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I'll Drink to That! What is your favorite beverage to have with a cigar? Juice? Cola? Beer? Port? Single Malt Scotch? This room is for the discussion of beverages, especially alcoholic beverages that go well with cigars! |
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02-13-2002, 03:42 PM | #1 |
Floridays
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RUM Rum is the result of fermenting sugar cane. It is the alcoholic drink that maintains a larger quantity of taste factors from its original product and that receives a minimal chemical treatment. It is aged in barrels, that do not necessarily have to be of oak since rum does not need its tanine. The colour varies between its water-white (its natural colour), amber and mahogany. The colouring agent is the sugar caramel, that does not add any taste to the rum. The fast fermentation takes one day and is typical of Puerto Rico, Cuba and also Jamaica, and the result is the light rum. The slow fermentation can take up to 12 days and results into stronger rums, typical of Martinique and the traditional rums of Jamaica, whose aging and bottling is often made in the UK. The French ascendancy over Haiti influenced the way rum is produced, since it is distilled twice, the same like cognac, and obtains a transparent colour. The most famous rum of Martinique is the Rum Saint James, which is produced by the fermentation of dunder, which is a residuum that appears in the still after distilling the sugar cane. Its flavour makes this rum unique. Puerto Rico is the world´s largest rum producer. There are two kinds: White Label, very light, and Black Label, something stronger. The aging of rum is made under the sate´s control. It is normally a dry, light-bodied rum. Puerto Rico is home to Ron Bacardi, the largest producer, which has its origin in Cuba.
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