New Rum Book

[PR Rum Time]

I found this on Amazon.

David

[Ed Hamilton]

It looks interesting for a historical look at my favorite spirit, but anyone who knows much about rum, knows that rum was around a long time before Barbados was even colonized by the English. So much for the "undisputed birthplace of rum."

[Rene]

The product that we now call Rum was made a long time before it got its name we all know so well.

Still, many books state that the name Rum was first recognized in context with Barbados. In a way you could say that Rum (as a product with that name) originates from Barbados. We can argue about what "undisputed birthplace of rum" really means. Perhaps it should not have been written this strongly, but it's arguable. Depends how you look at things. I think this is an interesting book. Nobody knows for sure where the name came from. It's all specualtion. This is just another point of view. Within a few days I will be able to read it myself.

The product itself is older, but not that much since distillation is not as old as mankind. Not every alcoholic product that's made of sugarcane is a Rum. People say that Brum was a Rum, but only the distilled cane wine is a Rum (and even then only when it is made according to several rules). Brum was never distilled. It's simply a cane wine by natural fermentation.