RUM CLASSICS
Rum has grown in popularity over the last decade in the United States with numerous Tiki bars opening up.
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You may have had frozen daquiri's from a slurpee machine, but Tiki drinks are incredibly complex, well balanced, and difficult to master.
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Here are some of my favorite rum classics.
Rum is the tonic that clarifies the vision, and sets things in true perspective.
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-Brian D'Ambrosio
American Journalist & Author
Mojito
Rum, lime, simple syrup, mint, bitters
2 oz White Rum
6-8 mint leaves
3/4 oz simple syrup
1 oz lime juice
1 dash angostura bitters
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Add mint and syrup into a shaker. Gently muddle the mint. Then add the remaining ingredients and short shake with crushed ice. Dump everything into a double rocks or highball glass.
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Top off with crushed ice and garnish with a mint bushel and optional lime wedge/wheel.
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(optional: top off with club soda)
Daiquiri
Rum, lime, simple syrup
2 oz Rum
1 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz simple syrup
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Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a glass.
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Garnish with a lime wedge or wheel.
Mai Tai
Rum, Orange Curaçao, lime,
orgeat, demerera
2 oz Blended Rum
1/2 oz Orange Curaçao
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/4 oz orgeat syrup
1/4 oz demerara syrup
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Place all ingredients in the cocktail shaker. Add a handful of crushed ice to the shaker and short shake. Dump all the contents of the shaker into a double rocks glass.
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Top off with crushed ice.
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Garnish with a used lime wheel and a mint garnish. This is suppossed to mimic and island with a tree.
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Talk about a tropical drink! This is the original Mai Tai recipe by Trader Vic.
Eggnog
Rum, Cognac, Bourbon,
cane sugar syrup, heavy cream, egg
3/4 oz Aged Rum
3/4 oz Cognac
1 tsp Vanilla Bourbon
3/4 oz cane sugar syrup
1 oz heavy cream
1 whole egg (yes the whole egg)
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Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Shake without ice hard for 30 seconds. Shake again with ice for 8-10 seconds. Dump out the ice and shake again without ice for about 15 seconds. Strain into a double rocks or hot toddy glass.
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Garnish with grated nutmeg and cinnamon.
Honeysuckle
Rum, lime, honey syrup
2 oz White Rum
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz honey syrup
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Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a glass.
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Garnish with a lime wheel.
Dark and Stormy
Rum, lime, ginger syrup, soda
2 oz Black Rum
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz ginger syrup
2 oz club soda
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Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker, except the club soda, and short shake with crushed ice. Dump into a highball or double rocks glass. Add roughly 2 oz club soda and top off with crushed ice.
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Garnish with a lime wheel and optional candied ginger.
