After a long legal battle with the Cuban government, it looks as if Havana Club Rum is ready to re-launch here in the US with the backing of Bacardi. I'd probably be a lot more enthusiastic about this if Bacardi, that mediocritizer of rums, weren't involved with this, but I'm intrigued by Ramon Arechabala's (whose family owned the distillery before the Revolution) claim that the current Cuban version is "not drinkable". Now I consider HC to be pretty drinkable, so he better be ready to back that statement up with some damn fine liquor.

HC will be distributed only in Florida at first, but should roll out to addtional markets eventually.

[Link: Miami Herald article, Bacardi to re-launch Havana Club rum label][via Off the Broiler]