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This could also indicate a food sensitivity if you're reacting a lot worse to one type of alcohol (everything else held constant, obvs)
Good point.
I want to point out that vodka is usually made from grains, not potatoes. And I'd honestly be surprised if there's enough non-alcohol substances left in a given vodka to trigger someone's food sensitivities - I'd assume it's one of the additives (especially common in Russian vodka), not the plant it's made from.
Also, if you're allergic/sensitive to wheat or potatoes, you should notice that in food way before you notice it while drinking.
wooow, rum comes from sugar cane. That explains a lot
The history of rum is really interesting! French sugar plantations in the Caribbean started making it to earn money off waste sugar cane. Wine makers in France bribed the king to ban the import of rum, so it became a popular barter good, and in some places a de facto currency, around the Caribbean and part of the American East coast.
Which is why pirates had such ready access to it.
FYI, it doesn't explain why rum is often sweet. That is explained by rum makers adding sugar after distillation.