Colour wheel
While it’s difficult to neatly classify rum by colour, here is the basic trio.
White
Either unaged or lightly aged rum that has been heavily filtered.
Top drink: Daiquiri
Amber
Rum aged in oak barrels. It gets darker, smoother and more complex with time.
Top drink: Mai Tai
Dark
Rum aged in charred oak barrels, often with the addition of caramel or molasses.
Top drink: Dark ’n’ Stormy
CACHAÇA 101
Distilled from Brazilian sugar cane juice, this rum-like spirit is the key ingredient in a Caipirinha.