Compound InterestIt's #NationalRumDay! Find out more about the esters, phenols and lactones that give a pirates' favourite drink its flavour in this graphic: https://wp.me/s4aPLT-rum
The Chemistry of Rum: Fruity esters and woody lactones
Click to enlarge For the latest in the alcohol chemistry series, we're looking at a pirate's favourite spirit: rum. It's actually hard to describe what constitutes a rum, because there's not really a fixed definition; different countries have...