Rum Spirits Guide
Sugarcane is the base ingredient for making rum (Classified by color) (Colonial styles: French, English, Spanish) The Difference Between Rum and Rhum A rum’s stature is determined by the quality and uniqueness of the base ingredient. One key distinction between the British-Caribbean style spelled r-u-m and the French-Caribbean island style spelled r-h-u-m is the French version uses sugar cane […]
The Ways of Rum and Sugarcane: A Brief Controversial History
Sugarcane, rum and the chains of slavery in the West Indies The origin story of rum would not be complete without shedding light on the controversial history of sugar and molasses. Sugar, or what the British called “white gold,” was the cash crop that made the empires of Europe and their New World colonies, including the […]