The back bar
This is my back bar. Each entry says what a spirit is, which cocktails it belongs in, how to buy it and where the popular stories go wrong.
rum · distillation
Fresh cane juice, a quick ferment, a single pass through the still, and a forest of native woods to rest in. Cachaca is Brazil's own spirit by law and by habit, and the Caipirinha is only the beginning.
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rum · distillation
Molasses or fresh juice, pot or column, a week of wild fermentation or a day of clean yeast. Rum is the least standardized of the great spirits, and that is why its styles are worth learning one island at a time.
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