While It seems there are not many rums that came from the Bahamas there are a few that are sourced there from Bacardi mainly. The Facundo line was created with stocks there as well as the Bacardi 8 year. These were created from stocks that were distilled by the Bacardi distillery that was recently shuttered on the Island. The Bacardi distillery there was created to bypass the high taxation rate in certain countries on imports from Puerto Rico and the USA. Laws changed so the distillery equipment was moved elsewhere to become more profitable.
The only rum Distillery in operation in the Bahamas for long time was Bacardi's. There is a new promising distillery that opened after Bacardi shut down distilling operation on the Island. The new distiller is called John Watling's Distillery. It has some nice rums produced based on the reviews I have seen and hopefully they will be imported as they ramp up production.
Ron Ricardo is actually a blender of rums. They don't distill anything. John Watling's Distillery is the only rum distillery on the island in the sense that they actually distill rum instead of importing it and blending it.
Also, at the end of the day there are many flavored rums already available on the US market. I see Ron Ricardo as a Tourist attraction, while you may enjoy the flavor and blending of that rum the market for it is rather tight and would be hard to compete in given the subsidies given to other rum producers in the nearby islands.
Last edited by mamajuana; 11-07-2015 at 10:29 PM.
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