Rum Flashcards
What is rum produced from
Sugar cane juice
Molasses
Dunder
Where is rum produced
Porto Rico
Barbados
Haiti
Martinique
What still is used to produce lighter rums
Where
Continuous still
Puerto Rico
Amber or dark rums still type
Blend of continuous and pot still
Or entirely pot stilled
What is used to color Amber and darker rums
Usually from caramel
How are best rums aged
American and french oak
Light rum style
Continuous still
Filtered through charcoal after short oak cask aging
Dark rums style
Double distillation in pot still
Aged several years before release
Demerara rum
Produced in Guyana
Distilled from molasses
Can be aged over a decade before release
Rhum agricole
Produced mainly in Martinique
Made from sugarcane juice
Column distillation