Rum

Rum is a liquor made from sugar cane by-products such as molasses and sugar cane juice which are fermented and distilled. The distillate, a clear liquid, is aged in oak casks. Rum is chiefly produced in the Caribbean and along the Demerara river in South America, but also in Australia and India. It is famous for its association with piracy and the Royal Navy. There are dark rums, golden rums and white rums (actually clear in colour), and famous brands include:

Bacardi
Cockspurs
Cruzan
Havana Club
Mount Gay
Myers's
Pusser's
Mike's Blue Rum
Bundaberg (Australian)

A mixture of rum and water (in varying proportions) is known as grog. This was issued as a daily ration to sailors in the Royal Navy. Officerss, naturally, took their rum unwatered.

Historical References

After his death at the Battle of Trafalgar, the body of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson was temporarily interred in a cask of rum while his body was transported from Trafalgar to Gibraltar and then London.

Rum (or Rhum) is the name of one of the Small Isles (a subgroup of the Inner Hebrides) off the west coast of Scotland.