OK, where's the rum? (Between Seattle, and Vancouver, BC)

Factual Questions
1

I’ve made a few phone calls today, trying to find someplace that sells Bacardi Gran Reserva Limitada rum. I haven’t found any yet. This is not the ‘Ocho’ eight-year-old rum, nor the ‘Oakwood’. It’s Gran Reserva Limitada, 16 years old.

Looking for a factual answer: Where can I buy this rum, between Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC? (And is it duty free if I get it in Canada?)

2

Johnny, the BC LDB, which is the biggest carrier of alcohol in BC does not carry it. Private stores may, even though they would have it brought in by the LDB, but those stores don’t have quite the website the LDB has, so it would be harder to track down.

Bacardi products at the LDB:

They do carry this product. Not the same, but…

As for duty free, if you find it in BC and it’s not in a duty free store, then you’re S.O.L. as far as duty free is concerned, and I doubt the duty free stores at the Surrey border crossings carry it.

Good luck.

3

I just looked at Bacardi’s website. They don’t even list this product. They have Bacardi Gran Reserva Maestro de Ron and Bacardi Gran Reserva Ocho. Perhaps it’s no longer produced?

4

BevMo! says they have it. They’ve got locations all around Seattle.

5

The LCBO in Ontario has it:
http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/product/bacardi-reserva-limitada-rum/366617

They don’t ship outside Ontario, though, AFAIK, but it proves that the product exists.

I thought the price was outrageous (it amounts to about $91.20 US dollars) due to the outrageous liquor taxes at the LBCO, but I see that the above bevmo.com price is higher at $109.99! (Thus proving that free enterprise greed beats high government taxes! :D)

6

It’s here: Casa BACARDÍ Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico Attractions | Rum Factory | BACARDÍ Global

I’ve noticed that the Bacardi website doesn’t work particularly well.

7

I tried the BevMo! in Bellingham, and they say they don’t have it. I can try Seattle, but I’ve noticed there are things they don’t carry in the state.

8

I’ve found Bevmo’s online inventory reporting to be pretty accurate. If you select the store you plan to visit and it doesn’t list what you’re looking for as in stock, then there’s practically no need to drive there.