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Published on August 10th, 2020 | by Darren Paltrowitz

25 Recipes For National Rum Day 2020 & Beyond, Courtesy Of Popular Brands & Mixologists

Summer 2020 is now well underway, and August 16th of this year marks National Rum Day 2020. On behalf of The Hype Magazine , I rounded up 25 cocktail recipes from top brands and acclaimed mixologists for both your home-mixing and home-drinking pleasure, many of which featuring rum.

Ginger-Snapped Martini

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. Five Husbands Vodka
– 2 oz. Ginger Beer
– Splash of Cranberry Juice
– Splash of Lemon Juice
– Sprinkle of White Chocolate Shavings
– Garnish: Ginger Snap Cookie

Method:
– Add Five Husbands Vodka, Ginger Beer, Cranberry Juice and Lemon Juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
– Shake and strain in a glass.
– Top with White Chocolate Shavings.
– Garnish with a Ginger Snap Cookie.
– Serve and enjoy!

Herbed Honey Smash
In honor of National Honey Bee Day on August 15, 2020

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. Aberfeldy 12 year Old Single Malt Scotch
– 1.5 oz. Lemon Juice (or about half a lemon squeezed)
– 1 oz. Honey Syrup
– Garnish: 4-6 Leaves Of Soft Herb (basil, mint, tarragon, etc.)

Method:
– Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice.
– Shake vigorously and strain using a fine mesh strainer into a small rocks glass filled with ice.
– Garnish with your fresh herb of choice and enjoy!

To make that Honey Syrup for the Herbed Honey Smash using Aberfeldy 12, try 100 grams of honey and 64 grams water, which you will stir and leave to chill. This syrup will only last 3 days. For more herb flavor, steep your fresh herbs in your local raw honey before making that syrup.

Black Friday

Ingredients:
– 1 oz. Underground
– 1 oz. Nikka Whiskey
– 1 oz. Disaronno Amaretto
– 3 oz. Healthy Cola (e.g. OLIPOP)

Method:
– Add Underground, Whiskey (e.g. Nikka), Amaretto (e.g. Disaronno) and the Healthy Cola (e.g. OLIPOP) into a cocktail shaker.
– Shake everything up.
– Serve over ice and enjoy.

New Riff On The Ohio Cocktail

Ingredients:
– 1.5 oz. New Riff Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
– 3/4 oz. Bigallet China China Amaro
– 1/2 oz. Cocchi Sweet Vermouth
– 1/2 oz. Dry Curacao
– 2 oz. Kombucha (JuneShine 100 if you already like it spiked and low-calorie — New Riff’s own if not.)

Method:
– Stir all ingredients in a mixing glass filled with ice.
– Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice (or over an ice ball).
– Top with 2 oz. of unflavored kombucha. (e.g. JuneShine, as stated above, or New Riff’s house kombucha fermented by head distiller Brian Sprance both work.)

Cincoro Margarita

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. Cincoro Blanco Tequila
– 1 oz. Fresh Lime Juice
– 3/4 oz. Cointreau
– 1/4 oz. Agave Nectar
– Glass: Double Old-Fashioned
– Garnish: Lime Wheel

Method:
– Shake all ingredients with ice.
– Strain over fresh ice in a Double Old-Fashioned glass.
– Add garnish.

Rara Avis
Created by influencer and mixologist Hannah Chamberlain: @spiritedla

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. Legent Bourbon
– 0.75 oz. Mint Syrup
– 0.75 oz. Ocean Spray Grapefruit Juice
– 0.5 oz. Lime
– 2 dashes of Lavender Bitters
– Glass: Goblet
– Garnish: Lavender Sprig

Method:
– Stir all ingredients
– Serve in a Glass Goblet over crushed ice.
– Garnish with a lavender sprig.

Absolut Watermelon Martini

Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 oz. Absolut Vodka
– 2/3 oz. Simple Syrup
– 4 pieces of Watermelon
– Glass: Chilled Cocktail
– Garnish: Watermelon Wedge

Method:
– Muddle all ingredients in a shaker.
– Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
– Garnish with a watermelon wedge.

Hard Spritz

Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 oz. Junipero Gin
– 3 oz. La Marca Prosecco
– 2 oz. Aperol
– 1 oz. Soda Water
– Garnish: Orange Wheel

Method:
– Combine all ingredients into a wine glass with ice and stir.
– Garnish with orange wheel.

