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The Bacardi company was founded by a Spaniard who emigrated to Cuba in the early 20th century. Don Facundo Bacardi Masso was born in 1814 in Catalonia and arrived in Santiago as a teenager.

Facundo began producing pleasant, refined rums. His methods included aging in barrels and charcoal filtration. Facundo Bacardi, along with his brother José, established a distillery in 1862. The building was also inhabited by a population of bats, which is why there is a bat logo on every bottle.

After the Cuban War of Independence, some of the most popular cocktails were created right in Cuba. Among them are Cuba Libre and Daiquiri – both cocktails were based on Bacardi rum. Ernest Hemingway reportedly requested that his daiquiri be made with white Bacardi rum.

To handle the massive increase in orders, the Bacardi brand acquired a bottling plant in Mexico in 1930. The distillery was located in Puerto Rico, where Bacardi is still produced today. For more than twenty-five years, Bacardi rum has remained number one among the best-selling spirits in the United States.