gives rum its spectrum of styles and characteristics.