Rum

Question 1

What is rum?

Answer 1

Distilled product from fermented sugarcane or molasses, a byproduct of processing sugarcane into sugar.

Question 2

There are 4 styles of rum:

Answer 2

1. Light rum
2. Dark rum
3. Demarara rum (Guyana, light style)
4. Agricole rum

Question 3

How is the “light rum” produced, why have no any color?

Answer 3

Most light rum are distilled by the continuous method and filtered with charcoal, after a short period of cask ageing to remove any color.

*Best suited for mixing as it has little character.

Question 4

Give an example of “light rum” that is golden i color?

Answer 4

Mont Gay from Barbados, has gained complexity from time in cask.

Question 5

The Brazilian spirit ___________ that provides the base for the “caipirinha cocktail” is produced from fermented sugar cane, and is essentially light rum.

Answer 5

Cachaca

Question 6

How is (dark rum different than white rum)?

Answer 6

Dark rum is fuller in body, darker in color, and dominated by more complex caramel notes.

may be distilled twice in pot still and aged for number of years prior to release.

Question 7

How dark rum’s achieve their color?

Answer 7

The final color is almost always achieved by adding caramel.

Question 8

What you know about “Rhum agricole”?

Answer 8

French style produced mainly on Martinique AOC, located in sunny Caribbean, produced from sugarcane juice.