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Step 14/15 - Blending Rum

As with most matured spirits, blending is of immense importance and cannot be overstated! Rather than a linear progression following...

Step 13/15 - Aging Mechanics

We’ve come a long way from the cane field and it is time to see what happens to the liquid during cask maturation. Generally, the spirit...

Step 12/15 - Oak & Barrel

All spirits are stored for a time between distillation and bottling. Maturation, however, is intended to make a positive impact on the...

Step 11/15 - Continuous Distillation

There are two distinct limitations to a pot still; the relative lack of reflux and the fact they run in a time-consuming batch process....

Step 10/15 - Batch Distillation

Batch distillation is largely synonymous with pot stills, and represent the simplest and oldest form of distillation. Given how old this...

Step 9/15 - Distillation

We have now created a wash with an alcohol content of around 5-10% ABV and employed a series of techniques to ensure the desired aroma...

Step 8/15 - Fermentation: The Sauces

Fermentation is the part of rum-making where you have the most opportunity to create flavor, in the form of esters and other congeners....

Step 7/15 - Fermentation: The Science

Once you have a wash with an appropriate Brix level and a yeast strain, we are ready for the next step. Yeast is typically pitched by...

Step 6/15 - Fermentation: Yeast & Bacteria

We have finally reached one of the most exciting steps in spirits creation, fermentation. It is during this process that all the alcohol...

Step 5/15 - Making Sugar & Molasses

Most rum in the world is made from molasses, a by-product of making sugar. Although this process varies greatly between producers and...

Step 4/15 - Stir-up & Syrup

While distillates from cane juice comprises a fair share of the market, especially if we include Cachaça, most juice gets processed...

Step 2/15 - Harvesting Sugarcane

Depending on the variety of sugarcane, climate and sowing time, it can take anywhere from 9-24 months for the cane to be ready for...

Step 3/15 - Getting the juices flowing

Now once the cane is harvested we’re in a race against time. Typically sugar cane is pressed within 24-48hrs to prevent the sucrose from...

Step 1/15 - Growing Sugarcane

Sugarcane is a group of tall perennial grass, in the genus Saccharum, that are used for the production of sugar. Although there are...