GQ_South_Africa_2017

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YOU MIGHT BE ASKING

what rum is, but let’s fi rst talk

about what it isn’t. Rum is not

what you mixed with Coke, nor

is it Spiced Gold. At least not

the kind we’re talking about.

With little regulation, rum can

be many things, light or dark,

rounded and rich like the

Guatemalan, easy-to-drink

Cuban, or off -beat Jamaican.

‘What makes rum rum, is that

it’s a fermented and distilled

by-product of sugar that is then

aged in casks – usually oak;

it’s not as strict as whisky or as

loose as something like gin,’

says Mount Gay brand

ambassador Caitlin Hill.

Th e plus side of this

deregulation? Rum can

age any where, which gives

producers a lot of fl exibility and

creativity. What that means

for you is a rum for every

occasion. Read on to learn

everything you need to know.

RUM

FOR

THE

HILLS

Mount Gay voted Best Rum on

Show in blind panel tasting at SA

Rum Overture Festival

Mount Gay

Black Barrel

R450

Words and styling by

Paul Sephton

Photograph by

Karl Rogers

Leave the

cognac and

whisky for

cooler evenings,

your summer

mandate is all

things rum

38 GQ.CO.ZA OCTOBER 2017