In 1862 the partners acquired a distillery and constituted the firm " Bacardi, Boutellier, and Company ", using capital supplied by Facundo's younger brother José.

Some of the specialty drinks served include: " Southern Hurricane " ( Southern Comfort, orange juice, pineapple juice and grenadine ), " Sassagoula Swamp Water " ( a blend of rum, gin, tequila and a secret touch ), and " The Banana Cabana " ( Bacardi Spiced Rum and Creme de Banana liquor with coconut and pineapple juice served frozen ).

Wine coolers gained popularity in the U. S. market in the 1980s when Bartles and Jaymes began advertising their brand of wine coolers, which were followed by other brands, including when Bacardi introduced the Breezer.

Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin distributed by Bacardi that was launched in 1987.

Its brand portfolio comprises more than 200 brands and labels, including the eponymous Bacardi rum.

Bacardi's transition into an international brand was due mostly to Schueg's " business genius "; Schueg " branded Cuba as the home of rum, and Bacardi as the king of rums " and expanded overseas, first to Mexico ( 1931 ), then to Puerto Rico ( 1936 ), under the brand name Ron Bacardi.

Havana Club was not a Bacardi brand, though Bacardi later bought the brand from the original owners, the Arechabala family, who had it seized from them by the Revolutionary Government without compensation.

Bacardi Limited has made several acquisitions to diversify away from the eponymous Bacardí rum brand.

In 2006 Bacardi Limited purchased New Zealand vodka brand 42 Below.

Bacardi is also the only brand to feature the Mexican free-tailed bat as its icon or logo.

In 1814 Facundo Bacardí, founder of the international rum brand Bacardi, was born in Sitges before emigrating to Cuba where he set up his company.

Absolut is the third largest brand of alcoholic spirits in the world after Bacardi and Smirnoff, and is sold in 126 countries.

" Bacardi plans to invest heavily in the 42 Below brand portfolio and supporting infrastructure ," Bacardi's president and chief executive Andreas Gembler said in a statement.

In 2004, Sidney Frank sold the brand to Bacardi for $ 2. 2 billion.

Grey Goose was sold in the largest ever single brand sale for $ 2 billion, in cash, to Bacardi.

The Mexican free-tailed bat is the official state bat of both Oklahoma and Texas, and its image is the icon for the Bacardi rum brand.

In 1997, he introduced Grey Goose vodka, made in France, and was so successful in promoting it that he sold the brand to Bacardi for $ 2 billion in June 2004.

Until April, 2011, the White Sox opened a brand new bar & restaurant located at Gate 5 of U. S. Cellular Field, known as Bacardi at The Park.

The Bahamas has a few notable industrial firms: the Freeport pharmaceutical firm, PFC Bahamas ( formerly Syntex ), which recently streamlined its production and was purchased by the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche ; the BORCO oil facility, also in Freeport, which transships oil in the region ; the Commonwealth Brewery in Nassau, which produces Heineken, Guinness, and Kalik beers ; and Bacardi Corp., which distills rum in Nassau for shipment to the U. S. and European markets.

In 1912 Emilio Bacardi travelled to Egypt where he purchased a mummy for the future Emilio Bacardí Moreau Municipal Museum in Santiago de Cuba ,( mummy still on display ).

Drinks now made in the former Bacardi distillery are sold in Cuba under the name Caney.

Bacardi has faced criticism and legal problems for supposedly attempting to falsely convince consumers they were purchasing rum made in Cuba rather than just marking its heritage.

* List of brands made / owned by Bacardi

* A Liquid Heroin is a shooter made with one part Rumple Minze, one part Jägermeister, and one part Bacardi 151 rum.

* A Liquid Cocaine is a shooter made with one part Goldschläger, one part Jägermeister, and one part Bacardi 151 rum.

" Bacardi At The Park " will be open during the baseball season, but plans made the restaurant and bar a year-round establishment.

It is usually made by filling a shot glass with 3 parts Amaretto and 1 part high-proof liquor, such as Everclear or Bacardi 151.

