What sweet syrup is produced when sugar is refined and, when fermented, produces rum?

Question

A barrel is a standard unit in both the oil and the fermented or distilled drinks industries; if traditionally it is 42 US gallons (158.9873 litres) for crude oil or other petroleum products how many US gallons is it traditionally for wine?

Answer 1

Molasses
Molasses or black treacle is a viscous product resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies by amount of sugar, method of extraction, and age of plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used for sweetening and flavoring foods in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere.