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Rum display in a liquor store (United States, 2009) Government House rum, manufactured by the Virgin Islands Company distillery in Saint Croix, circa 1941. Rum is a liquor made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice. The distillate, a clear liquid, is often aged in barrels of oak.
A bottle of 151 proof ("over-proof" [clarification needed]) rum, measured by the US system, with an ABV of 75.5%. Alcohol proof (usually termed simply "proof" in relation to a beverage) is a measure of the content of ethanol (alcohol) in an alcoholic beverage.
For example, Stroh rum that is 80% ABV is advertised and labeled as Stroh 80 when sold in Europe, but is named Stroh 160 when sold in the United States. [citation needed] In the United Kingdom, proof is 1.75 times the number (expressed as a percentage). [23] [20] For example, 40% alc/vol is 80 proof in the US and 70 proof in the UK. However ...
Alcohol measurements are units of measurement for determining amounts of beverage alcohol.Alcohol concentration in beverages is commonly expressed as alcohol by volume (ABV), ranging from less than 0.1% in fruit juices to up to 98% in rare cases of spirits.
Aberlour A'bunadh Batch 59, labeled as "bottled straight from the cask". Cask strength (also known as barrel proof/barrel strength) is a term used by whisky (spelt "whiskey" in Ireland and the United States) and rum producers to describe a whisky or rum that has not been substantially diluted after its storage in a cask for maturation.
Malibu (/ m ə ˈ l iː b uː /) is a coconut flavored liqueur made with white rum, which has an alcohol content by volume of 21.0% (42 proof).Since 2005 the Malibu brand has been owned by Pernod Ricard, which calls it a "flavored rum", where this designation is allowed by local laws.
Bacardi 151 is a discontinued brand of highly alcoholic rum made by Bacardi Limited of Hamilton, Bermuda. It is named for its alcohol concentration level of 151 U.S. proof, that is, 75.5% alcohol by volume. This is much higher than typical rum, which averages around 35%–40% alcohol by volume.
Cruzan Rum Distillery Cruzan Rum Distillery. Cruzan Rum (/ ˈ k r uː ʒ ən / KROO-zhən) is a rum producer in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and owned by Jim Beam. ALL rum is hand made in St. Croix USVI and then shipped to Jim Beam for flavoring. Founded in 1760, it claims the distinction of being "the most honored rum distillery in the world."