5 Minutes of Rum
Notes on rum, a few minutes at a time.
And with the Professor here, I've finally delved into The PDT Cocktail book. What took so long? Who can say? This is a stirred rum cocktail with aged Rhum Agricole, port, sweet vermouth, and two types of bitters. The Professor, attributed to Michael Madrusan in winter of 2007, is a rhum riff on the Chancellor cocktail. I suppose that means this recipe just celebrated 10 years. Cheers.
I was scrolling though some older recipes I’d tagged from Frederic Yarm’s excellent cocktail blog, cocktail virgin, which you too should be reading (you should follow him on Instagram too!). I’m pretty sure I had bookmarked the Lizard King back when it was posted in August of 2014 because it sounded kinda interesting (rum, arrack, cinnamon, lime, allspice) but I didn’t have 1 ingredient on hand at the time: Kronan Swedish Punsch. As of episode 54, aka 11 months ago, I do have a bottle of Kronan Swedish Punsch on hand and so here we are. Mug from Tiki Farm, designed by Mr. G circa 2002.
My version of the classic Cobra's Fang, featured in episode 55 of 5 Minutes of Rum and served at the 2016 Tiki Caliente room crawl. Cobra Tiki-Ti mug by Tiki Diablo and glassware from Tiki Caliente.
Spanish for "danger", the Peligro is a daiquiri made with the Lost Spirits Cuban inspired 151 rum, fresh lime juice, and falernum. Hear more about it in episode 37 and maybe try this instead of a vodka martini the next time you watch a Bond flick.
It's Wednesday, and near 9PM, so here's a toast to Ray Buhen, the Master Ninja of Tiki-Ti. The Cuba Kula, published by Jeff Berry in Sippin' Safari, is a Ray Buhen original from the 1930s. 2 oz of lime juice is a lot to contend with, so I used 1 oz of honey mix instead of 0.5 oz of straight honey and added 0.25 of demerara syrup. To Ray!