225 Club Recipes: Spiced Rum

Cocktail no. 1

Use this recipe to make a citrus forward rum punch

cocktail build:

1.5oz Spiced Rum

.5oz Citrus Liqueur

.75oz Pineapple Juice

.25oz Fresh Lime Juice

.5oz Guava Simple Syrup*

DIRECTIONS:

Chill a coupe or other stemmed cocktail glass 1-2 hours prior to making your cocktail. Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin with ice and shake until cold, about 15 seconds. Strain into your chilled glass. Peel and express an orange peel over your cocktail. Garnish with fresh mint-slap or lightly pinch to express oils in the mint before garnishing.

-GUAVA SIMPLE SYRUP-

16oz (480g) Jumex Guava Juice

480g cane sugar

Bring juice to a very light simmer-you just need to heat it up enough to dissolve the sugar. Remove from heat, add sugar, and stir until dissolved. Let your syrup completely cool-use immediately or store for up to 2 weeks in the refridgerator.

cocktail no. 2

Use this recipe to make a tropical rum old fashioned

cocktail build:

1.5oz Spiced Rum

.25oz Blood Orange Syrup

Barspoon (1/2 tspn) Pineapple Juice

2 Dashes of Angostura or Aromatic bitters

DIRECTIONS:

Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass or Yari, stir until cold, 10-15 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass with ice. Peel and express a fresh orange peel and garnish your glass.

-BLOOD ORANGE SIMPLE SYRUP-

500g Fresh squeezed blood orange juice

500g Cane Sugar

Bring juice to a very light simmer-you just need to heat it up enough to dissolve the sugar. Remove from heat, add sugar, and stir until dissolved. Let your syrup completely cool-use immediately or store for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.