See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

RUM (according to See also:

• SKEAT, WALTER WILLIAM (1835– )

Skeat, a corruption of See also:

• MALAY

Malay brum or bram; the See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)  , a potable spirit' distilled chiefly from fermented See also:

• CANE

cane-See also:

• SUGAR

sugar . It is mainly the produce of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• INDIAN

Indian Islands, notably See also:

• JAMAICA

Jamaica, and of See also:

• DEMERARA

Demerara . There are two' kinds of Jamaica See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

rum, namely, " See also:

• COMMON

common " or " clean " rum, and " flavoured " or " See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German " rum . The latter is used almost entirely for purposes of blending with lighter types of spirit . Compared with other potable See also:

• SPIRITS

spirits such as See also:

• WHISKY, or WHISKEY

whisky and See also:

• BRANDY

brandy, the Jamaica rums are distinguished by their very high proportion of secondary products, particularly of the See also:

• COMPOUND
• COMPOUND (from Lat. componere, to combine or put together)

compound See also:

• ESTERS

esters . Among the latter butyric " See also:

• ETHER, (C2H5)2O

ether " (See also:

• ETHYL

ethyl butyrate) predominates . The Demerara rums are of a lighter See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character . Rum has a deep See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour imparted by caramel or by storage in See also:

• SHERRY

sherry casks, or, most generally, by both . " Tafia " is an inferior quality of rum produced in the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French colonies . " See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

Negro " rum, which is the lowest quality of all, and into the See also:

• WASH, THE

wash for which the debris of the sugar-cane enters, is consumed locally by the coloured workers . The spirit prepared from See also:

• BEET

beet-sugar See also:

• MOLASSES

molasses cannot be regarded as rum, for, unless it is highly rectified, it possesses a disagreeable odour and See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste . Fictitious rum is, however, sometimes prepared from highly rectified beet spirit and rum " essence "—a mixture of artificial esters (ethyl butyrate, &c.). See also:

• BIRCH
• BIRCH (Betula)
• BIRCH, SAMUEL (1813–1885)
• BIRCH, THOMAS (1705-1766)

birch bark oil and so on .

Highly rectifiedbeet spirit is also occasionally used for blending with genuine rum, particularly with the " flavoured " or " German " rum . The latter name originated in the fact that this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of rum was exported very largely to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany for the purpose of blending . The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of various kinds of rum is See also:

• MANIFEST (Lat. manifestus, clear, open to view)

manifest from the annexed table . The See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption of rum in the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom has fallen off considerably of See also:

• LATE

late years, See also:

• CON

con-currently with the general tendency of the public towards lighter and " drier " alcoholic beverages (see SPIRITS) .