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Clairin is a strong spirit made from cane sugar. Similar to rum, clairin is only produced in Haiti.
Clairin is produced during the same process of distillation as rum although it is not refined to separate the different alcohols produced by fermentation and exhaustion.
In Jacques Roumain's novel Gouverneurs de la Rosée (masters of the dew) clairin features prominantly in a vodou ritual.
References
Gouverneurs de la rosée. Coconut Creek, Fla.: Educa Vision Inc., [1999]. ISBN 1584320540
