Making of Rum. History The island of Hispaniola. He tries a process of rum distillation

Making of Rum

History

The island of Hispaniola.

He tries a process of rum distillation.

The making of rum is 7 steps:

The steps

Step 1: gathering Step 2: reception of sugarcane Step 3:grinding Step 4: boiler

Step 5:fermentation Step 6:distillation Step 7:the ageing.

The gathering.

The harvest takes place between February and June.

The reception of sugarcane

canes are weighed, checked and discharged under the portico.

The grinding

Cane is crushed by a series of mills.

The boiler

Fibres remaining after extraction of juiceis used as fuel to feed the furnaces to heat water boilers and turned into steam.

The fermentation

A distillery has several fermentation tanks with a capacity of 30000 litres each.

The distillation

Introduced by the upper, wine descends tray shelf, by heating in contact with the vapour introduced by the bottom of the column.

The ageing

wooden casks. oak casks.

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