Though rum is often classified into light and dark categories, the color has little bearing as to the spirit's age, the distilling process, or the taste of final product. What should we be looking ...

While the color of rum certainly provides some clues to its flavor, it won't tell the whole story regarding the spirit. The term dark rum encompasses liquors both aged in barrels and not, with the ...

Rum is notoriously difficult to categorize. Color and country of origin used to tell you how a rum would taste, but now, the diversity of techniques in rum production has blurred the lines. Since ...

Learn about the best dark rum cocktails to make for warmer weather, like a Mai Tai, Black Manhattan, Dark 'n Stormy, and more.

Once aged, rum is blended and may be darkened with caramel or molasses. According to the color of rum you choose, it will impart — on a scale from lighter to richer — a toasty, complex flavor.

Make it with molasses, you’ve got rum. Make it with fresh sugarcane, and you still have rum. Age it (or don’t), blend it with spices (or not), filter out the color (or add it) … it’s all rum. With ...

A sneak peak into the (alleged) birthplace of spiced rum and the lives of the people who make it. The post The Ethical Cellar Goes to St. Lucia….To Drink Spiced Rum appeared first on Worth.

There are no rum categories defined by color. And of course, “white” rums aren’t really white—they’re clear, or in many cases off-white, tan, light yellow, or gold.

Many liquors pair well with coffee, but rum really complements a dark roast. Find out which is the best rum to use and also how to use it in coffee cocktails.