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

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.

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

Don Facundo began attempting to " tame " rum by isolating a proprietary strain of yeast still used in Bacardi production today.

This yeast gives Bacardi rum its unique flavor profile.

After the Cuban War of Independence and the US occupation of Cuba, " The Original Cuba Libre " and the Daiquiri were both born with Bacardi rum.

Facundito Bacardí was known to have invited US-Americans ( still subject to Prohibition ) to " Come to Cuba and bathe in 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.

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.

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.

Bacardi adverts in Spain, since 1966, had described a popular combination of rum and Coke as " rum and coke ".

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

Sergio Danguillecourt, a member of the board of directors of Bacardi Ltd and a great-great-grandson of the rum company's founder Don Facund Bacardí i Massó, and his wife Jacqueline Kriz Danguillecourt were on board.

Fausto Rodriguez, a young messenger, later recalled that Captain Russell came in and ordered Bacardi ( Gold ) rum and Coca-Cola on ice with a wedge of lime.

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

* Cataño: the site where Bacardi has the world's largest rum distillery

The Bacardi Distillery also offers tours of its facilities to visitors that want to see and learn about the rum manufacturing industry in the island and the Caribbean.

Bacardi, one of the largest rum manufacturers of the world, has a distillery in Cataño.

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.

She doesn't realize that the drink contains Bacardi rum, and she innocently drinks multiple glasses, becoming progressively tipsier.

Two or three ounces of Bacardi rum completed the mixture.

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

In 1930 Schueg opened the art deco Bacardi building in Havana and the third generation of the Bacardí family was entering the business.

Pepin founded Bacardi Imports in New York City, and was named Cuba's Minister of the Treasury in 1949.

Embittered Bacardi helmsman José Pepín Bosch bought a surplus B-26 bomber with the hopes of bombing Cuban oil refineries ( the bold plan was foiled when a picture of the bomber appeared on the front page of The New York Times ).

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.

In 1954, Compañía ‘ Ron Bacardi ’ S. A. paid him homage when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature of his novel The Old Man and the Sea ( 1952 ), in which he honored the Company by mentioning its Hatuey beer.

His maternal grandfather was Alberto de Acha, one of the three founders of Bacardi Rum.

The takeover was successful and 42 BELOW Limited is now a wholly owned member of the Bacardi group.

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

Bacardi Bowl was a college football bowl game played seven times in Havana, Cuba at La Tropical Stadium.

One was Cliff Thorburn, the other was Alex Higgins, who turned up at his house, complete with bottle of Bacardi which Higgins drank as Spencer was not allowed alcohol at this point.

TBD's was taken down and replaced by " Bacardi at the Park " in 2011.

The Tigers ' first bowl appearance was in 1937 in the sixth Bacardi Bowl played in Havana, Cuba.

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.

In 2000, he was the Bacardi Distinguished Visiting Eminent Scholar at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

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.

For example, a regular 275ml bottle of WKD contains 1. 4 units, whereas Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice both contain 1. 5 units of alcohol.

There are, however, stronger ones that are simply pre-mixed spirits ( e. g. Bacardi Rum Island Iced Tea ), often containing about 12. 5 % alcohol by volume, that can be sold only where hard liquor is available.

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.

Production and bottling of the drink is contracted out by Bacardi to G & J Greenall.

Bacardi Limited ( ; ; ) is the largest privately-held, family-owned spirits company in the world.

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 Limited refers to the Bacardi group of companies, including Bacardi International Limited.