Cuatro Presidente

Ingredients:
– 1.5 parts BACARDÍ Añejo Cuatro
– 0.75 parts Martini & Rossi Rosso Vermouth
– 0.25 parts Dry Curacao
– 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters
– Glass: Coupe Glass
– Garnish: Orange Peel

Method:
– Stir all ingredients with plenty of rice until very cold.
– Strain into a coupe glass.
– Garnish with orange peel.

Santa Teresa 1796 Negroni

Ingredients:
– 1.25 oz. Santa Teresa 1796
– 1 oz. Martini Rubino Vermouth
– 1 oz. Martini Bitter
– Ice
– Glass: Double Old-Fashioned
– Garnish: Orange or Lemon Twist

Method:
– Build all ingredients in a mixing glass.
– Stir ingredients for 30-40 seconds.
– Pour over ice in a double old-fashioned glass.
– Garnish with an orange or a lemon twist.

Talisker 57
Created by Mixologist Eric Ribeiro

Ingredients:
– 1 1/4 oz. Talisker 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
– 3/4 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
– 3/4 oz. Simple syrup
– Champagne for top
– Glass: Champagne Flute
– Optional garnish

Method:
– Combine Talisker 10 Year Old, fresh lemon juice, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker with ice.
– Shake well.
– Strain contents into a Flute glass.
– Fill to top with champagne and garnish with a twist.

Night Gathers
Created by Mixologist Eric Ribeiro< -- serves 4

Ingredients:
– 4 oz. Talisker 10 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
– 1 oz. Italian Apéritif
– 4 oz. Lemonade
– 4 oz. Coconut Water
– 1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
– 1/2 oz. Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice
– Garnish: Orange Wheels, Lemon Wheels, Edible flowers

Method:
– Combine Talisker 10 Year Old, Italian Apéritif, lemonade, coconut water, fresh lemon juice, and cranberry juice into a punch bowl with fresh ice.
– Garnish with orange wheels, lemon wheels, and edible flowers.
– Enjoy.

Honey Old Fashioned

Ingredients:
– 1.5 oz. Mount Gay Black Barrel
– 1 Bar Spoon of Honey
– 2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters
– Ice Cubes
– Burnt Orange Zest
– Glass: Old Fashioned

Method:
– Pour all ingredients into an old fashioned glass.
– Add ice cubes.
– Stir with a bar spoon and serve.

For those of you reading this prior to National Rum Day, you can join Mount Gay Rum from August 11th to 14th for its “Taste Your Escape Retreat” online event. More information is available on the brand’s Instagram page.

La Batanga
Created by the late Don Javier Delgado, founder of world famous Cantina La Capilla in the magical town of Tequila, Mexico

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. El Tequileño Blanco
– 1 oz. freshly-squeezed Lime Juice
– Top with Mexican Cola
– Glass: Highball
– Sea Salt (Coarse)
– Cubed Ice

Method:
– Coat the rim of a highball glass with coarse sea salt.
– Fill the glass with cubed ice.
– Add El Tequileño Blanco and freshly-squeezed lime juice.
– Top with Mexican Cola.
– Stir with knife

El Dragon Rosado

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. El Tequileño Platinum
– 1 oz. Lime Juice
– 1 oz. Agave Nectar
– Garnish: 1 whole dragon fruit flesh, Mint spring
– Glass: Rocks
– Rim: Salt
– Garnish: Dragon Fru

Method:
– Add all ingredients to a blender.
– Aadd 1 cup of ice and blend until smooth.
– Serve in a rocks glassed with a salt rim.
– Garnish with dragon fruit slice and mint sprig.

CocaRita

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. Cocalero Clasico
– 2 oz. Triple Sec
– 1 1/2 oz. freshly-squeezed Lime Juice
– Garnish: Lime Wedges
– Rim: Kosher salt or coarse sea salt
– Ice

Method:
– Place salt on a small shallow plate.
– Rim each glass with lime wedge, then dip in salt to coat the rim.
– Add Cocalero, triple sec and lime juice to glass and stir to combine.
– Top with ice, garnish with lime, and serve.

Mad March Mule

Ingredients:
– 1 part Mad March Hare Irish Poitín
– 2 parts Ginger Beer
– 1/2 fresh lime, squeezed
– Dash of Bitters

Method:
– Combine ingredients, Mad March first.
– Served over crushed ice with lime garnish.
– Enjoy.

