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Appleton Estate V-X Jamaica Rum-front shot
A bottle of Rum from Jamaica

Rum is an alcoholic spirit. It is made from molasses and other sugarcane by-products through fermentation and distillation. Rum is mostly made in or around the Caribbean. Rum is also made in other parts of the world, like Fiji or Australia.

Images for kids

  • Government house rum

    Government House rum, manufactured by the Virgin Islands Company distillery in St. Croix, circa 1941

  • Mount Gay Rum Visitors Centre, Spring Garden HWY, Barbados-002

    The Mount Gay Rum visitors centre in Barbados claims to be the world's oldest active rum company, with earliest confirmed deed from 1703.

  • The Pirates carrying rum on shore to purchase slaves

    Pirates carrying rum to shore to purchase slaves as depicted in The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms

  • Royal Navy Grog issue

    Wrens during World War II serving rum to a sailor from a tub inscribed "The King God Bless Him" - Robert Sargent Austin

  • Beenleigh Distillery ca. 1912

    Beenleigh Rum Distillery, on the banks of the Albert River near Brisbane, Queensland, circa 1912

  • Bacardi Building Habana

    The Bacardi building in Havana, Cuba

  • Starr 030523-0142 Saccharum officinarum

    Sugarcane is harvested to make sugarcane juice and molasses.

  • Rhum distillery Madagascan style I

    Artisanal Rum distillery along the N7 road

See also

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