omg so like one of my internets friends who i have actually met IRL (jargon) recently acquired a bottle of
bacardi rum whose vintage is certifiably pre-castro (i.e. before 1958)
if you have facebook access (you probably need to be his friend to read this, but anyways):
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30310272&id=1428210904&ref=mf
not only the rum, but he provided a recipe for a la flordia recipe for the daiquiri favored by
ernest hemingway, plus some CDs of cuban(esque) musics...
gotta say, that rum had a very particular taste. it was a tasty beverage! for comparison we made the cruzano from
beachbum berry's grog log, which had similar ingredients minus the lime juice and swapping vintage bacardi rum for barbados rum.
regardless, check it. would not have made this drink if i had not gotten the vintage rum mailed to me. i guess i'm just braggin'. it was pretty cool.