Hot Buttered Rum is a frequent holiday drink that frequently finds itself at the business end of tinkering. In a recent post I discussed the essential or basic Hot Buttered Rum, a simple mixture of rum, butter, hot water, sugar, and spices. Any drink that exists as long as Hot Buttered Rum is bound to [...]
Cocktail Recipes
When the weather starts getting nippy* and additional layers of clothes are required for keeping yourself from freezing to your couch, warm drinks are a perfect way to keep yourself thawed out. Of course, a little rum never hurts. Hot Buttered Rum 2 oz Rum 3 tsp Sugar .5 tsp Allspice .5 tsp Cloves 1 [...]
Don The Beachcomber has been mentioned here from time to time, but it’s rare that any of his drinks actually get covered. Is it because I dislike Tiki? Because I’m a Trader Vicist – a Bergeronista, if you will? Is it because I don’t like his “mai tai” recipe? Well no. Don The Beachcomber may [...]
Vermouth is a mainstay of classical cocktails. The various red, white, sweet, and dry fortified wines show up all over the place in recipes involving whiskey, gin, vodka, and even rum. Vermouth is also the theme for this month’s Mixology Monday, graciously hosted by the the pseudonymous “Vidiot” at the Cocktailians blog. As Vidiot notes, [...]
The El Presidente is a Cuban-born cocktail from the Dark Days of American tippling – Prohibition. The history of the cocktail is somewhat hazy, with several different bartenders credited with creating it in honor one or more Cuban presidents in various different bars. The drink has often been lamented as a lost treasure from the [...]
Returning to the first ever RumDood & Mount Gay Labor Day Rum Punch Contest (note: future contests should have shorter names), we continue our stroll through the runners up as we focus on the Halley’s Eclipse Rum Punch. This punch was submitted by Chris Bostick, bartender at LA’s well-known speakeasy bar, The Varnish, and proprietor [...]
Having already announced the winner of the first ever RumDood.com Rum Punch Giveaway, I figured it was time to discuss some of the other outstanding punches that were submitted. The final decision of who won the competition came down to two punches, the Captain Parker’s Punch and this incredibly delectable entry from recent Culinary Institute graduate and Sous Chef, Alex Sadowsky of St. Paul, Minnesota.