Rhum agricole and cachaça are made from sugar-cane juice. That's not as pure as refined sugar, but it makes a much cleaner spirit than molasses. The bigger dif

Rhum agricole and cachaça are made from sugar-cane juice. That's not as pure as refined sugar, but it makes a much cleaner spirit than molasses. The bigger difference between White Claw and rum, i would say, is that rum is distilled, whereas White Claw is only fermented. I'm not sure there are any traditional non-distilled drinks made from sugar, and Wikipedia is down so i basically have no way to fake being well-informed as i usually do.