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Rum is historically known by many different names. It is believed that the name 'Rum' originated in Barbados although no one knows for sure. It has been called 'Rumbustion', Barbados Water', 'Red Eye', 'Rumscullion', 'Devil's Death', 'Nelson's Blood', 'Rumbo' and Kill-Devil'. All these names imply rum to have been a fiery, strong and powerful spirit inducing the drinker into drunken stupor with ease. It was known as 'Nelson's Blood' as it was believed that Admiral Nelson's body was carried back to England in a barrel of Rum. The sailors on the boat, although greatly respecting Nelson, started to siphon off the rum to drink. When they got back to England the barrel was empty of rum, so the sailors had been drinking Nelson's Blood. Modern rum brands will translate rum into the language historically of the colonized area - Rum (English islands), Rhum (French islands) and Ron (Spanish and Portuguese islands).
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∙ 15y agoRum is a distilled spirit. The normal source of the sugars to make rum is molasses from sugar cane.
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