A basic guide to RUM for everyone!

EDIT: A couple mistakes on our end!! 1. In the “French-Style” infographic, Haiti shouldn’t have been included on the list as Rum Agricole. That’s a protected name, so not all sugarcane-based rums (rhums) can be called Agricole. Haitian rums are one of these and are called Clairin (but still sugarcane-based). 2. Apparently El Dorado has stopped adding notable amounts of sweeteners to their rums! This happened within the last couple of years - I'm overdue for a software update in my brain. Hope this clears things up! Sorry for any confusion! There are so many great rums out there. What are some of your favorite bottles? 🏴‍☠🥃

This is easily the one-stop master class for anyone who needs a quick education on Rum/Rhum. I learned more in these 15 minutes than watching the collection of other available videos on-line. Very well done! School is in session. Thank you for the lesson.

I appreciate your approach to rum's history. It's important to acknowledge the realities of history and learn from the mistakes made. It's not important to "cancel" rum because it has some dark realities in its history.

I thought this was James Hoffman in the thumbnail honestly. Stayed and realized he essentially the same thing only for rum - great stuff.

This is what we need, for me. I am a bartender who just started few months ago here in Dubai and still learning about all the spirits, history about them, process of making and the story behind it. This is really huge help for me for RUM. The way you deliver the messages it was loud, and clear. 🙌🏻 Hoping that u make another one for whiskey, vodka, tequila, gin, brandy and wines. Thank you very much! 🙌🏻

Thanks Anders! One of my biggest pet peeves is when recipes call for "gold rum" or "light rum" when there is so much variability of flavors when you categorize that way! thanks for educating!

Smuggler’s Cove is possibly the best cocktail book ever made. It got me waaaaaay down the tiki rabbit hole but also taught me a ton about distilled spirits in general.

Cachaça is older than rum. Historians, among them Câmera Cascudo, have discovered that the first cachaça was distilled in 1532 in São Vicente, near the port of the modern-day Sao Paulo. São Vincent was where the original sugarcane farms were located in Brazil – nearly a hundred years before the beginning of rum production.

I appreciate you for not shying away from this history. It's great that I ask questions as you talk and you end up answering them in your explanation. Thanks for being so thorough.

Amders is the one that got me into making drinks as a hobby. Could literally listen to him all day

As a rum and mixology enthusiast and avid follower of the channel, I keep coming back to this one while assessing my rum at hand and before buying one or two new bottles. Love your videos and especially your original drinks; this right here is the good stuff :)

As a Guyanese, it makes me happy to hear such good things about our El Dorado Rum

You are great, Anders! YouTube Channels like yours are priceless. No BS, no Coops every single video, but on point authentic information. You got me into mixing, that I am enjoying a lot.

Finished smugglers cove and just finished reading and a bottle of rum. My bar is stocked with rum but I’m coming to see one one of my favorite bartenders has to say! You’ve inspired me to stock my home bar with fine spirits and inspired me to bartend professionally. I’m only 23 years old but have been following you probably since I turned 21 and first read imbibe after your recommendation. Thank you Anders and Az ❤️

Right now I'm exploring gin and fortified wines, but rum is a spirit I'm looking forward to learning more about and tasting more in the future so this video is very helpful. I loved the style, I think you struck a great balance between being concise and thorough. You packed a lot of information in while making it feel breezy and not overwhelming. Also I appreciate you being mindful and talking about the history. When you respect something, you learn all you can about it whether it's what you want to hear or not, so I think it's good not to shy away when you're teaching others.

Anders! This is the best summary on rum I've seen circulating. Congrats, really great work!

The best introduction video to the fascinating world of rum that I have seen so far. Keep up the good work! 😎🥃

Amazing work as always Anders! Please do more of these concise and informative videos about different spirits - I would love to see something similar for all the major liquors (whiskey, gin, tequila, etc). Once again, top quality content <3

I wouldn't be mad at longer format videos. So much history, types, styles and varieties; 45 minutes to an hour, would be great!

You have forgotten the most sacred in the Southern Hemisphere, North Queensland Fighting Juice - Bundaberg Rum!!! Burnt to the ground TWICE! Had its entire stock commandeered for troop moral in WW2 and still the number 1 down under. I can Highly recommended the Small Batch reserve as a base for cocktails and they even do a charcoal filtered white rum. The regular U.P Rum is perfect for a rum and coke.