by In The Spirit | Dec 14, 2015 | Drinks Guide |
Contrary to popular belief, Tequila is not made from alcohol derived from the cactus plant, but from the agave plant (pronounced ‘Uh-Gah-Vee’), which is closely related to the yucca and the amaryllis. The sweet sap from the agave is fermented and then distilled twice...
by In The Spirit | Dec 14, 2015 | Drinks Guide |
De Kuyper’s Sour Apple is a delicious liqueur made with apple flavours blended with fine spirits and is reminiscent of Granny Smith apples. This beautiful bright green liqueur brightens up cocktails and long drinks with its exceptionally fresh sweet and sour apple...
by In The Spirit | Dec 14, 2015 | Drinks Guide |
For our entry on white rum, we are using the most well known brand – Bacardi Carta Blanca. As with many rum brands, molasses are used as the base product are transformed into alcohol through spontaneous (natural) fermentation. In the recipe for Bacardi, purified...
by In The Spirit | Dec 14, 2015 | Drinks Guide |
Produced by the above method, dark rums obtain their colour from the addition of caramel and the extractives of the oak barrel during their ageing. In-the-spirit’s preferred Dark Rum is Woods 100 Rum. Woods 100 is blended with several different rums and has soft...
by In The Spirit | Dec 14, 2015 | Drinks Guide |
Produced using a similar process to dark rum – the golden rather than dark colour depends on the amount of caramel added to colour and flavour the rum. Aged rum usually refers to a longer period of ageing of a particular rum style to achieve a more robust flavour from...
by In The Spirit | Dec 14, 2015 | Drinks Guide |
Rum is distilled from the fermented products of sugar cane – usually molasses. As is the case with all distilled spirits – rum is water white when first distilled. Fermentation is the process by which the sugar in molasses in converted into alcohol by the use of...