Rum and other Cane Spirits

Question 1

What is rum?

Answer 1

Spirit produced from sugarcane, sugarcane syrup, sugarcane molassesm or other sugarcane by products

Question 2

min bottling abv of rum (USA)

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

rhum agricole aka agricultural rum

Answer 3

rum made from raw sugarcane juice

Question 4

molasses

Answer 4

very viscous, concentrated sugarcane juice

Question 5

Rhum agricole general profile

Answer 5

smooth and light

Question 6

2 leading Jamaican rum producers

Answer 6

appleton estate
myer’s rum

Question 7

Demerara rum

Answer 7

produced in country of Guyana (northern south africa)

Question 8

Barbados rum

Answer 8

often called the “birthplace of rum”
Mount Gay
Foursquare Rum Distillery

Question 9

Cachaca

Answer 9

Brazilian rum produced from sugarcane juice

Question 10

Puerto Rican rum profile

Answer 10

lighter, floral style

Question 11

“New England Style” rum

Answer 11

Colonial Americans produced rum via pot still and aged the rum in oak

Question 12

lead producer of white rum

Answer 12

puerto rico

Question 13

“navy rum”

Answer 13

not legally defined. reference to when the British Navy would give rations of rum daily.

indicates a high proof, flavorful rum

Question 14

overproof rum

Answer 14

higher alcohol - usually 125-150 proof

Question 15

rhum agricole

Answer 15

agricultural rum - produced from sugarcane juice

Question 16

Jamaican rum

Answer 16

Made in the British style generally: dark, rich, and heavy

Question 17

2 Jamaican rum producers

Answer 17

Appleton Estate
Myers’s Rum

Question 18

Where is Jamaica?

Answer 18

Caribbean Island

Question 19

Martinique

Answer 19

Caribbean Island (French)
French style (fruity & floral)
AOC status for its rhum agricole
3 styles:
Rhum Martinique Blanc - colourless, no or minimal oak aging
Rhum Martinique Eleve Sous Bois - min 1 yr age
Rhum Martinique Vieux - min 3 years age

Question 20

This french department in the Caribbeans is famous for its rhum agricole

Answer 20

Martinique

Question 21

Guadeloupe

Answer 21

French department in the Caribbean
rhum agricole + molasses rum

Question 22

Trinidad and Tobago

Answer 22

twin island nation
just off the north coast of South America
British style

Question 23

St Croix

Answer 23

Caribbean island
territory of the US
Spanish style

Question 24

Captain Morgan and Cruzan Rum Distillery are located in..

Answer 24

St Croix

Question 25

Haiti

Answer 25

Caribbean Island
French style
Famous for Rhum Barbancourt - rhum agricole - produced by Société du Rhum Barbancourt

Question 26

Where is Rhum Barbancourt made?

Answer 26

Haiti - famous rhum agricole

Question 27

Demerara Rum

Answer 27

named after a local river - not the sugar
produced in Guyana (country on northern coast of South America)
Only one distillery remains today - Diamond Distillery - which owns multiple brands - eg, El Dorado Rum
mostly molasses - based
British style

Question 28

Barbados

Answer 28

british-style
mostly molasses
home to Mount Gay - world’s oldest rum distillery (1703)
Home to Foursquare Rum Distillery - high quality producer
caribbean island

Question 29

Mauritius

Answer 29

Island east of madagascar in the indian ocean
mostly molasses-based rum

Question 30

Brazil

Answer 30

known for Cachaca - (sugar cane juice rum)

Question 31

Describe sugarcane juice rum

Answer 31

Herbaceous & grassy
complex
shows terroir

Question 32

Venezuela

Answer 32

must be aged in white oak for min 2 years

Question 33

Nicaragua

Answer 33

mostly molasses-based and column-distilled
notable: flor de cana rum made by compana licorera

Question 34

Puerto Rica

Answer 34

based on the trad Cuban style devloped in the 1860s - ligh, delicate, floral
continuous stills
molasses
home of Bacardi

Question 35

french style rumes

Answer 35

guadeloupe
haiti
martinique
grenada

Question 36

known for Rhum Barbancourt

Answer 36

Haiti