{"id":2239,"date":"2023-02-16T06:43:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2239"},"modified":"2023-02-16T06:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T12:43:32","slug":"the-battle-of-the-puerto-rican-rums-part-2-bacardi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/the-battle-of-the-puerto-rican-rums-part-2-bacardi\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of the Puerto Rican Rums, Part 2: Bacardi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The name Bacardi is synonymous with Puerto Rican rum \u2013 even if is originally from Cuba. We decided to take a tour of its factory! We combined it with a $75 mixology class, which you can watch in a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0NioMQLpkcw\" target=\"_blank\">separate video<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Battle of the Puerto Rican Rums, Part 2: Bacardi\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3uI-RxmeX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tour itself was very crowded and not as comprehensive as we expected for such a sprawling factory, but the drinks were great! Interestingly, Bob did this tour in 1994 and it was dirt cheap, maybe $5. How times have changed! Rum tours are now big business, and an obvious revenue stream from tourism. But if you\u2019re on a Puerto Rican vacation, why not? Experiencing rum is an important part of experiencing the local culture. Bacardi offers a number of different tours, ranging in price from $40 to $200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Normally, to get there, you take a ferry across the water from the ferry terminal in Old San Juan \u2013 an awesome experience in its own right! \u2013 then grab a quick Uber to the factory in Catano. We went on a Puerto Rican holiday when no ferries were running, and had to drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more and buy tour tickets at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bacardi.com\/casa-bacardi\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\">Casa Bacardi website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The name Bacardi is synonymous with Puerto Rican rum \u2013 even if is originally from Cuba. We decided to take a tour of its factory! We combined it with a $75 mixology class, which you can watch in a separate video. The tour itself was very crowded and not as comprehensive as we expected for &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/16\/the-battle-of-the-puerto-rican-rums-part-2-bacardi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Battle of the Puerto Rican Rums, Part 2: Bacardi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,222,268,211],"tags":[513,27,266,28,9,509,299,511,405,276,12,261,262],"class_list":["post-2239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booze","category-lisa-blogger","category-puerto-rico","category-videos","tag-bacardi-2","tag-messysuitcase","tag-puertorico","tag-retire","tag-retirement","tag-ron","tag-rum","tag-rumtasting","tag-rumtour","tag-sanjuan","tag-travel","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2240,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239\/revisions\/2240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}