tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345165.post112096290543943083..comments2023-10-04T06:51:21.542-04:00Comments on Taste for Travel: Alcohols of the AmericasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345165.post-1127848512851029332005-09-27T15:15:00.000-04:002005-09-27T15:15:00.000-04:00Well, "Anonymous," you must know more about how th...Well, "Anonymous," you must know more about how the particular cachaca I sampled is made than does the person who makes it. <BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, this particular stuff is made precisely as I described it, and, in the view of the trio of people who atsted it with me, has the rumlike flavor I mention.William M. Dowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00194419248332687100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14345165.post-1127744296475520312005-09-26T10:18:00.000-04:002005-09-26T10:18:00.000-04:00I strongly disagree with:"Cachaca is distilled fro...I strongly disagree with:<BR/><BR/>"Cachaca is distilled from unrefined sugar-cane juice fermented in a wood or copper container for three weeks, then boiled down three times to a concentrate, giving it a rumlike flavor." <BR/><BR/>This only applies to Industrial cachaca not the small batch stuff that is made in the traditional manner. True cachaca doe not have a rum like flavor because it has a very short (18-24 hour) fermentation time. It is also not boiled down 3 times. Cachaca made in the industrial manner is just cheap rum (made in Brazil) that is pretending to be cachaca.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com