Craft cocktail recipes for the serious rum enthusiast
Whether you're mixing for one or shaking for a crowd, these rum cocktail recipes bring the tropics straight to your glass. No bartending school required.
The one that started it all
Muddle mint with sugar and lime juice. Add rum and ice, stir well. Top with soda water. Garnish with a sprig of mint.
Thunder in a glass
Fill a highball glass with ice. Pour in ginger beer, then float dark rum on top. Squeeze in lime. Do not stir — the drama is in the layers.
Simple. Perfect. Timeless.
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice. Shake hard for 15 seconds until frost forms on the shaker. Double-strain into a chilled coupe glass.
Vacation in a glass
Blend everything with crushed ice until smooth and frothy. Pour into a chilled glass. Garnish with pineapple and a maraschino cherry.
Bourbon's more adventurous cousin
Stir all ingredients over a large ice cube in a rocks glass until well chilled (about 30 stirs). Express orange peel over the glass, rub the rim, and drop it in.
The bitter, the beautiful
Shake all ingredients with ice. Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge. Trust the Campari — it works.