Episode 18: Montanya Platino

5 Minutes of Rum episode 18: US distillery Montanya’s Platino rum, a brief mention of bitters, and The Man with the Golden Rum.

The Man With the Golden Rum

1 oz Montanya Platino
1 oz Appleton VX
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz white grapefruit juice (fresh if available)
1/2 oz simple syrup
1/2 oz apricot brandy (Marie Brizard if available, otherwise use Bols)
Dash of Fee’s Old Fashioned Aromatic Bitters (use caution, a few drops is all that's needed)

Shake with ice cubes and pour unstrained into a double old-fashioned glass or a tiki mug. I didn’t garnish it at the seminar, but a sprig of fresh mint would not be unwelcome.

Episode 17: The Cup of Cheer

5 Minutes of Rum episode 17: How about a nice holiday punch?

Lemur tea

Ingredients

Cup of Cheer

1 oz Coruba dark Jamaican rum
1 oz Plantation 5 year Barbados rum
1 oz lime juice
1/2 oz honey mix
1/2 oz demerara sugar syrup
1 oz lemur tea (Trader Joe's Vanilla & Cinnamon Black Tea, with a lemur on the box)


For a single serving, shake with ice cubes in a boston shaker and pour unstrained into a double old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.


For a punch, multiply each ingredient by the total servings desired. Serve from a bowl with an ice block. Ice the punch cups individually when serving. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.

Episode 16: Zaya rum

5 Minutes of Rum episode 16: Zaya rum, cinnamon syrup and La Trinidad.

Ceylon cinnamon.

Cinnamon syrup

3 cinnamon sticks (ceylon if available)

2 cups sugar

1 cup water

Break up cinnamon sticks into small pieces. Combine with sugar and water in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, heat until sugar dissolves. Cover and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, leave covered. Let sit for 2 hours. Strain through metal strainer or cheesecloth. Pour into syrup bottle and add 0.5 oz light rum to help stabilize. Store in refrigerator. 

La Trinidad

2 oz Zaya rum

1 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz cinnamon syrup

1 dash Angostura bitters

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Shake well with ice cubes. Strain into a cocktail glass.