Hors d'Age at $46! An omen of impending rumflation? - Tiki Drinks and Food

K Koolau Member Oahu, Hawaii Joined: Sep 23, 2006 Posts: 323	K Koolau Posted posted on Sun, Apr 27, 2008 4:16 PM When vodka and whiskey went upscale, making more was just a matter of building a new distillery and buying all the corn, rye or whatever you needed to ferment and make booze. Rum comes from sugar cane, which is mostly grown on tropical islands, meaning limited land area and water resources. Brazil grows a lot of cane too, but they mostly use it for fuel production. Unless there's a glut of molasses (and there may well be - I don't know) it seems like it may be harder to ramp up production of quality rums than it was for other spirits (especially vodka). And if there's limited quantity and greater demand, the price goes up.

When vodka and whiskey went upscale, making more was just a matter of building a new distillery and buying all the corn, rye or whatever you needed to ferment and make booze. Rum comes from sugar cane, which is mostly grown on tropical islands, meaning limited land area and water resources. Brazil grows a lot of cane too, but they mostly use it for fuel production. Unless there's a glut of molasses (and there may well be - I don't know) it seems like it may be harder to ramp up production of quality rums than it was for other spirits (especially vodka). And if there's limited quantity and greater demand, the price goes up.

Post #376624 by Koolau on Sun, Apr 27, 2008 4:16 PM