Rum styles
Colour, ageing and raw material describe different dimensions; these styles can overlap.
White Rum
- Raw materials
- Molasses or sugar-cane juice
- Production
- Unaged or aged and filtered to remove colour; a clear appearance does not prove no ageing.
- Flavour
- Ranges from light and clean to fruity or grassy, depending on production.
Cocktails using this spirit
Aged Rum
- Raw materials
- Molasses or sugar-cane juice
- Production
- Barrel ageing adds wood-derived character; time and climate affect the result.
- Flavour
- Often oak, vanilla and spice alongside the underlying rum character.
Cocktails using this spirit
Rhum Agricole
- Raw materials
- Fresh sugar-cane juice
- Production
- Cane juice is fermented and distilled. Unaged and barrel-aged expressions exist.
- Flavour
- Often grassy and vegetal; ageing may add oak and spice.