White rum: 10 facts and the best brands
10 facts about white rum
The drink is made from fermented processed sugar cane products by distillation and aging.
White rum has a very low aging, usually up to a year. Some brands are aged for up to several years, often such rums are blended.
This type of rum is best used in cocktails, because its organoleptic properties are much inferior to dark rum.
White rum is also called light, transparent, and silver.
All-light rum is also drunk, but it is not easy to find a decent option.
Rum was originally considered a drink of pirates.
White rum is characterized by delicate sweetness and lightness.
White rum is aged in oak barrels, rarely ash, where its flavor is noticeably softened. Interestingly, the maturation process then continues in steel containers.
Until the second half of the XIX century, all rum produced was heavy or dark, which was considered suitable for the working poor.
National Rum Day is celebrated on August 16.
The 10 best brands of white rum
Captain Morgan White
Cheap white rum that does not claim to be anything. Suitable for cocktails.
The smell is alcoholic and floral, with notes of vanilla.
The taste opens with sweetness, fruity and spicy. The aftertaste is slightly vanilla with bitterness, which, however, instantly evaporates along with the aftertaste itself.
Sugar is very well felt in the taste, which clearly hints at the artificial sweetening of the drink.
Vzboltai thinks that this is a last resort and it is better to take something else if possible.
Calypso Silver White Rum
Sri Lankan white rum. Made from high-quality spirits, it has a mild taste and fruity aroma.
The taste is soft, with notes of coconut, vanilla and tropical fruits
A good base for cocktails.
This rum can have a negative "heavy head" effect the next day.
Bacardi Superior (Carta Blanca)
High-quality white rum with a clean taste. Suitable both for drinking neat with ice and for cocktails.
It has a delicate aroma with hints of fruit, vanilla and almonds.
The taste has notes of fruit, caramel and pepper bitterness in the aftertaste.
Famous brand, long history, not the most attractive price.
Castillo Silver Rum
The rum is produced in Puerto Rico by Bacardi. This is a traditional style rum made from 100% molasses, which replaced sugar cane.
The drink is aged for 12 months in white American oak barrels. The color of the drink is absolutely transparent and very clear.
The taste of the rum is creamy and creamy, and the aroma carries notes of sweetness of sugar cane juice and light woody astringency.
Can be drunk neat and in cocktails.
Ron Barcelo Blanco
A blend of rums from the Dominican Republic, aged up to 4 years in bourbon barrels made of American oak.
The sweetish taste of the rum has a strong "oak" core that gathers around it vegetable and marine notes.
The rich, sweetish taste of the rum opens with muffled floral notes that turn into fruity tones, complemented by nutty, caramel, vanilla and spicy hints.
The dry aftertaste is represented by hints of leather, creamy chocolate and spices. The spicy aroma of rum is mixed with dry hints of burnt oak, nuts, caramel and toffee.
This rum is recommended to be drunk with water, juices, ice or in various cocktails.
Another option at an adequate price.
Don Q Cristal Rum
Puerto Rican premium light rum, aged in white American oak barrels for 1.5-5 years. Rum demonstrates an elegant, fruity and herbal taste and aroma, is an excellent digestif, and is also used for cocktails.
In 1965, Juan Serralles produced the first few barrels of rum. For a long time he thought about the name and decided to name the rum in honor of the legendary Spanish fictional character - Don Quixote. According to the Serralles family, Don Q rum, like a classic work of literature, has become a true work of art. Rum became very popular in Puerto Rico, and today it can be enjoyed in many countries around the world.
Havana Club Anejo 3 Anos
One of the most prestigious types of Cuban white rum. Alcohol is obtained by blending aged sugar cane spirits and extra light distillates intended for the production of young rum.
The rum is aged for three years in white oak barrels, then the master distiller selects the best barrels and blends the rum, which is aged again for some time, then filtered and bottled.
According to Vzboltai, this rum is unreasonably expensive.
Caney Carta Blanca Superior
Significantly superior in quality to standard white rums. Aged for up to three years, it combines light fruity flavors and a pleasant dry finish. "Carta Blanca Superior" is ideal for classic cocktails, especially Mojitos and Cuba Libre.
The Caney line of rums, named after the peasant's cone-shaped thatched houses, is considered one of the best in the Caribbean and South America.
Santiago de Cuba Carta Blanca
Clear rum aged for at least three years in oak barrels from Cuba.
It has the aroma of ripe grapes, honey, caramel and floral tones. The taste is light, mild with fruity tones.
It is an excellent base for classic cocktails.
Angostura White Oak Rum
White Oak is an excellent and exceptionally mild white rum with a platinum hue and a light creamy flavor.
It is a mixture of white rums aged for at least three years and filtered twice through charcoal to ensure purity and transparency.
No. 1 best-selling rum in Trinidad and Tobago.
#1 best-selling standard rum in St. Vincent.
#1 according to Vzboltai in terms of price/quality ratio.
Update: 26.12.2020
Category: Rum