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Daily Mix / Rum

Winter Daiquiri

The WINTER DAIQUIRI is a richer, fuller-flavored version of the ever popular classic daiquiri associated with warm weather. This particular recipe from mixologist Eden Laurin of the Chicago bar The Violet Hour substitutes the more common white rum with two...

Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Gin / Rum / Seasonal Sunday

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...

Daily Mix / Liqueurs & mixers / Rum

Carrot Daiquiri

The CARROT DAIQUIRI mixes delicious carrot juice and white rum. But it also has a few things in the mix that might need purchased in advance such as falernum liqueur, mint sprigs and turmeric.  Here’s a daiquiri that has the...

Daily Mix / Orange Juice / Pineapple Juice / Rum

Painkiller

For the record, a PAINKILLER is a Pina Colada-style rum cocktail using Pusser’s Rum only. The “PLAIN KILLER,” featured in the recipe below, tweaks the same by using El Dorado 15-year Rum instead. El Dorado rum is from Guyana and...

Curacao / Daily Mix / Rum

Discovery Bay

The DISCOVERY BAY is a rum, lime & curacao cocktail that produces a citrusy embellishment of your favorite gold rum. Despite the pastoral green color — the result of mixing blue curacao with gold rum —its taste is tart, minimally...

Curacao / Daily Mix / Rum / Twofer Tuesday

Curacao Rum Runner

The name says it all: Curacao Rum Runner. It’s a two-part simple mix of aged rum and dry curacao. Only orange bitters are added to give it a final touch. This mix is a great way to enjoy a good...

Daily Mix / Pineapple Juice / Rum

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...

Cointreau (orange liqueur) / Daily Mix / Rum

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...

Bitters / Daily Mix / Grenadine / Rum

Planter’s Punch

The PLANTER’S PUNCH is the purest and simplest of the rum punches. It’s also likely the strongest, with 3 oz. of dark rum in each serving. Though it doesn’t use pineapple or orange juice in the mix as in the...

Daily Mix / Rum / Schnapps / Vermouth (sweet & dry)

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...