Bacardi

Here's the thing about Bacardi: it plays nice with everything. Cola, lime, mint, soda, your blender at 1am. It's the rum you grab when you're not overthinking it, which is most nights.

Start with the white. Bacardi Carta Blanca is the clean, light one that slips into a cocktail and lets everything else shine. Your mojito, your daiquiri, your rum and coke all start here. Hosting a crowd? Size up to the 1L and stop watching the bottle.

Want a bit more backbone? Carta Oro, the gold one, spent longer in oak, so it's rounder and mellower. It's lovely over cola when you want the drink to actually taste of rum. Or go darker with Carta Negra, the rich one that holds its own in a proper cocktail.

The one to slow down with is Reserva Ocho. Eight years in the barrel and you can taste every one of them. Pour it neat, drop one rock if the night's warm, and treat it like the good stuff it is. At KSh5499 it's a treat, not a Tuesday.

Feeling the sweeter side? Bacardi Spiced brings vanilla and warm spice that's gorgeous with ginger ale, and Limon leans bright citrus for an easy, fruity highball without you doing any real work.

Not feeling spirits tonight?

That's exactly what the Breezers are for. Ready to drink, lower in strength, full of fruit. Grab a Peach, Watermelon or Strawberry, crack it open, done. No mixing, no measuring, no mess.

(Quick one for the bar quiz: Bacardi has been a rum heavyweight for generations, about as long as people have argued over the perfect mojito. You don't need the backstory to know it pours easy.)

Want the full lineup? The whole rum shelf is one tap away, and we run across Nairobi at any hour, so a 2am restock is very much on the table.

Grab one tonight

• Bacardi Carta Blanca 750ml · KSh2499
• Bacardi Carta Oro (Gold) 750ml · KSh2599
• Bacardi Spiced 700ml · KSh2569
• Bacardi Reserva Ocho 8 Years 1L · KSh5499
• Bacardi Breezer Peach · KSh230

Drink the good stuff, keep it 18+, and let someone else drive.