Bacardi

Bacardi

Bacardi is a family-controlled spirits company, best known as a producer of rums, including Bacardi Superior and Bacardi 151. The company sells in excess of 200 million bottles per year in nearly 100 countries...

 151 is an over-proof rum

Rum

Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The distillate, a clear liquid, is then usually aged in oak barrels...

. The 151-proof liquor

Distilled beverage

A distilled beverage, liquor, or spirit is an alcoholic beverage containing ethanol that is produced by distilling ethanol produced by means of fermenting grain, fruit, or vegetables...

 has an alcohol content of 75.5%, compared to the usual 35%-40%.

Due to its high proof, it is typically used as a component in cocktail

Cocktail

A cocktail is an alcoholic mixed drink that contains two or more ingredients—at least one of the ingredients must be a spirit.Cocktails were originally a mixture of spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The word has come to mean almost any mixed drink that contains alcohol...

s (whose final alcohol concentration may be greater than that of drinks made with conventional rum). The spirit is flammable and is used in flaming beverage

Flaming beverage

Flaming beverages include cocktails and other mixed drinks that contain a small amount of flammable high-proof alcohol, which is ignited prior to consumption. The flames are decorative and do not change the flavor of the drinks noticeably. Flaming cocktails are more spectacular in dimly lit...

s such as flaming B-52s

B-52 (cocktail)

The B-52 is a layered shot composed of a coffee liqueur , an Irish Cream , and an orange cognac . When prepared properly, the ingredients separate into three distinctly visible layers...

.

Bacardi 151 was imported to the USA in 1995.

The product, as shipped by Bacardi, is equipped with a flame arrester

Flame arrester

A flame arrester , deflagration arrester,or flame trapis a device that stops fuel combustion by extinguishing the flame..- Usage and applications :Flame arresters are used:* to stop the spread of an open fire...

 in the neck of the bottle to prevent large volumes of the flammable liquid from igniting while the bottle is being applied to a source of ignition (e.g. a flaming pan or dish, a flambe). Nevertheless, incidents of severe injury have been alleged.

Bacardi 151 is featured in the song "Caribou Lou", by rap artist Tech N9ne

Tech N9ne

Aaron Dontez Yates , better known by his stage name Tech N9ne , is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri. In 1999, Yates and Travis O'Guin founded the record label Strange Music. Throughout his career, Yates has sold over one million albums and has had his music featured in film,...

. It is an essential component of a mixed drink called a Caribou Lou, consisting of 151 rum, Malibu rum

Malibu Rum

Malibu Rum is a flavored rum made with natural coconut extract, possessing an alcohol content by volume of 21.0% . The brand is owned by Pernod Ricard and it is made in Canada.-History:...

, and pineapple juice.
It is also featured in the song "Liquorland" by Mighty Casey - "On the road doin' 50 sippin 151, And when I ran out of gas I start run and I run"