EAST SETAUKET, N.Y. - s4story -- Mora's Fine Wine & Spirits, located in East Setauket, Long Island, NY, loves a good bottle with a good backstory — and few spirits are as rich in history, flavor, and diversity as rum. This cane-derived delight has traveled across centuries, continents, and cultures, developing a multitude of identities along the way. From the molasses-heavy dark rums of the Caribbean to the grassy brightness of French-style rhum agricole, this is a spirit that truly speaks in many dialects.

It's complex, fun, expressive, and downright delicious — just like the people who love it.

So grab your cutlass (metaphorically, of course), and let's set sail through the captivating history and many faces of rum. We'll highlight some of our favorite producers (hello, El Dorado, Planteray, Barbancourt, and Goslings) and finish off with a Rum Old Fashioned that'll make your tiki bar proud.

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Rum's history is as sweet and dark as the spirit itself. It all begins with sugarcane, one of the most globally significant crops ever cultivated. Originally from Southeast Asia, sugarcane made its way through trade and colonization to the Caribbean, South America, and eventually the American colonies and beyond.

As sugar plantations flourished in the Caribbean, so did molasses — a sticky byproduct of sugar production. Enterprising plantation workers discovered that fermenting molasses created a crude alcohol. Distilling it resulted in a far more palatable (and potent) spirit: rum …

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