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Rum

Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, initially a clear liquid, is often aged in barrels. Rum originated in the Caribbean in the 17th century, where it was likely first created by enslaved people on sugar plantations, but today it is produced in nearly every major sugar-producing…

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Alcohol by volume
37.5–80%
Colour
Clear, brown, black, red or golden
Flavor
Sweet to dry
Ingredients
sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice; yeast; water
Introduced
17th century
Origin
Barbados, Caribbean

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Rum

Nodes249
Edges248
Triples351
Avg. degree1.99
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related to Sources · 45
Rum → And, Anthony Dias, Australia, Blainey, Blue, Clarke, Cooper, Crown Publishers, Curtis, Day, Distance, Enjoyment, Food, Frank, Geoffrey, Greenwood Press, Guide, HarperCollins, History, How Distance Shaped Australia's
related to Further reading · 42
Rum → Abbeville Press, Arkell, Broom, Caribbean Rum, Changed Conquered, Charles, Citadel Press, Classic Rum, Coulombe, Creating, Dave, Drink, Economic History, Florida, Foss, Frederick, Global History, Ian, Introduction Archived, ISBN
related to Colonial North America · 35
Rum → Africa, After, American, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Boston, British, British West Indies, Caribbean, Colonial North America, Estimates, Europe, Europeans, For, French, In, Massachusetts, Molasses Act, Molasses Act's, Much
related to Precursors and origins · 32
Rum → Austronesian Island Southeast Asia, Barbados, Brazil, Caribbean, Congress, Cyprus, Dembinska, Early, Iran, Islamic Javanese, January, Javanese, King Peter, Kraków, Lusignan, Malay, Many, Marco Polo, Maria Dembinska, Middle Ages
related to Naval rum · 22
Rum → As, Barbados, Blackbeard's, British, Caribbean, Despite, During, English, French, Golden Age, However, Island, Jamaica, Piracy, Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure, Royal Navy, Rum's, Spain, Spanish, Spanish Empire
related to Colonial Australia · 19
Rum → Australia, Bengal, Bengal Rum, Britain, British, By, Casks, Due, England, Eventually, India, It, Jamaican Rum, Java, New South Wales, New South Wales Corps, Royal Marines, Sydney, The
related to Gargano categorization · 17
Rum → ABV, According, Aging, Coffey, Creole, Distillation, Fermentation, Gargano, He, His, Ingredients, It, Likewise, Luca Gargano, Sugarcane, The, Whether
related to Asia · 15
Rum → China, Commercial, Great Britain, In India, India, Japanese, Liquor Corporation, Production, Republic, Taiwan, Taiwan Tobacco, Taiwanese, The, Today, Western-style
related to Fermentation · 15
Rum → Bacardi, Brazil, Caribbean, Distillers, Dunder, French-speaking, In Brazil, Jamaica, Jamaican, Joy Spence, Most, The, While, Within, Yeast
related to Commercial categorization · 12
Rum → Daiquiri, However, Jamaican, Light, Many, Martinique, Mojito, Spanish-style, The, Their, There, They

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rums jamaican also sugar molasses used aged production jamaica aging barbados gi sugarcane cane made often produced caribbean juice history

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
RumAlcohol by volume37.5–80%1.00infobox
RumColourClear, brown, black, red or golden1.00infobox
RumFlavorSweet to dry1.00infobox
RumIngredientssugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice; yeast; water1.00infobox
RumIntroduced17th century1.00infobox
RumOriginBarbados, Caribbean1.00infobox
RumProof (US)75–160° US / 66–140° UK1.00infobox
RumRelated productscachaça, charanda, clairin, grogue, grog, Seco Herrerano1.00infobox
RumTypeDistilled beverage1.00infobox
RumVariantsrhum agricole, ron miel, tafia1.00infobox
Rumis aliquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice0.90text
Rumis anecessity to meet the commercial reality of rum demand0.90text
Rumis atype most commonly used in cooking0.90text

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