Watch tip: A basic guide to RUM for everyone!

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While browsing, I just stumbled across this video:

Very well done video for rum beginners. Informative and with good production quality! :sunglasses:

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Maybe we can make this a general thread about good informative youtube videos?

I can highly recommend the Channel of “New World Rum Club” (who is also using RumX and is active in some FB groups).
He reviews some high quality Rums - and i like listening to british people :slight_smile:

For german beginners, there are these videos (but a lot of nerds tend to dislike the Wagemut brand)

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Das hier fand ich sehr angenehm zu sehen und habe dabei gelernt, wie Hampden ihren Rums herstellt und wie es generell bei ihnen aussieht. Ist natĂŒrlich mehr ein Reisebericht aber macht dafĂŒr umso authentischer: Walk with me on this RUM Factory Tour @Hampden | History, Heritage & Hospitality | How Rum Is Made - YouTube

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Hab mal durchgezappt und fand das auch sehr interessant. Solche Reiseberichte werden ja manchmal belĂ€chelt, aber ich schaue sowas auch ganz gerne, weil man da oftmals authentischere EindrĂŒcke gewinnt, als bei einschlĂ€gigen Dokus oder Marketingformaten, in denen vor allem die hochglanzpolierten Vorzeige-Objekte der Destillen gezeigt werden. Man darf auch gerne mal den Industriecharme solcher Anlagen sehen, finde ich!

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Genau, dass macht den Rum am Ende ja auch aus das es eben alles schon hunderte Jahre alt ist grade dadurch so super Geschmack reinkommt. Ich finde das kommt sehr gut rĂŒber in dem Video und macht Lust selbst hinzufahren :smile:

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Wer es wirklich oldschool mag, sollte sich das mal zu GemĂŒte fĂŒhren:

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what a beautiful movie! Thank you for sharing it!
savaille still :heart:

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My pleasure. I love to get an idea of how things worked decades ago when it was even more exhausting to produce high quality products. Very inspiring


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I like when in old movies they said they use “modern machinery”. It puts the current times in some perspective. I wonder what will rummaking (and anything else) be like in the next 50 years, when the current “modern” will become “old”.

But as we know, the stills don’t get outdated so quickly :smiley:

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Lovely Clip, especially the end with the blending and aging in London.

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Speaking of old stills that are still in use:

From minute 42 on Shaun Caleb explains how the old stills at DDL are still working. Very impressive, because there has to be ongoing maintenance which can only be done by specialists who exactly know what to do.

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Of course, this is primarily a promotional video, but I find it very authentic and sympathetically done. I truly believe that they are very concerned about sustainability.

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Naja zwar kein Basic Guide aber Velier und Gargano=Rum Nerd Basics oder?
Als ich gesehen habe das gerade wieder Roma Bar Show Zeit war hab ich mich an das Video zur Pagos/Papalin PrÀsentation erinnert von und mit: na klar.
Einfach auch ein Entertainer :blush::it:

https://www.youtube.com/live/LFr3hfFTcaI?feature=share

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I have to admit that I’m not a fan of Gargano. He is somehow too jittery for me and has too much of an entertainer. I usually think Velier products are great, but I don’t like Gargano that much.

I feel the same way about Foursquare’s Richard Seeale or DDL’s Shaun Caleb, though. Real professionals, but not my kind of people.

I have to say that I am most sympathetic to the women in the rum industry. For example, Mount Gay’s Trudiann Branker, Hampden’s Christelle Harris, or Zacapa’s Lorena Vasquez.

The video is nevertheless very interesting and entertaining, thank you very much! :grinning:

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I feel kind of similar but didn’t know how to put it. Thanks :slight_smile: there is this storytelling and marketingish aspect, even if the professionals.

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Very descriptive and informative. Especially the part about the Southern Jamaican and the Trelawny Fermentation Style.

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Very nice to see how sugar cane juice is still produced here using traditional methods. The video is not about rum production, but maybe someone is interested to see how sugar cane juice was pressed in Jamaica in the 18th century.

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Auch wenn der Typ hÀufig recht plump daher kommt, kann Ich ihm bei diesem sensiblen Thema in seinen Punkten zustimmen.

Und auch in diesem Forum sollte immer wieder darauf hingewiesen werden, bei den Wettrennen hier um monatliche Verkostungen usw :innocent:

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Schon etwas Àlter, aber ich fand das Interview wirklich spannend um mal zu hören, wie der Hampden Hype begann.

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