Havana Club Rum – Not for US

I was recently introduced to the boozy splendor that is premium dark rum. I’ve primarily been drinking Ron Zacapa Centenario 23, a Guatemalan rum. It’s wonderful, smokey, syrupy and sweet. When I spent a week on a dive boat last summer, a fifth of this rum kept me fine company.

I have only heard of the fantastical experience that is Havana Club. A premium dark rum that unless I remember sometime when I’m ex-US to ask for, I will likely never taste. Why? It seems most of the world can have Havana Club — but not we Americans.

Announcing the results, the joint venture company, Havana Club International, says that the authentic Cuban rum is on course to make five million cases by 2013. The Havana-based company exports to 124 countries, excluding the US where Cuban-made products are banned.

Oh well.

Havana Club breaks three million cases [Drinks International]