These 5 Rum cocktails deserve a place in your glass

These 5 Rum cocktails deserve a place in your glass

A rum based cocktail takes any gathering from moody to hyper in a second. Whether it’s a Daiquiri, a Mojito or a mai-tai,

These 5 Rum cocktails deserve a place in your glass.

1.      Golden Eye:

 

Add the cognac, honey-ginger syrup, lemon juice and bitters to a shaker, and fill with ice. Shake and strain into an Old

Fashioned glass over fresh ice. Top with the whisky, and garnish with the piece of candied ginger on a skewer.



2.   Raspberry Rum Mule:

         

         Fill cocktail shaker with rum, lime juice, agave nectar, raspberries, and ice. Add mixture to serving glass then top with ginger

        beer. Garnish with raspberries and rosemary.


          3.   Strawberry Daiquiri:

          

         Place the strawberries, sugar, rum, strawberry liqueur and lime juice into the base of a cocktail shaker and mash muddle with

        the end of a clean rolling pin. Place the lid onto the cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain the mixture into a Martini glass and

        garnish with half a strawberry. 


4.   Rum & Coco:


Add fresh coconut juice, white rum, apricot brandy, coconut milk and crushed ice in a blender and blend for about 5 seconds.

Serve in a coconut shell or chilled tumbler and drink through a straw. 


5.   Thyme-infused pumpkin treat: 



Combine white rum and roasted thyme and pumpkin puree in shaker with ice. Shake hard-to-combine ingredients and chill.

       Strain into glass over fresh ice. Top with lemonade. Garnish with a sprig of thyme.

       


       Shop for your favourite rums here.