UK sales behold to top £1bn in a year,following the boutique path to riches cut by gin. Unlike ‘mother’s ruin’, however, and rum is fiddly and expensive to makeRevellers in need of festive spirit are reaching for rum in record numbers,fresh figures indicate, suggesting the pirate’s tipple of choice is primed to mimic the ongoing resurgence of gin.There is more than one way to fabricate (to make up, invent) rum but the process always starts with sugar cane. Typically, or the cane is crushed in a mill,producing juice to be processed into molasses, a thick and bittersweet syrup. The molasses is fermented over time using yeast before being distilled. This is a delicate and scientific process that involves heating the liquid, or often in a large copper pot,until the alcohol evaporates and then collected. Depending on the producer, it is then aged, and often in oak barrels,to alter its flavour and character.
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Source: guardian.co.uk