Liquor.com highlights 10 great rums from around the world:
- Phraya Deep Matured Gold Rum (Bangkok, Thailand)
- Tanduay Silver Asian Rum (Manila, Philippines)
- Pink Pigeon Rum (Black River, Mauritius)
- Ron Miel Honey Rum (Las Palmas, Spain)
- Diplomatico 2000 Single Vintage Rum (Caracas, Venezuela)
- Santa Teresa 1796 Ron Antiguo de Solera Rum (Carretera Nacional, Venezuela)
- Pyrat XO Reserve Rum (Georgetown, Guyana)
- Privateer Silver Reserve Rum (Ipswich, MA, USA)
- St. George California Reserve Aged Agricole Rum (Alameda, CA, USA)
- Montanya Platino White Rum (Crested Butte, CO, USA)
Mixology has exploded over the last decade with the rise of specialty cocktails, the revival of classic cocktails, the ageing of cocktails, etc. Esquire.com switches things around a bit by encouraging us to freeze our classic cocktails.
Dark and Stormy
2 oz dark rum
.5 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz ginger syrup
4 oz of ice
Blend, garnish with a lime wheel and a piece of candied ginger.
Daiquiri
2 oz white rum
1 oz simple syrup
.5 oz fresh lime juice
4 oz ice
Blend, serve with a lime wheel.
Ever wish you could drink a tropical drink out of a pineapple? DesertSun.com provides a tasty cocktail recipe to fulfill your desire.
Pomegranate Mai Tai
Ingredients:
– Freshly muddled pineapple
– 1 oz white rum
– 1 oz orange juice
– 1 oz cranberry juice
– 1 oz dark rum
– .5 oz pomegranate puree
Preparing the vessel
To make the pineapple drinking vessel, first cut off the top of the fruit. Then, gut the inside. If you have a corer, great, if not, run a knife in a circle around the inside of the pineapple going down to the bottom, where the fruit becomes hard. Then make four cuts across the middle and use a large spoon to scoop out the insides.
After the shell is emptied, dice and muddle the desired amount of pineapple you want in the final drink and add it back into the shell. Then, place the white rum, orange juice, cranberry juice, pomegranate puree, and dark rum into a shaker. Shake, then pour into the pineapple shell. If desired, add ice. Serves one.