Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago

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This is my ultimate beginner's guide to rum. Everything you need to know to start on your rum journey. And I promise you its going to be quite the journey.

I’m going to cover what rum is made from, where it’s made, address two common misconceptions about it, offer some suggestions on how to categorize rum, and at the end highlight a number of rum producing regions and rums from there that I recommend checking out. I feature a number of $20 rums for mixing and $40 for sipping.

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:24 What is Rum?
1:26 Where is Rum Made?
2:26 Misconception: Rum Has No Rules
5:26 Misconception: Rum Is Sweet
7:08 Color
8:24 Source Material
9:57 Still Type
11:06 Country/Region
11:59 Puerto Rico
13:04 Barbados
13:57 Jamaica
15:07 Guyana
15:59 Martinique
16:54 Outro

Rums featured:
Don Q Cristal
Ron del Barrilito 3 Star
Foursquare Old Brigand
Foursquare Doorly's XO
Foursquare Doorly's 12
Appleton Estate Signature
Worthy Park RumBar Gold
Appleton Estate 8 Year
Pusser's
Hamilton 86
El Dorado 12 Year
Clement Blanc 40%
Rhum JM Terroir Volcanique


Thank you to Matt Pietrek for all his researching and writings on rum. Seriously, he wrote the book on it. Check it out here: wonkpress.com/products/modern-caribbean-rum

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