SC - Rum?

[James F. Johnson]

Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Since rum is made from sugar cane, and sugar was in production all through
> period, (even if expensive in some times and places), is there any hint that
> rum was made in period times?

Rum is made specifically from molasses, and other sugar products, and
specifically not until sugar production became cheap from sugar
plantations in the West Indies. Not until the 17th century. So rum is
not in period, but there is arrack, a late period Moghul distillate made
from sugar cane.

Seumas