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Agricultural rum: what is it?







Molasses is a waste product from the sugar making process. When the sugar cane is pressed, the juice is refined. The residue that has not been crystallized into sugar is called molasses. It keeps very well and for this reason, 90% of the rums consumed today are molasses rums.





Agricultural rum is distilled directly from the pure juice of the sugar cane. As soon as it is extracted from the crushed cane, the juice, which is also called vesou, is put to ferment. Cane juice does not keep as long as molasses, especially in the tropical climates where it is produced, so the hours are counted from the moment it is crushed. This distillation from the vesou gives the agricultural rum unique aromas of fresh cane. No caramel or sugar is added.



Agricultural rum, born in the small dwellings far from the sugar circuit, would perhaps not have known its rise without Napoleon.\[Napoleon sugar crisis agricultural rum]



















Challengers appear from time to time in the world of agricultural rum: Habitation Beauséjour and its HBS rum, or A1710 at Habitation du Simon. These new producers have chosen to launch their vintages outside of the AOC, as the specifications imposed to produce an agricultural rum under the AOC are very strict and can be unattainable for very young productions.





This augurs well for a beautiful diversification of the panel of terroirs and aromas in the world of agricultural rum!