Sugar cane spirits

Question 1

What can be used by distillers to make rum

Answer 1

Cane syrup, molasses, and Sugar cane Juice

Question 2

What congeners are rum producers looking for during fermentation? (specifically Jamaica)

Answer 2

Esters

Question 3

What is a continentally aged rum?

Answer 3

Caribbean rum aged in Europe

Question 4

This rum is distilled to a relatively high strength often 90%+, in column stills with high flavour intensity

Answer 4

Light Marks

Question 5

This rum is distilled to a lower strength with a large variety of flavours and stills

Answer 5

Heavy Marks

Question 6

What techniques can be used to adjust the colour and taste of a spirit?

Answer 6

Adding water, filtration, adding sugar, and adding colour

Question 7

True or false, rums are almost always blended

Answer 7

True

Question 8

How can distillers remove colour from unaged rum?

Answer 8

Charcoal filtration

Question 9

How is rhum agricole made?

Answer 9

Column distilled sugar cane juice rums, using similar rules as Cognac and Armagnac.

Question 10

This colourless agricole is stored in inert vessels and showcase pronounced grassy and herbaceous flavours of cane juice

Answer 10

Rhum blanc

Question 11

Rhum Vieux are oak aged sugar can juice rums aged in oak, for a minimum of how many years?

Answer 11

3

Question 12

Martinique, and Guadeloupe are French Caribbean islands that produce what 3 types of Rum?

Answer 12

Rhum Agricole, Rhum blanc, and Rhum Vieux, all made with sugar cane juice

Question 13

This country tightly regulates rum production and requires molasses as raw material. With column stills

Answer 13

Cuba

Question 14

Do Cuban rums require aging in new or old oak barrels?

Answer 14

Old oak

Question 15

What country does Puerto Rico make similar style rums to? (molasses, column still, with oak aging)

Answer 15

Cuba

Question 16

This country is known for producing dry, characterful, unaged and oakmatured, molasses rums.

Answer 16

Jamaica

Question 17

What is overproof?

Answer 17

unusually high strength Jamaican rum stronger than 57.15%

Question 18

This country was the first to begin rum production

Answer 18

Barbados

Question 19

This island country only has one active distillery noted for it’s antique pot and column stills with characterful heavy marks

Answer 19

Guyana

Question 20

These countries make smooth, medium sweet, rums with generous molasses and oak character

Answer 20

Venezuela, Columbia, Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala

Question 21

Which island has a tradition of making high-ester rums?

Answer 21

Jamaica

Question 22

A dry rum, with a light or medium aroma intensity that has a delicate toffee and fruity aromas best describes a …….. rum

Answer 22

Cuban

Question 23

What are the aromas and flavours of sugar cane juice rums?

Answer 23

Herbaceous, grassy, and vegetal

Question 24

What country is the largest producer of rum?

Answer 24

Brazil

Question 25

Ambient yeast helps with what?

Answer 25

High ester fermentation

Question 26

what are Blended rums

Answer 26

Multi-distillery blends, typically by 3rd party

Question 27

What are non-distillery bottlings?

Answer 27

Single distillery rum, stock typically matured and bottled by 3rd parties