Episode 8: An Introduction to Demrara rum, with El Dorado 5 year rum

June 27, 2013 by Kevin Upthegrove

5 Minutes of Rum episode 8: An introduction to Demerara rum, El Dorado 5 year rum, demerara sugar syrup, and the Noa Noa.

Episode links:

Mai Tai follow-up, Capt Jimbo

Guyana (wikipedia)

A Mountain of Crushed Ice - Demerara Rum from Guyana

A Mountain of Crushed Ice - Demerara Rums part Two

El Dorado 5 year

El Dorado stills

Brown sugar (wikipedia)

Beachbum Berry Remixed

Demerara sugar (Amazon)

Bottles for syrups at Cost Plus World Market

Demerara sugar syrup

In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup demerara sugar with 1/2 cup cold water. Stir over very low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Don't bring to a full boil. Remove from heat, cool in pan, and transfer to a syrup bottle. Add 1/2 ounce silver Puerto Rican rum as a stabilizer.

The Noa Noa

1 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz demerara sugar syrup

4 to 6 mint leaves

3 oz Demerara rum

Swizzle everything in a double old-fashioned glass half-filled with crushed ice for ~30 seconds. Add more crushed ice to fill. Swizzle again until a frost forms on the outside of the glass. Garnish with a mint sprig and half a spent lime shell. Add your favorite restaurant or bar swizzle.

Episode 7: The Mai Tai

June 16, 2013 by Kevin Upthegrove

5 Minutes of Rum episode 7: An introduction to the Mai Tai, Appleton 12 year, Clement VSOP, curaçao, orgeat, and the Trader Vic's Mai Tai.

Episode Links:

Beachbum Berry Remixed

Trader Vic's Tiki Party

Appleton 12 Jamaican rum

Orange liqueur comparison (Tiki Central)

BG Reynolds orgeat syrup

Post Prohibition Orgeat recipe

Stopper bottles for syrups at Cost Plus World Market

Orgeat recipe at Post Prohibition.

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

1 oz Jamaican rum

1 oz Rhum Agricole

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz orange curaçao

1/2 oz orgeat

1/4 oz simple syrup

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake, and strain into a double old-fashioned glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with mint and half a squeezed lime shell.

Episode 6: Gold Jamaican rum

June 01, 2013 by Kevin Upthegrove

5 Minutes of Rum episode 6: More on Jamaican rum, Appleton V/X, honey in cocktails, and Don's Special Daiquiri.

Episode links:

Pot still

Appleton V/X - Appleton official

Appleton V/X at Ministry of Rum

Honey

Beachbum Berry Remixed

Bottles for syrups at Cost Plus World Market

Episodes 2, 3, and 6 in a single cocktail.

Honey mix

In a medium saucepan, bring together equal parts (by volume) honey and water over very low heat just until combined. Very little heat is required; don't cook the honey. Bottle it in olive oil bottles and add a small amount of silver rum to help stabilize and prevent crystallization.

Don's Special Daiquiri

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz passion fruit syrup

1/2 oz honey mix

1/2 oz silver Puerto Rican rum

1 oz gold Jamaican rum

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.