Classic and contemporary rum cocktails — step-by-step recipes from our mixologist
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Cuba's forgotten classic — white rum stirred with dry vermouth, orange curaçao, and a whisper of grenadine. A cocktail o...
David Thornton
January 15, 2026
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One of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak — the oldest rum recipe in the world, encoded in a rhyme that h...
David Thornton
January 10, 2026
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Three kinds of rum, falernum, lime, and grenadine — the Zombie is tiki culture's most potent and legendary cocktail. Two...
David Thornton
January 5, 2026
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Born on Bourbon Street during World War II, the Hurricane is New Orleans' most famous rum cocktail — dark rum, passion f...
David Thornton
December 20, 2025
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The Old Fashioned template — spirit, sugar, bitters, water — works beautifully with aged rum. Warm, complex, and deeply ...
David Thornton
December 15, 2025
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Puerto Rico's national drink and the taste of every beach holiday you have ever taken. Made properly with real coconut c...
David Thornton
December 10, 2025
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Forget the neon-coloured, fruit-salad versions. The original Mai Tai is a serious, spirit-forward cocktail built around ...
David Thornton
December 5, 2025
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The only cocktail with a trademark — Gosling's Black Seal rum and ginger beer, served over ice with a squeeze of lime. S...
David Thornton
December 1, 2025
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Mint, lime, sugar, rum, and soda — the Mojito is the Caribbean in a glass. Deceptively simple to describe, surprisingly ...
David Thornton
November 20, 2025
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The quintessential rum cocktail — three ingredients, no hiding place. A properly made Daiquiri is the truest test of a b...
David Thornton
November 15, 2025