Belfast Coffee
Created by the team at 1661, Dublin, Ireland — video of the drink prep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiEZu1STyIA

Ingredients:
– 3 parts Cold Brew Coffee (e.g. Caveman Coffee)
– 2 parts Mad March Hare Poitín
– 1 part Demerara Syrup
– Optional: Cream, Nutmeg

Method:
– Combine ingredients.
– Stir, stir, stir.
– Add double (heavy) cream.
– Add nutmeg on top.

Peach Bellini Martini

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. Broken Shed Vodka
– 1 oz. Peach Schnapps
– 1 oz. Peach Puree or Nectar
– 1 teaspoon of Lemon Juice
– La Marca Prosecco
– Glass: Riedel Drink Specific Glassware Nick & Nora

Directions:
– Fill a shaker with ice and add Broken Shed Vodka, Peach Schnapps and Peach Puree or Nectar.
– Add 1 teaspoon of Lemon Juice and shake the shaker.
– Then strain the shaker into a Martini Glass.
– Top the Martini Glass with a splash of La Marca Prosecco

Velvet Godfather

Ingredients:
– 1.6 oz. Disaronno Velvet
– 1.6 oz. NIKKA DAYS Whiskey
– Glassware Recommendation: Riedel Drink Specific Glassware Rocks
– Optional: 2 spoons of Apricot Jam

Method:
– Add Disaronno Velvet and NIKKA DAYS Whiskey to a shaker glass.
– Double strain into a Rocks Glass over ice.
– If desired, add 2 spoons of Apricot Jam to the cocktail and stir.

Nikka Manhattan
Adapted from Foodism

Ingredients:
– 60 ml of Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky
– 15 ml of Dry Vermouth
– 15 ml of Sweet Vermouth
– 2 dashes of Bitters
– Mixing Glass
– Chilled Glass
– Garnish: Cocktail Cherry, Lemon or Orange Zest

Method:
– Pour ingredients into a mixing glass with ice.
– Stir and strain into a chilled glass.
– Express a lemon or orange zest.
– Garnish with a single cocktail cherry.

Flower Power

Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 oz. Seagram’s Watermelon
– 1 oz. Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice
– 1/2 oz. Agave Rose Water Syrup (1/2 cup Agave, 1/2 teaspoon Rosewater, mix and store in a sealed container.)
– 1/2 oz. Lemon Juice
– Glass: Coupe
– Garnish: Lemon Wheel, Orange Peel

Method:
– Build cocktail in a shaking tin.
– Shake.
– Fine strain.
– Add garnish.
– Enjoy.

Passoã Fresh!

Ingredients:
– 1/3 Passoã
– 2/3 Segura Viudas Cava Brut Rosé
– Garnish: Strawberries, Orange Slices
– Optional: Tonic Water, Ginger Beer, Flavored Soda — or whatever suitable you find in your fridge.

Method:
– Mix ingredients in a large thermos, bowl, jug or serving container of preference.
– Include any of the optional additional beverages you see fit.
– Pour and enjoy at your leisure.

Starward Cold Fashioned

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. Starward Two-Fold Australian Whisky
– 2 oz. Coffee Liqueur
– 1 dash Orange Bitters
– Garnish: Orange Zest
– Glass: Rocks

Method:
– Combine all in a mixing glass with ice and stir until very cold.
– Serve in a rocks glass over 1 large rock with an orange zest.

Bogart’s Vodka “Quarantini”

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. Bogart’s Vodka
– 1 oz. Roses Lime Juice
– 1 oz. Ocean Spray Cran-Pomegranate Juice
– Garnish: 1 Sprig of Fresh Mint
– Glass: Martini
– Ice

Method:
– In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients over ice.
– Shake not stir until chill.
– Pour in a Martini Glass.
– Garnish with a sprig of Fresh Mint.

The Bogart’s Adult Whiskey Sour Apple

Ingredients:
– 2 oz. of Bogart’s Whiskey
– 1/4 cup of Apple Cider or Ocean Spray Apple Juice
– 1 oz. of Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer
– 1 squirt of Lemon Juice

Method:
– Pour all ingredients over ice.
– Stir.
– Enjoy!

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About the Author

Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal. Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."