Little Devil
The LITTLE DEVIL has a lemony bite to it, but that’s as devilish as it gets. In fact, my preferred recipe below reduces the lemon in order to allow the other flavors from rum, gin and Cointreau to ascend and...
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Havana Cocktail
The HAVANA COCKTAIL is a frothy pineapple-&-rum cocktail mixed with lemon juice that leans more toward tart than sweet. In its simplicity, it remains balanced and refreshing without transitioning into a sweeter rum punch. A dash of orange juice is...
Acapulco
The ACAPULCO is a refreshing light rum-based drink. It’s a cocktail offspring of the Daiquiri and Margarita (less the tequila). It can be mixed with fresh lime juice or with Rose’s bottled lime juice. If you can’t go to a...
Casablanca
The CASABLANCA is not a gin drink, as might be expected if referring to Rick’s gin joint in Casablanca. It’s a sweet & sour light rum cocktail with a crisp flavor and icy-white appearance. Its fresh balance is inviting for...
Hemingway Daiquiri
The HEMINGWAY DAIQUIRI is known for reducing sweetness of the rum by adding the more bitter-tart element of grapefruit juice, cutting out all sugar or simple syrup additives, adding maraschino liqueur and doubling the rum. Bartenders have since added more...
El Presidente
The EL PRESIDENTE is a Manhattan-style cocktail invented in Cuba around 1919. It remains a cocktail classic, even though Cuba’s Mojito and Daiquiri became more famous. The El Presidente is unlike the other Cuban cocktails in that it doesn’t require...
Corkscrew
The CORKSCREW is a martini-style light rum cocktail that suits almost any occasion or time of the year. It’s pleasing with its mild peach flavor, but is beautifully offset and balanced by dry vermouth. It’s similar to a Jean Harlow...
Culross Cocktail
The CULROSS (“cool-ROSS”) is a medium-sweet rum-based cocktail that suits any season. Its blend of white rum, Lillet Blanc, apricot brandy and lemon juice date back to the 1930 Savoy Cocktail Book from Harry Craddock. It’s well balanced and easily...
Melon Daiquiri
The MELON DAIQUIRI offers two serving possibilities for the fan of melon-flavored cocktails: (1) Shaken and poured into an Old-Fashioned glass filled with ice, or (2) blended and poured frozen into a margarita glass. Both drinks require light rum, Midori...
Between the Sheets
The under-appreciated BETWEEN THE SHEETS cocktail warms the heart, or at least the palate, by basically adding rum to the Sidecar. It starts good, and ends great. Requirements: Brandy or cognac, light or gold rum, Cointreau, simple syrup (optional), lemon...
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