Rum

White Rum

White Rum is a rum carried here in 2 forms from 40% ABV to 40% ABV, used in 10 drinks on this site.

Also calledLight rum
Not to be confused withRhum agricole (Distilled from fresh-pressed cane juice rather than molasses, under its own appellation rules in the French Caribbean; it carries a grassy, vegetal character white rum does not.)
A bottle of light-dry white Bacardi rum on a wooden shelf
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A bottle of light-dry white Bacardi rum on a wooden shelf

Composition · Gold

Strength40% ABV
Density0.94 g/ml
Sugar0 g per 100
Acid—
Energy231 kcal per 100
Animal originNone
Allergensnone listed

USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) · 174817. Alcoholic beverage, distilled, rum, 80 proof. Public domain. A lightly aged, column-still rum sold as gold or amber (Puerto Rican gold rum is the reference style) rather than the unaged white style or a cask-heavy dark rum; FoodData Central does not separate the three, and an unsweetened spirit's composition does not change with colour, so the same 80-proof figures apply. Sits between the white and dark rum records on this site in colour and oak character only.

Composition · Standard strength

Strength40% ABV
Density0.94 g/ml
Sugar0 g per 100
Acid—
Energy231 kcal per 100
Animal originNone
Allergensnone listed

USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy) · 174817. Alcoholic beverage, distilled, rum, 80 proof. Public domain. 80 US proof is 40% alcohol by volume by definition, which is where the strength here comes from; the record's own measured ethanol content against its measured density works out at 39.8%, which is the cross-check. White rum is bottled at 40% almost universally, occasionally higher for an overproof style.

Used in these drinks

most first

Substitutes

Cachaca: Brazil's own unaged cane spirit, distilled from fresh cane juice rather than molasses; it brings a grassy, vegetal note white rum doesn't have, changing the drink's character rather than just its strength.

A general substitute is a browsing aid rather than a drink-specific claim. Where a particular drink has a substitution worth making, it says so on its own page and recomputes the spec for it.