10 facts about white rum
A drink is made from fermented processed sugarcane products by distillation and aging.
White rum has a very low aging, usually up to a year. Some brands are aged up to several years, often these rums are blended.
This type of rum is best used in cocktails, because its organoleptic properties are much inferior to dark rum.
White rum is also called light, clear, and silver.
Pure light rum is also drunk, but finding a decent option is not easy.
Rum was originally considered the drink of pirates.
White rum has a delicate sweetness and lightness.
White rum is aged in oak barrels, rarely ash, where its taste noticeably softens. Interestingly, the ripening process then continues in steel containers.
Until the second half of the XNUMXth century, all rum produced was heavy or dark, which was considered suitable for the working poor.
National Roma Day is celebrated on 16 August.
Top 10 White Rum Brands
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Captain Morgan White
Cheap white rum that doesn’t pretend to be anything. Suitable for cocktails.
The smell is alcoholic-floral, with hints of vanilla.
The taste opens with sweetness, fruity-spicy. The aftertaste is slightly vanilla with bitterness, which, however, instantly disappears along with the aftertaste itself.
Sugar is very well felt in the taste, which clearly hints at the artificial sweetening of the drink.
Shake thinks that this is the most extreme option and, if possible, it is better to take something else.
Calypso Silver White Rum
Sri Lankan white rum. Made from high quality alcohols, has a mild taste and fruity aroma.
The taste is soft, with hints of coconut, vanilla and tropical fruits.
Good base for cocktails.
This rum can have a negative “head heavy” effect the next day.
Bacardi Superior (White Card)
Quality white rum with a clean taste. Suitable for drinking neat with ice, and for cocktails.
It has an elegant aroma with hints of fruit, vanilla and almonds.
On the palate there are notes of fruit, caramel and pepper bitterness in the aftertaste.
Famous brand, long history, not the most attractive price.
Castillo Silver Rum
The rum is made in Puerto Rico by Bacardi. This is a traditional style rum made from 100% molasses, which has come to replace sugar cane.
The drink is aged for 12 months in white American oak barrels. The color of the drink is absolutely transparent and very clean.
The taste of rum is creamy and creamy, and the aroma carries notes of the sweetness of sugarcane juice and light woody astringency.
It can be drunk neat and in cocktails.
Barcelo White Rum
A blend of rums from the Dominican Republic, aged up to 4 years in American oak ex-bourbon casks.
The sweetish taste of rum has a strong “oak” core, which gathers vegetable and sea notes around it.
The rich, sweet taste of rum opens with muted floral notes, turning into fruity tones, complemented by nutty, caramel, vanilla and spicy notes.
The dry aftertaste is represented by hints of leather, creamy chocolate and spices. The spicy aroma of rum blends with dry hints of burnt oak, nuts, caramel and toffee.
This rum is recommended to drink with water, juices, ice or as part of various cocktails.
Decent option at a reasonable price.
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Don Q Cristal Rum
Puerto Rican premium light rum aged in white American oak barrels for 1,5-5 years. Rum demonstrates an elegant, fruity-herbal taste and aroma, is an excellent digestif, and is also used to make cocktails.
In 1965, Juan Serralles produced the first few barrels of rum. For a long time he thought about the name and decided to name the rum in honor of the legendary Spanish fictional character – Don Quixote. Rum “Don Q”, like a classic work of literature, has become, according to the Serralles family, a real work of art. Rum became very popular in Puerto Rico, and today it can be enjoyed in many countries around the world.
Havana Club Anejo 3 Years
One of the most prestigious types of Cuban white rum. Alcohol is obtained by blending aged spirits from sugar cane and extra light distillates intended for the manufacture of young rum.
Rum is aged for three years in white oak barrels, then maestro ronero selects the best barrels and blends the rum, which is aged again for some time, then filtered and bottled.
According to Vzboltay, this rum is unreasonably expensive.
Caney Carta Blanca Superior
Significantly superior in quality to standard white rums. Aged up to three years, it combines light fruity aromas and a pleasant dry finish. Carta Blanca Superior is perfect for classic cocktails, especially Mojito and Cuba Libre.
The Caney line of rums, named after peasant cone-shaped cane houses, is considered one of the best in the Caribbean and South America.
Santiago de Cuba White Card
A clear rum aged for at least three years in oak barrels from Cuba.
It has aromas of ripe grapes, honey, caramel and floral tones. The taste is light, soft with fruity tones.
It is an excellent base for classic cocktails.
Angostura White Oak Rum
White Oak is an excellent and exceptionally soft white rum with a platinum hue and a light creamy taste.
It is a blend of white rums aged for at least three years and filtered twice through charcoal to ensure purity and clarity.
No. 1 selling rum in Trinidad and Tobago.
#1 selling standard rum in St. Vincent.
No. 1 according to Vzboltay in the price / quality ratio.
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