{"id":664,"date":"2008-08-29T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T19:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/blog\/?p=664"},"modified":"2008-08-29T15:54:24","modified_gmt":"2008-08-29T19:54:24","slug":"rum-running-increases-popularity-with-craft-beweries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/29\/rum-running-increases-popularity-with-craft-beweries\/","title":{"rendered":"Rum running increases popularity with Craft Beweries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just makes sense!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean
\n2Beerguys.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drink Craft Rum?, watch ya bum?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Raising a glass to rum\u00c2\u00a0 -\u00c2\u00a0 In My Glass<\/h1>\n

By Rob Kasper<\/em>
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These American rums were made with copper-pot stills. The makers say this process allows the addition of more flavor notes. (Sun photo by Gene Sweeney Jr. \/ August 8, 2008)<\/p>\n

The world is full of rum makers. They start with molasses or sugar cane, and then make rum in a variety of styles.<\/p>\n

Barbados declares itself to be the source of the world’s first rum, Mount Gay, a beverage that supposedly caught George Washington’s fancy during his visit there. Bacardi has a “cathedral of rum” at its San Juan, Puerto Rico, headquarters and asserts that its light rum makes the best mojitos, a popular cocktail. Martinique maintains, however, that because its “plantation rum” is made from the pure juice of sugar cane, not molasses, it is the finest elixir.<\/p>\n

Faced with these conflicting claims of international superiority, I drank at home. I sampled American rums, made in small batches by Delaware’s Dogfish Head distillery and Oregon’s Rogue distillery. Both these rum makers began as craft-beer brewers and expanded to spirits.<\/p>\n

Rogue founder Jack Joyce has said he began making rum in 2003, in part because he discovered that the world does not need another brewpub.<\/p>\n

Sam Calagione of the ever-experimenting Dogfish operation began making rum in 2002 and describes it as a logical extension of his quest to make small amounts of full-flavored beverages.<\/p>\n

Unlike large rum houses that use automated continuous column stills, these small-batch operations use copper-pot stills. The makers say the stills give them the chance to add more flavor notes to their rums. Rogue uses cane sugar, adds a fast-acting yeast, then ages the rum in Jack Daniel’s whiskey barrels. John Coucho, a Rogue distiller, told me the dark rum is aged for as long as six months, while the white rum spends seven to 14 days in barrels. Dogfish uses molasses and a turbo-yeast and ages in stainless-steel tanks.<\/p>\n

BEST SIP – <\/strong><\/p>\n

Wit Spiced Rhum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dogfish Head Inc., Rehoboth Beach, Del. $26
\nDistributed in Maryland by F.P. Winner Ltd.<\/p>\n

This rum is aged in stainless-steel tanks, with oranges and coriander. The aroma is spicy, and the citrus flavors are smooth. The alcohol in this triple-distilled 40 percent-alcohol-by-volume rum is not noticeable.<\/em><\/p>\n

ALSO TASTED –<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brown Honey Rum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dogfish Head Inc., Rehoboth Beach, Del. $26
\nDistributed in Maryland by F.P. Winner Ltd.<\/p>\n

Wildflower honey goes into this rum, giving it a distinctive aroma and sweetness. Aged for three months in stainless-steel tanks with American oak chips, it has woody and vanilla notes that are similar to those found in bourbon. A tad sweet, this could be a good after-dinner digestif, on the rocks. It’s 40 percent alcohol by volume.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rogue Dark Rum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rogue Ales, Portland, Ore. $34
\nDistributed in Maryland by Dops Inc.<\/p>\n

With its dark-golden color and silky texture, it is hard to link this rum with a rogue like Blackbeard. But the likeness of Edward Teach, perhaps at 6 feet 5 inches the tallest of all pirates, adorns bottles of this mild-mannered rum. Mellow over ice (the rum, not the pirate).<\/em><\/p>\n

Rogue White Rum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rogue Ales, Portland, Ore., $34
\nDistributed in Maryland by Dops Inc.<\/p>\n

This white rum, which could serve as the base for many cocktails, had clean notes and unpretentious sweetness. An image of Jean Lafitte, a pirate who saved America’s bacon during the battle of New Orleans, adorns this bottle. Mix a shot from Jean Lafitte’s bottle, a dose of tonic and a slice of lime, and your world is at peace.<\/em><\/p>\n

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