Rum
A bottle of Rum from Jamaica
Rum is an alcoholic spirit. It is made from molasses and other sugarcane by-products through fermentation and distillation. Rum is mostly made in or around the Caribbean. Rum is also made in other parts of the world, like Fiji or Australia.
Rum Media
Rum display in a liquor store (United States, 2009)
Government House rum, manufactured by the Virgin Islands Company distillery in St. Croix, circa 1941
The Mount Gay Rum visitors centre in Barbados claims to be the world's oldest active rum company, with the earliest confirmed deed from 1703.
A glass of grog
Beenleigh Rum Distillery, on the banks of the Albert River near Brisbane, Queensland, circa 1912
The Bacardi building in Havana, Cuba
Sugarcane is harvested to make sugarcane juice and molasses.
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