Could moonshiners in the US South made Rum?
I have been thinking about a time when cane syrup was made in communities all over the Southern United States. Using sugar in a mash is not as daunting as all grain that had to be further broken into fermentable sugars using cooking of grains and amalyzase. So therefore, you hear about the moonshiners using a mixture of corn( rye or any grain), sugar and yeast to make booze quite frequently. So why don’t we hear about people using cane syrup or molasses, since every farmin