White Rum

Sugar cane leads, molasses fills in behind it, and the finish carries a light warmth rather than a burn. That makes ArKay's white rum the most flexible bottle of its three rums, which is roughly how white rum behaves behind a real bar. Mojitos are the natural home, though it holds its shape in a pina colada, a daiquiri or a Long Island Iced Tea. Pour it at the same measure as the alcoholic version. What is actually in the bottle is spring water, natural flavors and a food grade warming compound the company calls its W.A.R.M. Molecule, which is why a serving contains no alcohol, no sugar, no carbs and no calories. ArKay has been making this since 2011 and was among the first to argue that an adult drink and an alcoholic one are not the same thing.