Rum yog ib feem ntawm British Triangle Trade. Cov molasses uas tsim nyob rau hauv cov chaw tsim khoom qab zib hauv cov cheeb tsam xws li Jamaica yog thauj los ntawm nkoj mus rau New England cheeb tsam ntawm Tebchaws Meskas, uas tseem yog ib lub tebchaws Askiv, qhov chaw uas lawv tau brewed rau hauv rum hauv distilleries. Cov nkoj nqa molasses ces thauj cov rum tiav rau Africa, pauv rau cov qhev dub, thiab rov qab mus rau Caribbean nrog cov tub lag luam nkoj.
Thaum lub sij hawm British colonial lub sij hawm, nruj saib xyuas thiab tswj tau siv nyob rau hauv zus tau tej cov rum. Cov rum uas ua tau tuaj yeem pom tau tias yog cov khoom lag luam ntawm cov suab thaj (siv cov kua txiv molasses ua raw khoom). Nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus ntawm efficiency, txoj kev ntawm extracting qab zib kua txiv feem ntau tsis siv rau brewing. Lawv hu txoj kev ntawm Sugar cane kua txiv ua raw khoom rau brewing "thawj brewing method".
British rum tau muab faib ua lub teeb aroma, nruab nrab aroma, thiab muaj zog aroma raws li cov ntsiab lus ntawm by-products thaum brewing, thiab tsis muaj kev faib ntawm industrial rum thiab ua liaj ua teb rum.
Txawm li cas los xij, cov khoom siv raw ntawm Fabkis rum tau muab faib ua cov kua txiv hmab txiv ntoo thiab kua txiv kab ntxwv, uas yog hu ua "kev lag luam rum ntau lawm". Tom qab ntawd, tib neeg siv cov rum thiab cov rum ua liaj ua teb kom paub qhov txawv ntawm rum ua los ntawm zib mu thiab qab zib ua raw khoom.
