Rum Brands
Rum is an alcoholic drink which is produced from molasses, a by-product of sugar production using sugar cane. After fermentation and distillation, the clear distillate is stored in casks (generally made of oak) for aging. The color of the end product depends on the type of casks used for ageing. Most of world’s production of rum comes from the Caribbean and Latin American countries.
Different types of Rum are produced. A brief overview of each of these types and some of the popular brands of each type is given below:
Light Rum
Light rum is also known as White or Silver rum. It is colorless and sweet in taste. These types of rums are aged in stainless steel tanks for one year then filtered before bottling. This is the most common variety for making a cocktail drink. Brands of this type of rum are divided into two kinds: Value Brands and Premium Brands.
Value Brands
- Ron Castillo White- Puerto Rico
- Fernandes Vat 19 White- Trinidad
- Rhum Barbancourt White- Haiti
- Angostura Old Oak White- Trinidad
Premium Brands
- Bacardi Silver- Puerto Rico
- Bacardi Limon- Puerto Rico
- Mount Gar Premium White- Barbados
- Wray & Nephew White Overproof- Jamaica
Gold Rum
Rums of this type are amber or golden in color. This color may be due to ageing in oak casks or for adding caramel for coloring. These rums could be drunk as it is or are added to a cocktail to make it look darker. Brands of this type could be divided into three kinds: Value Brands, Premium Brands and Super-Premium brands.
Value brands
- Appleton Special Gold- Jamaica
- Palo Viejo Gold- Puerto Rico
- Fernandes Vat 19 Gold- Trinidad
- Brugal Gold- Dominican Republic
Premium Brands
- Mount Gay Eclipse- Jamaica
- Bacardi Gold- Puerto Rico
- Occumare- Venezuela
- Appleton Estate VX- Jamaica
- Barbancourt 3-Star 4 year- Haiti
- Super-Premium Brands
- Rhum Barbancourt 15 year- Haiti
- Appleton Estate 21 year- Jamaica
- Sea Wynde- Jamaica
- Bacardi Reserve Baccarat Bottling- Puerto Rico
Dark Rum
These types of rum are heavy bodied and dark in color. It gets it typical flavor because they are aged in charred oak casks. Sometimes they are mixed with light rum to make a cocktail drink. But, mostly it is drunk as it is. Brands of this type of rum also come in three kinds: Value Brands, Premium Brands and Super-Premium brands.
Value Brands
- Coruba Dark- Jamaica
- Cruzan Estate Dark 2 year- St. Croix
- Fernandes Dark- Trinidad
- Ron Matusalem Classic Black Cuban Tradition- Florida
Premium Brands
- Bacardi 8 year- Puerto Rico
- Barbancourt Rum 5-Star 8 year- Haiti
- Mount Gay Extra Old- Barbados
- British Navy Pusser’s Rum- British Virgin Islands
- Myers’s Dark- Jamaica
- Gosling’s Black Seal- Bermuda
Super-Premium Brands
- Angostura 1824- Trinidad
- Pyrat XO Reserve Planters Gold- Anguilla
- Pampero Rum Aniversario- Venezuela
There are a few other types of rum available, which are not so popular. These are Flavored Rum, Overproof Rum and Cahaca. Flavored Rum is produced by adding spices and other aromatics during the distillation process. This started with coconut and spiced Rums. This kind of rum is gaining popularity. Overproof Rum contains 75% alcohol and it is may prove injurious if it is taken as it is. It must be consumed after diluting it. And Cachaca is a kind of Rum produced in Brazil using sugar cane juice as its raw material instead of molasses.
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