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A Roundup Of Rum Day Cocktails For 2021

08/10/2021

by: Melissa Dowling

Hibiscus Parlour cocktail

We enjoy rum cocktails all year round, but many people do think of rum as a vacation-only or summer spirit. We guess that’s why August is National Rum Month and Aug. 16 is National Rum Day. But it’s as good a reason as any to hoist a rum cocktail or two as the summer winds down. Here are eight drink recipes that go beyond the basic Daiquiri or Mojito.

Manila Bay cocktail
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Manila Bay

Course Drinks
Keyword Aperol, Kasama rum, lime, rum, Yellow Chartreuse

Ingredients

  • 1 oz. Kasama rum
  • 1 oz. Pineapple sage-infused Aperol*
  • 1 oz. Yellow Chartreuse
  • 1 oz. Fresh lime juice

Instructions

  • Shake all the ingredients with crushed ice.
  • Pour the contents of the shaker into a glass.
  • Garnish with dried citrus wheel.

Notes

*For Pineapple sage-infused Aperol: Gently muddle 2 cups of loosely packed fresh pineapple sage and combine with 1 liter of Aperol. Let the mixture infuse for 2 to 3 hours, then strain.
The mixologists at Kasama created this recipe.
Botanica Obscura cocktail
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Botanica Obscura

Course Drinks
Keyword Don Papa 7 rum, hibiscus syrup, lemon, Mole bitters, rum

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Don Papa 7 rum
  • ¾ oz. Lemon juice
  • ¾ oz. Hibiscus syrup
  • 1 Dash of Mole bitters

Instructions

  • In a cocktail shaker, add all ingredients.
  • Add ice and shake.
  • Strain into a cocktail glass.
  • Garnish with an edible flower.

Notes

The mixologists at Don Papa created this recipe.
Guava Colada
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Guava-Colada

Course Drinks
Keyword Coco Lopez coconut cream, guava, lime, Santa Teresa 1796 rum

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Santa Teresa 1796 rum
  • ¾ oz. Lime Juice
  • ¾ oz. Guava nectar/juice
  • ¾ oz. Coco Lopez coconut cream

Instructions

  • Combine all ingredients in tin.
  • Add ice and shake.
  • Strain into Collins or Hurricane glass with crushed ice.
  • Garnish with a burnt cinnamon stick and lime wheel

Notes

The mixologists at Santa Teresa created this recipe.
Hibiscus Parlour cocktail
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Hibiscus Parlour

Course Drinks
Keyword aquafaba, dry vermouth, hibiscus syrup, Ron Zacapa, rum

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Ron Zacapa
  • ½ oz. Dry vermouth
  • ½ oz. Lemon juice
  • ½ oz. Hibiscus syrup
  • 1 oz. Aquafaba

Instructions

  • Shake all ingredients with ice.
  • Double strain off ice.
  • Dry shake and transfer to coupe glass.
  • Serve with line hibiscus dusting and pickled raspberry.

Notes

The mixologists at Ron Zacapa created this recipe.
Blood Orange Rum Punch
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Blood Orange Rum Punch

Course Drinks
Keyword Barbancourt 3 Star rum, Blood orange, lime, pineapple, rum

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Barbancourt 3 Star rum
  • 1 ½ oz. Pineapple juice
  • 1 oz. Blood orange
  • ½ oz. Lime juice

Instructions

  • Combine ingredients and shake.
  • Strain into highball glass with chipped ice.
  • Garnish with a pineapple chunk.

Notes

Bartender Curtis Bernadeauat at Writing on The Wall bar in New York created this recipe.
Pedasi cocktail
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Pedasi

Course Drinks
Keyword lime, Orgeat syrup, Pimento Dram liqueur, pineapple, Ron Abuelo 7 Años, rum

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Ron Abuelo 7 Años
  • ½ oz. Pimento Dram liqueur
  • 1 ½ oz. Pineapple juice
  • ½ oz. Fresh lime juice
  • ¾ oz. Orgeat syrup
  • 1 Dash chocolate bitters

Instructions

  • Shake all ingredients.
  • Simple strain into a tumbler over crushed ice.
  • Garnish with a sprig of mint and freshly grated nutmeg.

Notes

Cristobal Srokowski, Ron Abuelo Global Brand Ambassador, created this recipe.
Island Girl cocktail
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Island Girl

Course Drinks
Keyword Blue Chair Bay Coconut Rum, coconut rum, Lemon-lime soda, orange juice, pineapple

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ oz. Blue Chair Bay Coconut Rum
  • 1 oz. Orange juice
  • 1 oz. Pineapple juice
  • 2 oz. Lemon-lime soda

Instructions

  • Build ingredients directly into tall glass with ice.
  • Add an orange slice and cherry.

Notes

The mixologists at Blue Chair Bay created this recipe.
Grapefruit Colada
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Grapefruit Colada

Course Drinks
Keyword coconut water, Grapefruit juice, Koloa Gold rum, Orgeat syrup, rum

Ingredients

  • 2 oz. Koloa Gold rum
  • 2 oz. Grapefruit juice
  • 1 oz. Coconut water
  • ½ oz. Orgeat

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients together with ice.
  • Shake until frothy and strain.
  • Pour into a tall glass with ice cubes.
  • Add two fresh slices of grapefruit.
  • Garnish with a dehydrated grapefruit slice.

Notes

The mixologists at Koloa created this recipe.

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