Rum Cocktails
60 recipes, page 1 of 3
This Field Manual holds 60 recipes built on rum: 20 white rum, 14 dark rum, 12 aged rum, 9 spiced rum, 2 overproof, 2 cachaça and 1 rhum agricole. Rum is made from sugarcane, and the split above is by style rather than by origin.
White rum is filtered and light, and it lets citrus lead, which is what a daiquiri and a mojito want. Dark rum carries caramel and stands up to lime and ginger in a dark and stormy. Aged rum spends time in oak and behaves more like whiskey, so it suits a stirred drink over ice. Spiced rum has botanicals added after distillation, which changes a drink more than swapping one white rum for another does.
What counts as rum here
Base Spirit
Difficulty Level
Airmail
An Airmail is 45ml of aged rum, 15ml of fresh lime juice and 15ml of honey syrup, shaken hard for 10 to 12 seconds, double strained into a chilled flute and topped with 60ml of
Añejo Highball
An Añejo Highball is 45ml of aged rum, 15ml of orange curaçao, 7.5ml of fresh lime juice and two dashes of Angostura bitters, built over ice in a highball glass and topped with
Bacardi Cocktail
A Bacardi Cocktail is 50ml of Bacardi Carta Blanca, 20ml of fresh lime juice, 10ml of grenadine and 5ml of sugar syrup, shaken hard and double strained into a chilled coupe, with
Bahama Mama
A Bahama Mama is a long rum punch: 30ml dark rum, 30ml coconut rum and 15ml overproof rum, with 60ml each of pineapple and orange juice, 15ml fresh lime juice and 15ml grenadine,
Banana Daiquiri
A Banana Daiquiri is 45ml of white rum, 15ml of banana liqueur, half a ripe banana, 20ml of fresh lime juice and 10ml of simple syrup, blended with crushed ice for 10 to 15
Caipirinha
A Caipirinha is 60ml of cachaça poured over one lime cut into eight pieces and muddled firmly with four teaspoons of caster sugar for 20 to 30 seconds, in a rocks glass filled
Canchánchara
A Canchánchara is 60ml Cuban aguardiente, 15ml raw honey, 15ml fresh lime juice and 50ml water. Mix the honey, lime and water in the glass until the honey dissolves and coat the
Cauldron Punch
Cauldron Punch serves about fifteen: 500ml of dark rum, 250ml of blackberry liqueur, 500ml of pomegranate juice, 250ml of fresh lime juice and 250ml of simple syrup, mixed in a
Coquito
Coquito is Puerto Rico’s Christmas coconut punch: 400ml of coconut milk, 425g of cream of coconut, 400g of sweetened condensed milk, 355ml of evaporated milk and 240ml of white
Corn n’ Oil
A Corn n’ Oil is 15ml of falernum over crushed ice in a rocks glass, with 60ml of blackstrap rum floated on top, two dashes of Angostura and a squeeze of lime, served unstirred.
Cuba Libre
A Cuba Libre is 50ml of white rum, 120ml of cola and 10ml of fresh lime juice, built over ice in a highball and stirred once, with the squeezed lime dropped into the glass. About
Daiquiri
A Daiquiri is 60ml white rum, 20ml fresh lime juice and two bar spoons of caster sugar. Stir the sugar into the rum and lime in the shaker until it dissolves, then add ice, shake
Dark ’n’ Stormy
A Dark ’n’ Stormy is 60ml of Gosling’s Black Seal rum floated over 100ml of ginger beer in a highball full of ice, with a lime wedge. About 2.4 UK units. Those are the IBA’s
Doctor Funk
A Doctor Funk is a long rum drink seasoned with absinthe: 60ml white rum, 22.5ml fresh lime juice, 15ml fresh lemon juice, 10ml grenadine, 10ml sugar syrup and 7.5ml absinthe,
Don’s Special Daiquiri
Don’s Special Daiquiri is 30ml of gold Jamaican rum, 15ml of Cuban rum, 15ml of passion fruit syrup, 15ml of fresh lime juice and 15ml of honey syrup, blended for a few seconds
El Floridita Daiquiri
An El Floridita Daiquiri is 60ml of white rum, 15ml of fresh lime juice, 5ml of maraschino and 10ml of sugar syrup, flash blended with fine crushed ice for five to ten seconds and
El Presidente
El Presidente is a stirred Cuban rum drink: 45ml white rum, 22.5ml dry vermouth, 10ml orange curaçao and 7.5ml grenadine, stirred for 20 to 30 seconds over ice and strained into a
Explorers Gold
Explorers Gold is 50ml of Expedition Spiced Rum, 25ml of honey syrup, 25ml of fresh lemon juice and one egg white, dry shaken for 15 seconds, shaken hard with ice for 12 more and
Guy Fawkes Grog
Guy Fawkes Grog is a hot rum punch for about twelve: 150ml of honey dissolved in a litre of hot water, then 500ml of dark rum, 300ml of butterscotch liqueur and 150ml of fresh
Hemingway Daiquiri
A Hemingway Daiquiri is 60ml white rum, 40ml fresh grapefruit juice, 15ml fresh lime juice and 15ml maraschino liqueur, shaken hard and double strained into a chilled coupe, with
Honeysuckle
A Honeysuckle is 60ml of white rum, 22.5ml of fresh lime juice and 22.5ml of honey syrup (two parts honey, one part warm water), shaken hard for 10 to 12 seconds and double
Hot Buttered Rum
A Hot Buttered Rum is 60ml of dark rum poured over about 50g of spiced butter batter in a warmed mug, topped with 150ml of water just off the boil and stirred until the butter
Hotel Nacional
A Hotel Nacional is 45ml of white rum, 30ml of fresh pineapple juice, 15ml of fresh lime juice, 10ml of apricot brandy and 5ml of simple syrup, shaken hard for 10 to 12 seconds
Hurricane
A Hurricane is 60ml of dark rum, 60ml of white rum, 45ml of passion fruit syrup, 30ml each of fresh lime and orange juice, and 15ml each of grenadine and simple syrup, shaken hard