Rum is a fun category. Aside from the differences between aged and unaged, there are spiced rums as well as designations to denote from what the spirit is distilled. Rum is usually, but not always, distilled from molasses, which is a sugarcane byproduct. Rum and rum variants can also be distilled from fermented sugar cane juice or fresh-pressed sugar cane juice. And on top of the production process, there are also geographic differences. Cachacais made in Brazil (and distilled from fermented sugarcane juice), while Rhum Agricole is distilled from freshly-pressed sugar cane juice in the French West Indies. And if it’s made in Martinique, then it carries a government-stamped AOC (protected designation of origin).

Rum is definitely a product of “terroir.” The raw ingredients and the soil in which they’re grown affect the final product just like distillation, blending and aging…

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