About the Guy Behind the Rum Guide. Rum, and its fraternal twin, cane spirit, are made by distilling fermented sugar and water. This sugar comes from the sugar cane and is fermented from cane juice, concentrated cane juice, or molasses. Molasses is the sweet, sticky residue that remains after sugar cane juice is boiled and the crystallized sugar is extracted. Rum is distilled in the manner described in the introductory chapter of this book.

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Today this is just my old rum page. The Tau Cruise-Mount Gay Story.

Ed Hamilton and the Ministry of Rum. Researching the sugar cane spirits of the world. Looking forward to the next decade. The interest in sugar cane spirits will certainly attract some less than scrupulous entries into the market just as the financial boom attracted more than a few operators who preyed on the less knowledgeable and experience.

Read on, preferably with a glass of something interesting at hand.