Make it with molasses, you’ve got rum. Make it with fresh sugarcane, and you still have rum. Age it (or don’t), blend it with spices (or not), filter out the color (or add it) … it’s all rum.

This year’s Master Blender’s Collection rum, Coffey Still, confused me when I first tried it. A Coffey still is a type of column still — in fact, it’s the OG column still, created in the ...

However, while rum of all types now counts for a bigger slice of the market than whisky in terms of the value of sales in the UK, it still has a fair way to go before it rivals its Scottish cousin ...

Rum is increasingly featured in craft cocktail ... Likewise, Jamaican rums, known for their pot still production and high ester content, have gained popularity among enthusiasts.