Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. The majority of the world's rum production occurs in the Caribbean and Latin America. The sweet and fragrant taste of rum can vary across the many varieties, including, light rum, dark rum, flavored rum, overproof rum, and gold rum. Similarly, the color can range from a dark amber brown to completely colorless, and the alcohol content can vary from roughly 38%-50%.