"timmy" <"timothy at open-networks.net"> wrote in message news:453d4e59

> there's  large rum distillery 4 hours from me, they ferment molases from 
> the cane farms here to make rum. brown suagr won't give you a very nice 
> rum.

Thats it.... it's a distillery... that says all. ;o)

The fermentation is just the first step in the process, afterwards they 
distill the fermented stuff to make rum. But as i said, i don't know what 
fermented molasses are called.
Lets settle this and call our friend wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum#Production_methodology


Urs