Nick Veale
- May 15
- 3 min read

1, 2, 3 Black Rum Cocktails

But you already did rum!??!!

Yes, I did but that was White Rum, and I'll keep doing it until I've covered all the variants I'd suggest you add to your bar!

**Hint there are a few more coming!**

Bottle Suggestions

Goslings Black Seal - This Rum holds the patent for their Signature drink, the Dark & Stormy so technically you're breaking the law if your make it with a different bottle. Fortunately, it's pretty much the best option out there for black rums.

Plantation Original Dark Rum - Somehow this bottle comes in cheaper than goslings in Australia. I'm not sure how that works out but its a bargain and would be a worthy addition.

Let's get to it.

1 Bottle Cocktail Recipe

Dark n' Stormy

Glass: Highball

Method: Build and Float

Ice: Cubed

Garnish: Dehydrated Lime Wheel

Ingredients

75ml Ginger Beer

20ml Lime Juice

45ml Black Rum

(Optional) 2 dashes Angostura bitters - But that would make it a two bottle cocktail so keep in on the down-low.

Build the first two ingredients into a highball full of ice. Then holding your barspoon on the level of the surface of your drink slowly pour the Rum onto the spoon creating a Dark and Stormy looking layer in the top of your glass.

2 Bottle Cocktail Recipes

Jungle Bird

Glass: Large Rocks Glass

Method: Shake and Fine strain

Ice: Crushed

Garnish: Dehydrated Pineapple Slice and Cherry

Ingredients

45ml Black Rum

15ml Campari

45ml Pineapple Juice

15ml Lime Juice

12ml Sugar Syrup

Add all of the ingredients to your shaker and shake for 8-10 seconds.

Fine strain into a double rocks glass and fill with crushed ice.

Dino Sour

Glass: Large Rocks Glass

Method: Shake and Fine strain

Ice: Cubed Ice

Garnish: Dehydrated Lemon Wheel and a Cherry

Ingredients

30ml Black Rum

30ml White Rum

30ml Lemon Juice

15ml Sugar Syrup

1/2 an Egg White

Add all of the ingredients to your shaker and shake for 8-10 seconds.

Fine strain into a double rocks glass over fresh ice.

3 Bottle Cocktail Recipes

Lost Plane

Glass: Nick & Nora/ Small Coup

Method: Shake and Fine strain

Ice: None

Garnish: Lemon Zest

Ingredients

22ml Black Rum

22ml Aperol

22ml Amaro Montenegro

22ml Lemon Juice

Add all of the ingredients to your shaker and shake for 8-10 seconds.

Fine strain into a tall glass over fresh ice.

If your wondering yes, this is another riff on the Last Word. Not the first, not the last.

Bermuda Rum Swizzle

Glass: Highball glass

Method: Swizzle

Garnish: Dehydrated Pineapple Slice and a Cherry

Ingredients

30ml Black Rum

30ml Gold Rum

22ml Falernum

30ml Pineapple Juice

30ml Orange Juice

15ml Grapefruit Juice

15ml Lime Juice

7ml Lemon Juice

2 dashes Angostura Bitters

Add all of the ingredients to your glass and fill 2/3 full with crushed ice. Insert your swizzle stick (or bar spoon) and holding between the palms of your hands. Rub your hands together to make the swizzle stick spin between your palms like Tom Hanks trying to start a fire on a desert Island. Add more ice to the glass and repeat, when you're done the glass should be wonderfully frosty on the outside.

Ancient Mariner

Glass: Large Rocks

Method: Shake and strain

Ice: Crushed

Garnish: Mint Sprig and Dehydrated Lime Wheel

Ingredients

30ml Black Rum

30ml Aged Rum

7ml Pimento Dram

22ml Lime Juice

15ml Pink Grapefruit Juice

7ml Sugar Syrup