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The Fabled Pour

The back bar

Spirits encyclopedia

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.

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  • rum · distillation

    Rum: from cane to cask

    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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