Nick Veale
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
Add all of the ingredients to your shaker and shake for 8-10 seconds.
Fine strain into your empty double rocks glass and fill with crushed ice.
If you don't have a bottle of Black Rum at home already it's definitely worth picking one up and giving some of these recipe's a go.
Let me know what you think and be sure to tag me on the 'gram if you mix anythign up this weekend.
Cheers,
Nick
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