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Rum is made from the by-products (generally molasses) created during
the process of manufacturing sugar. The sugar cane juice crystallizes when it is
boiled but leaves behind a thick syrup that cannot be distilled. Instead, rum-makers
ferment the molasses then age it in oaken caskets.
The rum industry developed hand-in-hand with the sugar industry
throughout the Caribbean islands. The image above depicts one of the abandoned and
derelict windmills that provided energy for refining the sugar. Today, since the
process has been modernized, the windmills are no longer used, though they stand to remind
visitors and natives alike of the past.
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