In Europe and Canada, alcopops tend to be pre-mixed spirits, including vodka ( e. g. Smirnoff Ice ) or rum ( e. g. Bacardi Breezer ).

" It gives a fresh perspective to the super premium and premium vodka segments and actually comes across with a very nice Kiwi irreverence flavour that's not there in the market at the moment ," says Bacardi spokesperson Atul Vora.

The RECE ( Cuban Representation in Exile ) also receives funding from Bacardi family members.

Bacardi created Havana Club rum based on the original recipe from the Arechebala ’ s, and the product is crafted in Puerto Rico and currently sold in Florida.

In this instance, Bacardi faced a legal ruling from the Spanish Association of Advertising Users which forced the company to stop the advert.

The earliest known reference to a drink specifically called a piña colada is from TRAVEL magazine, December 1922: " But best of all is a piña colada, the juice of a perfectly ripe pineapple — a delicious drink in itself — rapidly shaken up with ice, sugar, lime and Bacardi rum in delicate proportions.

In recent years, Cruzan Rum, along with Bacardi from Puerto Rico and Gosling's from Bermuda, has contributed to the resurgence of " single barrel ," super-premium rum.

However, on 27 September 2006 the firm said it had received a takeover offer from Bacardi Ltd at 77 cents per share, valuing the company at NZ $ 138 million.

Bacardi at the Park is open from 11 AM on days when the Sox have home games.

's worldview, Marlboro Light cigarettes, Bacardi rum, and a drag from a joint are all equally dangerous.

As an extra precaution, Bacardi 151, as shipped by Bacardi, is equipped with a stainless steel flame arrester crimped onto to the neck of the bottle to prevent the rum from igniting, in case a consumer or bartender ignores the warnings and applies the rum to a source of ignition ( e. g. a flaming pan or dish, a flambe ).

Having started in retailing, Bacardi understood how to sell things, and realized that his innovative drink would benefit from good branding.

Founded on 4 February 1862, and family-owned for the past seven generations, Bacardi now employs nearly 6, 000 people, manufactures its brands at 27 facilities in 16 markets on four continents, with sales in more than 150 countries.

Bacardi had architects Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and Felix Candela design office buildings and a bottling plant for them in Mexico City during the 1950s.

Bacardi had offered to give the township $ 5, 000 for recreation projects in exchange for a sign placed on U. S. Route 40 commemorating the new name.

The distillery is operated by Dewar's for Bacardi.

Jones also appeared in a series of advertisements for Bacardi.

This led to advertising campaigns for the likes of Armani, Puma, Bacardi and HSBC and Jake has accumulated various accolades along the way for his compelling work.

In Billy Connolly's " Casual Vomit " Sketch, found on The Best Comedy Album Ever, he suggests Bacardi and Tizer as the ingredients for an unpleasant drink

Kahn has directed commercials for Acura, Bacardi, BMW, Hewlett Packard, Gillette, Vodafone, Budweiser, ASICS, Renault, Mazda, Coors Light, NASCAR, Saab, Ford and PlayStation.

It was the first bowl appearance for Kentucky and the second for Villanova, which in 1936 tied Auburn 7-7 in the Bacardi Bowl in Havana, Cuba.

He began to sign each shipment of rum with a bold " Bacardi M " ( for Bacardi Massó ); in addition, he used the now iconic bat as the brand's image.

PES also directs TV commercials, including spots for Kinder Surprise ( 2011 ), Washington State Lottery ( 2010 ), Scrabble ( 2008 ), Sprint ( 2007 ), Sneaux Shoes (" Human Skateboard ", 2007 ), Orange Telecom ( 2006 ), Bacardi ( 2005 ), and Coinstar ( 2005 ).

*" Bass Bins ", " Mojito " for Bacardi ( Made to Mix campaign, 2007 )

She has also been in a commercial for Bacardi, Miller Lite, Go Daddy, and Cola.