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

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

El Dorado 5 year rum

Demerara sugar

Demerara sugar syrup

Bar swizzles

The Noa Noa

The Noa Noa

The Noa Noa

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

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.

Clément VSOP

Various curaçao.

Ferrand Dry Curaçao 

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

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

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

Appleton V/X​

​Rum and chocolate - Tki Oasis 9

​Honey mix (syrup)

​Don's Special Daquiri

​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.​

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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.​

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