What is the main difference in Rum and Whiskey?

Question

What are the best uses for Rum and I would also like to know what a Martinee is and how to prepare it.

Answer 1

Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation

Whisky, or whiskey, refers to a broad category of alcoholic beverages that are distilled from grains and aged in oak casks. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and maize or corn.

Daiquiri
light rum, lime juice

Mai Tai
light rum, gold rum, dark rum, lime juice, orange curacao

Hot Buttered Rum
dark rum, butter, brown sugar

Mojito
light rum, mint, lime

Frozen Pina Colada
light rum, pineapple, coconut cream

Blue Hawaiian
rum, blue curacao, creme de coconut, pineapple juice

Between the Sheets
light rum, brandy, triple sec, lemon juice

Hurricane
light rum, dark rum, passion fruit, orange and lime juices

Rum Runner
gold rum, blackberry brandy, crème de banane, orange juice

Red Ball
coconut rum, pomegranate vodka, creme de almond, sweet vermouth, lime juice

El Presidente
light rum, grenadine, lime juice, pineapple juice

Bahama Mama
dark rum, high proof rum, coconut liqueur, coffee liqueur, pineapple juice

Bacardi Cocktail
light rum, lemon or lime juice

Pina Colada
light rum, pineapple juice, coconut cream

Cuba Libre
light rum, cola

Zombie
dark rum, light rum, high-proof rum, cherry brandy, orange juice, lemon juice

Long Island Iced Tea
light rum, triple sec, gin, vodka, cola

Nevada Cocktail
light rum, bitters, grapefruit juice, lime juice

May Day
rum, apple juice, peaches, strawberries, passion fruit, ginger

Roman Rasta Coffee
dark rum, sambuca, coffee, whipped cream

Mary Pickford Cocktail
light rum, grenadine, pineapple juice, maraschino cherry juice

Tom and Jerry
dark rum, brandy, simple syrup, egg, hot milk

Big Bamboo (shooter)
high-proof rum, dark rum, triple sec, orange and pineapple juice, simple syrup, bitters

Immaculate
light rum, Amaretto, lime juice, lemon juice

Razzini
Bacardi Razz raspberry rum, dry vermouth

Z Street Slammer
Meyer's Rum, banana liqueur, pineapple juice, grenadine

Swamp Water Surprise
rum, blue curacao, orange juice, lemon juice

Jean Harlow Cocktail
light rum, sweet vermouthSki Lift
coconut rum, peach schnapps, hot chocolate

Dancing Belly
Malibu Rum, Ketel One Citron vodka, white grape juice

Yellow Submarine
white rum, vodka, banana liqueur

Beachcomber
light rum, triple sec, maraschino liqueur, lime juice

Zombie Punch
dark rum, light or gold rum, high-proof rum, Pernod, curacao or triple sec, grenadine, lime juice, orange juice, lemon juice, papaya juice, pineapple juice, passion fruit juice

English Christmas Punch
dark rum, red wine, tea, sugar, orange juice, lemon juice

Strawberry Daiquiri
light rum, triple sec, lime juice, strawberries

Xalapa Punch
amber rum, apple brandy, dry red wine, black tea, honey, oranges

Rum & Coke
rum, cola.

Rock Lobster
coconut rum, dark rum, banana liqueur, grenadine, pineapple juice, orange juice, banana

Lounge Lizard
dark rum, amaretto, cola drink

Scorpion
light rum, dark rum, brandy, triple sec, orange juice

Sweet Summer Days
apple rum, vodka, lemon juice

Voodoo (shooter)
overproof rum, Tia Maria, rum cream

Red & Yellow
light rum, grenadine, lime juice, 7-up

Low Fat Eggnog
rum or brandy, egg substitute, milk

Yaka Hula Hickey Dula
dark rum, vermouth, pineapple juice.

