Episode 71: Rum Fire

5 Minutes of Rum episode 71: Rum Fire, Rum The Manual, and Rum Fire with 4 mixers.

5 Minutes of Rum: Episode 71
Kevin Upthegrove
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Episode links:

Rum Fire, Hampden Rum Company (official)
Rum Fire (The Rum Collective)
Rum: The Manual (Amazon)
Clementines (Fooducate)
5 Minutes of Rum episode 11 (J Wray & Nephew)

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Rum Fire + mixers

2 parts mixer, 1 part rum. Combine with ice in a tall glass. Stir. Sip.

Episode 70: Mount Gay 1703

5 Minutes of Rum episode 70: Mount Gay 1703 (twice), more on falernum, the Home Bar Basics book and site, and the Corn ’n Oil.

5 Minutes of Rum: Episode 70
Kevin Upthegrove
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Cloves soaked in JWray.

Added lime zest, ginger, almonds.

Finished extract, ready to strain.

Added simple syrup: - Oh yeah!

Side-by-each

Corn ’n Oil
1/2 oz falernum
2 oz blended aged rum from Barbados (Mount Gay Black Barrel)
2 dashes of Angostura bitters

Add everything to an old-fashioned glass and fill with crushed ice. Swizzle until the glass gets frosty. Sip.

Falernum #70
1. Soak ~40 cloves in 6 ounces of J Wray & Nephew rum for 48 hours.
2. Add the zest of 9 limes, 2 tablespoons of toasted slivered almonds, and 1 1/2 oz of peeled fresh ginger to the rum and cloves. Soak that mixture for 24 hours.
3. After that last 24 hours, add in 14 ounces of 2:1 simple syrup (2 parts sugar to 1 part water) and 1/2 tsp. almond extract. That was stirred together and then shaken together.

Episode 69: Damoiseau VSOP

5 Minutes of Rum episode 69: Damoiseau VSOP, Tawny Port, The PDT Cocktail Book, and the Professor.

5 Minutes of Rum: Episode 69
Kevin Upthegrove
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Professor
2 oz rhum vieux (Damoiseau VSOP)
3/4 oz tawny port (Dow’s Fine Tawny Porto)
1/2 oz Sweet Vermouth (Martini & Rossi)
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash PDT House Orange Bitters (Regan’s Orange Bitters)

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail coupe. Garnish with an orange twist.