Quote Originally Posted by ggiese View Post
Also - I know it sounds crazy - but at one time I really enjoyed Bicardi Solara. Smooth - pleasant. I don't know what they did, but the newer stuff tastes to me like varnish remover...
Yeah. This use to be "the Cuban substitute". I still have a bottle left from 2001. And you're right, I tasted some recent production about a year back...