SPIRITS: Rum, Rhum, Ron Flashcards
Most traditional distillation technique for rum?
Pot-still/batch distillation
Term for the residue left after distillation in a potstill?
Dunder
*Jamaican rum commonly adds dunder to active ferment to add more character to final distillate
What type of rum would most likely be aged in French limousin oak?
Rhum agricole
What is ouillage? Why is this important for the process of making rum?
Topping up of the barrels. In warm tropical places, the angels’ share accounts for about 10% loss per year - whereas a cooler place like Scotland only sees about 2%
What is spiced rum typically spiced with?
Vanilla
Cinnamon
Rosemary
Pepper
Aniseed
*oft sweetened with sugar and honey
Cachaça
Brazil’s “rum”
*simliar to rhum agricole
.. made from freshly pressed sugar cane juice, with a finished ABV of 38% to 54% with up to 6g/l added sugar.
*Caipirinha
Name a brand of Cachaça.
Pitu
Leblon
Ypioca
Abelha
Cachaça 51
Canario
Avua
Clairin
Traditional Haitian rum
*resembles agricole
*Made with fresh sugar cane juice thickened over a fire of bagasse (spent cane stalks) and then naturally fermented.
Always distilled 2x and typically bottled undiluted with an ABV between 50% and 60%
Angostura
Trinidad
Top bottling: Legacy - made using 7 blends with the youngest aged 17 years. It auctioned at a starting price point of $25k/bottle
Gargano Classification
A movement to adopt labelling terms to rum, comparable to the terms used for whiskey, to help the customer recognize quality levels.
Pure single rum (pot still), single blended (pot + column), Traditional rum (column still), and Modern Rum (multi-column still) are the proposed designations
Appleton Estate
Jamaica
Appleton 50 Year ($6k retail)
Fun fact! Joy Spence is the master blender on duty - the first woman in the world to become a master blender
Trivia: what is Black Tot Day?
July 31 1970 - the day the 300yr old naval tradition of providing sailors with a 2x/day rum ration ended
Captain Morgan
Identifies with Jamaica, established by Seagrams, 1944
Production moved to Puerto Rico in 2001 for tax reasons. The bulk of output is produced in St. Croix.
Now owned by Diageo
El Dorado
Guyana
English style rum
Demerara River is where?
Guyana
Gosling’s
Bermuda
*the original blend would become the Black Seal. Goslings is one of the few spirits that has managed to obtain a copyright for a cocktail of their own - the Dark n Stormy
*they give no info on sourcing and aging. All we know is that they use both a pot still and a column still
Hampden Estate
Jamaica
* known for heavy pot-stilled rums with prominent esters
Mount Gay
Barbados
Rum
Pusser’s Rum
Virgin Islands
Wray & Nephew
Jamaica
Known for White Overproof Rum
Barbancourt
Haiti
*French, but uses molasses. The founder was inspired by Cognac, so they use a double distillation method. This French rum breaks away from the classic vegetal rhum agricole profile
Clément
Martinique
This is one of the biggest names in Rhum Agricole. They do a number of special editions and single casks.
Rhum JM
Martinique
3 Rhum from Martinique
Rhum JM
Trois Rivières
Neisson
Ron Abuelo
Panama
Rum
*virgen honey distilled in column stills.
Bacardi was originally a brand from what country?
Cuba
*the main office is now in Bermuda. They haven’t been active in Cuba since nationalization. The OG distillery now bottles under the name Caney
Brugal
Dominican Republic
Rum
Rum from the original Bacardi distillery is sold under what name?
Caney
(Cuba)
Ron Centenario
Costa Rica
Rum
Cruzan
St Croix
Rum
Dictador
Colombia, Rum
*they sell some of the most expensive luxury bottlings of rum
Diplomatico
Venezuela
Rum
Don Q is from ________?
Puerto Rico
*used to create the first Pina Colada in 1954
Flor de Caña
Nicaragua
*very problematic for their treatment of workers, receiving a lot of unwanted attention for it in 2015
*they also removed the term “years” from their bottles, leading to suspicious age statement
Zacapa
Guatemala
Scotch Rum
Cadenhead
*the oldest existing independent bottler of Scotch AND they have a wide range of rum. They do not add anything to their products and they do not chill filter.
Stroh
Inländer Rum from Austria
Popular in Austria, Hungary and Germany
Best known alcohol brand from Austria
*made from Molasses with all kinds of color and flavor added
Indian Rum
Amrut
Old Monk
McDowell’s No. 1 Celebration
Barbados Rum
Foursquare Distillery
Mount Gay Rum Distillery
West Indies Rum Distiller Ltd. brands… Bumbu, Malibu, Cockspur
Cuban Rum
Havana Club
Legendario
Ron Caney
Rum from Haiti
Rhum Barbancourt
Rhum 1716
Rhum Vieux Labbé
Jamaican Rum
Wray & Nephew
Appleton Estate
Hampden
Rum from Guyana
El Dorado
Hamilton
Pyrat
Rum from Panama
Ron Abuelo
Caña Brava
Don Pancho
Zaffra
Venezuelan Rum
Diplomatico
Martinique AOP requires that rhum be made from what materials? Min. age for sugarcane field?
Saccharum officinarum
or Saccharum spontaneum
or hybrids of both
Min 10 years age for field
Rhum Martinique AOP requires what type of still for distillation?
Continuous Reflux Column
Aging requirement for Rhum Martinique Blanc?
Min. 8 weeks in tank following distillation
“élevés sous bois” mean for a bottle of Rhum Martinique?
Min. 12 months in wood
(requirement of the presence of min. 250g/l volatile elements other than ethyl/methyl alcohol)
Neisson makes the most popular example. A roller coaster of flavor.
“vieux” Rhum Martinique?
Min. 3 years in an oak cask of less than 650 liters with a minimum of 325 g/hl in volatile elements other than ethyl and methyl alcohol
- Clement makes a number of examples.
- Can be used in conjunction with XO/VO, age statements, etc.
Aging requirement for VO Rhum Martinique?
Min. 3 years in oak
Rhum Martinique aged for a min. 3 years in oak?
VO
Rhum Martinique aged for a min. 4 years in oak?
VSOP
Réserve Spéciale
Cuvée Spéciale
Très Vieux
Rhum Martinique aged for a min. 6 years in oak?
XO
Hors d’Age
Extra Vieux
Grande Réserve
Aging requirement for XO Rhum Agricole?
Min. 6 years in oak
aka Hors d’Age, Extra Vieux, Grande Reserve
Aging requirement for VINTAGE Rhum Agricole ?
Min. 6 years in oak (650L or less). The vintage is the year of distillation
TTB’s ABV range for rum? EU’s?
80° to 190° aka 40 - 95%
EU = min. 37.5%
What is Lemon Hart 151?
A caramel-colored, overproof rum distilled in Guyana and bottled in Canada preferred for tiki cocktails - it is heavier than other 151’s made
Type of still for Martinique Rhum
continuous reflux column still
