White Rum Discussion

[Zak Griffin]

There's always a bit of discussion about white rum but it just gets lost in the fog... here's a spot for all of your White Rum chat :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[bluc]

Anyone know of a filter that will strip colour from aged rum? Have asked a few times about different filters but have been told at best they will remove tails not affect colour. Bacardi do it so must be possible.Would love a full bodied aged rum with no colour for mixing in cocktails.. Thoughts

[coffe addict]

My understanding is bundy triple filtered on activated red gum charcoal to get their rum clear, but never tried it myself.

[Doubleuj]

i thought carbon filtering removes colour also, and being that you all say you can get rid of that rum flavour it might hurt? even do a test in a crappy plastic filter, dont drink it but see if the colour is removed?
or perhaps re run it through 3 plates and not oak it?

[bayshine]

I would suggest running through 5 or 6 plates with tight cuts ( absolutely no heads or tails) and keeping white or run through a vm reflux and keeping white :think:

[TasSpirits]

I ran through 5 plates and made fairly harsh cuts, it was a standard 1st gen MacRum wash and I thought sweet Ill have some White Rum, certainly nothing like any White Rum I've ever tasted. I think some sort of carbon filtering after aging is the go. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[EziTasting]

I ran through 5 plates and made fairly harsh cuts, it was a standard 1st gen MacRum wash and I thought sweet Ill have some White Rum, certainly nothing like any White Rum I've ever tasted. I think some sort of carbon filtering after aging is the go. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

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[EziTasting]

Look, I don't have a huge amount of experience but I think there needs to be delineation between 'White-dog' rum and 'White Rum'!

White-dog Rum is, to my mind, fresh off the still, aired and cuts selected. Not smoothed by time on oak, not treated in any other way.

White Rum, on the other hand, has had cuts taken, aired and the best cuts chosen for a taste profile then put on Oak for a time of the stiller choosing. Once its matured, the Rum is then passed, once or several times, thru activated charcoal filter to remove the colour and, not by choice I guess, some of the flavour, producing a clear Rum...

I think there would be a big difference in smoothness and flavour depending on which you choose to make... :-B

Here endeth the sermon, :teasing-nutkick:

[bluc]

So a filter the same as used to polish neutral?

[EziTasting]

So a filter the same as used to polish neutral?

That is my understanding...

[bayshine]

My uncle makes an all molasses rum with dunder and runs through his vm and its great... I would say it tastes light but very rich for want of a better term. Not at all like a oaked rum :think:

[EziTasting]

My uncle makes an all molasses rum with dunder and runs through his vm and its great... I would say it tastes light but very rich for want of a better term. Not at all like a oaked rum :think:

Iridium is one of my absolute favourites ... also a Mt Unkle product

Platinum Cane Spirit is made from sugar cane syrup and boasts fresh, light hypnotic elements resulting in an sensory tactile experience. For complete clarity the distillate is filtered through Cairns Tablelands volcanic rock.

[rumdidlydum]

I'm with ezi. A white rum is aged on oak then filtered to remove color ect :-B

[Professor Green]

I ran some 1st gen macrum through my MacBoka with an extra 300mm of packing and ended up with a fairly decent approximation of a light white rum but it is my understanding that, as others have mentioned, most white rums are aged on oak and then filtered to strip out some favour and the colour.

Cheers,
Prof. Green.

[bluc]

Anyone here aged it on oak then re pot stilled it. I planned to but never got round to it.. :-B

[EziTasting]

Anyone here aged it on oak then re pot stilled it. I planned to but never got round to it.. :-B

Wouldn't you loose too much ...?

[prawnz]

I know I'll get hate mail for this but , I get some of my best possible neutral, add the required amount of essence and voila , Bacardi .

Not kosher I know and its the only essence I use , but its good stuff IMO .

[ultrasuede]

Run rum wash through the pot still once, age on wood, then do the spirit run?

[ed9362]

I am currently aging feints from my first spirit run on 20gm/l oak.

my plan is to leave it for a month and then run it through the boka and see what I get.

[bluc]

Anyone here aged it on oak then re pot stilled it. I planned to but never got round to it.. :-B

Wouldn't you loose too much ...?

Flavour? I remember warra saying he tried to fix over oaked spirit by re running it but it didnt work meaning the over oak flavour carried over..i dont know how it would go. One day will give it a go..