I just purchased my second bottle of Bacardi 8 in Bellefonte today (while serving jury duty). My first bottle came from Casa Bacardi in San Juan, and I was sad to see it go.

Bacardi 8 is as complex as a Scotch whisky and every bit as delightful. In effort to increase my liquor snobbery, let’s try some tasting notes:

• Nose: fruit and sweet honey with pear and citrus overtones
• Taste: smooth and lightly woody with complex spices, light honey, medium bodied
• Finish: mellow sweetness

Rums aren’t generally too expensive, and I was happy to pay the $18 at the distillery as well as the $23 in Bellefonte.

Next up: Laphroaig 15