Rosy Rum Cosmo
Bacardi Limon rum, triple sec, lime juice, cranberry juice, fresh mint

Low Carb Eggnog
rum or brandy, eggs, cream

Maiden's Prayer
light rum, brandy, triple sec, lemon juice

Frozen Daiquiri
light rum, lime juice, ice

Banana Daiquiri Jelly Shot
rum, crème de banane, gelatin

Jamaican Cobbler
dark rum, Tia Maria, fresh berries

Red Snapper
light rum, Galliano, cream

Dark & Stormy
dark Bermudan rum, ginger beer

Strawberry Kiss
light rum, Tequila Rose, chocolate liqueur, half and half

Planter's Punch
dark rum, grenadine, lemon juice, club soda

Jamaican Hibiscus Drink
Jamaican rum, dried hibiscus blossoms, ginger

Touchdown Tea
rum, gin, vodka, tequila, triple sec, Gatorade, cola

Johnny Weissmuller Cocktail
light rum, gin, grenadine, lemon juice

Irish Whip
Cuban rum, vodka, Pernod, creme de menthe, 7-Up, orange juice

Sugar-Free Strawberry Daiquiri
rum, lime juice, strawberries, artificial sweetner

Texas Tea
rum, tequila, vodka, gin, bourbon, triple sec, sweet and sour mix, cola


The martini is a cocktail traditionally made with gin and dry white vermouth, though in recent years substituting vodka for gin has become more popular than the original recipe.

While variations are many, a standard modern martini is a five to one ratio, made by combining approximately two and a half ounces of gin and one half ounce of dry vermouth with ice. Many Europeans, however, prefer somewhat less vermouth — about a six to one proportion of gin or vodka to vermouth. Many bartending schools insist that a beverage shaker tends to dull the taste of the vermouth, and some argue that it sharpens the taste of gin by "bruising" the liquid. However, it is relatively common to see a bartender mix a martini with a shaker due in part to the influence of fictional super-spy James Bond, who asked for his martinis "shaken, not stirred." The ingredients are mixed then strained and served "straight up" (without ice) in a chilled cocktail glass, and garnished with either an olive or a twist of lemon (a strip of the peel, usually squeezed or twisted to express volatile citric oils onto the surface of the drink). On a side note, the first Bond novel, Casino Royale (as well as the 2006 film adaptation), features the character sipping "Vesper" cocktails (three measures of gin, one of vodka and half of Kina Lillet) in honor of his female sidekick.

While the standard martini may call for a five to one ratio of distilled spirits to vermouth, aficionados of the dry martini may reduce the proportion of vermouth drastically for a dryer martini. Connoisseurs boast of sweetening the cocktail by merely coating the glass with vermouth, passing the vermouth cork above the glass, momentarily passing the finished drink near a closed vermouth bottle, or jokingly whispering "vermouth" over the glass.

Although it started with olive as a garnish, olive juice can be added to a martini to make it a 'dirty martini'. The taste of olive distracts from the taste of straight gin and vermouth, easing the stiffness of the drink.

Some aficionados avoid imparting excessive flavors to their martinis. If they do use an olive, it is either unstuffed or is stuffed with something as neutral as an almond; the olive itself is rinsed of any brining or vinegar solution prior to use. The olive is then slipped into the martini so as not to disturb the fine mixture of gin and vermouth. A "lemon twist" is considered a more delicate garnish because of its mild and complimentary flavor accent. In this case, a special lemon peeler might strip off a slender rope of lemon (including the pith) while the lemon is held carefully above the nearly finished martini. This orientation allows the mist of lemon oils to gently spray the top of the cocktail.

Another common but controversial variation is the vodka martini, made with vodka instead of gin. In the 1990s, the vodka martini supplanted the traditional gin-based martini in popularity. Today, when bar and restaurant customers order "a martini," they frequently have in mind a drink made with vodka. Martini purists decry this development: while few object to the drink itself, they strenuously object to it being called a martini. The martini, they insist, is a gin-based cocktail; this variation should be designated as such, with the name "vodka martini" (or "vodkatini", or "kangaroo"). Further confusion may arise from confusing Martini vermouth, a brand of vermouth, with the martini cocktail.

A more recent development that further offends martini purists is the use of "martini" (or the suffix "-tini") to refer to any flavored vodka cocktail served straight up in a cocktail glass. For example, the appletini, the chocolatini, or pineapple martini.

Answer 2

Rum is made from molasses. Whiskey is made from sour mash (corn) I believe. A Martinee is vermouth and gin with an olive. I'm no sure about the ratio.

Answer 3

Rum is made from molasses (and that from sugar cane), whiskey from grains.

Best use for Rum is for alcoholic cocktails.

A Martini is made mostly with gin, with a hint of vermouth (the less vermouth, the drier the Martini).

Answer 4

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