Rum Drinks

I just read the posts about the Martini. I love a Martini, I'm an Episcopalian and it part of my people's heritage. I also long for drinks made with Rum, all types of rum. One rum drink recipe I have in the winter freqeunetly, I got at Colonial Williamsburg a couple of year ago.

Rum Rummer
1 shot dark rum (Bacardi or Meyers are the best to use) [CW's opinion]
½ shot of Peach Brandy
½ shot of Apricot Brandy

Chilled Glass
Shake Rums with ice
Strain to glass
Garnish citrus wedge, orange best

It's hot and I want something cool to drink with Rum. Help!

Peace
David

timidchef wrote:It's hot and I want something cool to drink with Rum. Help!

A Dark and Stormy to the rescue!

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My favorite hot weather cocktails are rum based...1) Daiquiri (the original with rum, fresh lime juice and a little sugar), 2)Hemingway Daiquiri (with Maraschino liqueur), 3) Mojito.

It gets hot in Cuba and they know what to do about it.

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A Dark and Stormy to the rescue!

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i had my first Dark and Stormy at the Violet Hour recently. but i believe they used a housemade ginger syrup and 2 rums, not ginger beer, as others describe it. i've got nothing to compare it to, but boy was it good. very heavy on the ginger. they used a tall, thin glass with a tall, thin ice cube and floated a dark rum on top, which you stir in before drinking.

I was introduced to the Pussers Painkiller on a sailing trip to the BVI some years back. Very tasty !!

http://www.pussers.com/rum/cocktails

i've been enjoying a concoction of my own (i think). it's nameless at the moment.... dark rum, pineapple juice and pomegranate juice on the rocks. delicious.

According to the new edition of The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink acquired at the Sausage symposium yesterday, the dark 'n stormy was originally made with rum and alcoholic ginger beer. I wonder if there is currently such a thing as alcoholic ginger beer.

Josephine wrote: I wonder if there is currently such a thing as alcoholic ginger beer.

I would LOVE to try that, I'll be on the look out for it!

Octarine wrote:

Josephine wrote: I wonder if there is currently such a thing as alcoholic ginger beer.

I would LOVE to try that, I'll be on the look out for it!

An Australian winemaker named Angove's makes Stone's Ginger Beer and Stone's Ginger Wine

There's another Australian alcoholic Ginger Beer, Blue Tongue

Here's the RateBeer.com page on Stone's Ginger Beer and on Blue Tongue

Just some google luck; didn't see anything about importers. But I saw some Gosling's at the Rogers Park Beer and Wine shop on Clark and had a taste for a Dark and Stormy... alas, they don't seem to stock any G.B., alcoholic or not.

The wonders of Google! Thanks, germuska.

Alcoholic ginger beers are easy to make. Just get out your microplane and a nice big hand of ginger, and mix it into the mash/lauter tun. To deepen the flavor, you can "dry hop" with ginger, too.

what started out to be a <b>Mojito </b>
(but, I had no Fresh Mint to muddle, and only Barbancourt Rhum)
became a new drink....

2 Fresh Limes, squeeeeezed real good
1.5-2oz. Barbancourt Rhum 12 yr.
Squirt
splash of Roses Mojito Mix
over a glass of Ice cubes

yummmmmmm!

Found this in, of all places, the Wall Street Journal:

BETWEEN THE SHEETS COCKTAIL

1 shot each:

Cognac
Aged (gold) rum
Grand Marnier

Squeeze of fresh lemon juice to taste

Shake with ice and strain into stemmed cocktail glass.
Garnish with orange peel

You don't need to do much to make good drinking with Barbancourt.

A couple ounces of Barbancourt
Juice of 1/2 a lime, preferably key
1/2 to 1 ounce to taste of simple syrup or sirop de canne
Couple ice cubes

Pure, simple perfection!

MLS wrote:A couple ounces of Barbancourt
Juice of 1/2 a lime, preferably key
1/2 to 1 ounce to taste of simple syrup or sirop de canne
Couple ice cubes

Or you can try my recipe:

A couple ounces of Barbancourt
Couple ice cubes

I am a huge fan, ever since I was the lucky recipient of a bottle of the Barbancourt 15. The younger bottlings are respectable also, as long as you don't drink them while the memory of the top shelf stuff is too fresh. I was disappointed the first time I replaced that gift bottle with a more moderately priced bottle. But this year someone else gifted me a 4 yr and I hadn't had any for a while, and I'm quite enjoying it.

Come on, be a purist.


A couple ounces Barbancourt in a snifter.
Swirl.
Sip.



It's actually very good.