# OK, where's the rum? (Between Seattle, and Vancouver, BC) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 13, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642 "2016-12-13T23:16:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642/1 "2016-12-13T23:16:39Z")
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?) ---
**Author:** ![bb49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@bb49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bb49)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642/2 "2016-12-14T00:12:16Z")
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: > **[Find | BCLIQUOR](https://www.bcliquorstores.com/product-catalogue?search=bacardi&geolat=&geolng=&geoAddress=&geoTypes=&solrtype=product-catalogue&solrforminfo=)** > > Available From Your Nearest BCLIQUOR. Click Here For More Great Deals! They do carry this product. Not the same, but… > **[Products Details | BCLIQUOR](https://www.bcliquorstores.com/product/113902)** > > $ | | 0 ml 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. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642/3 "2016-12-14T00:51:23Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642/4 "2016-12-14T00:56:08Z")
BevMo! says they have it. They’ve got locations all around Seattle. > **[Shop - BevMo!](https://www.bevmo.com/shop?id=1564405684704498066)** > > Shop BevMo.com for wine, spirits, beer & more. Order online and have it delivered or pick up in store in an hour. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642/5 "2016-12-14T01:07:13Z")
The LCBO in Ontario has it: [http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/product/bacardi-reserva-limitada-rum/366617](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](http://bevmo.com) price is higher at $109.99! (Thus proving that free enterprise greed beats high government taxes! :D) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642/6 "2016-12-14T02:37:46Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 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? It’s here: [Casa BACARDÍ Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico Attractions | Rum Factory | BACARDÍ Global](http://www.visitcasabacardi.com/gran-reserva-limitada/) I’ve noticed that the Bacardi website doesn’t work particularly well. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642/7 "2016-12-14T02:44:49Z")
> [@Saltire](#): > > BevMo! says they have it. They’ve got locations all around Seattle. > [http://www.bevmo.com/catalog/product/view/id/619](http://www.bevmo.com/catalog/product/view/id/619) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-wheres-the-rum-between-seattle-and-vancouver-bc/774642/8 "2016-12-14T16:23:49Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > 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. 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.