5 Minutes of Rum
Notes on rum, a few minutes at a time.
From page 140 of the Smuggler's Cove book, this swizzle created by Martin Cate is named for the Kaiteur Falls in Guyana. Accordingly, it makes exclusive use of demerara rum. Along with a corn 'n oil, this is a recipe I like to deploy when there is new batch of falernum on hand.
The Escape Velocity harkens back to episode 45 of this here show. While that episode featured Hamilton 86 (demerara) for discussion, this recipe opted for another Hamilton demerara rum. I reached for the bottle of Hamilton 151 as well as Smith & Cross, lime juice, cinnamon and demerara syrup, orange curaçao, Regan's orange bitters, and chocolate molé bitters. Standby for launch!
Flashing back to the Trader Tiki days with a TT logo old-fashioned glass, TT logo swizzle, and a TT cocktail recipe. This bracer has 4 rums, 2 types of citrus, 4 (spiced) sweeteners, and bitters, so proceed with caution. I like the retro gold-rimmed glassware - maybe it's time to consider a 5 Minutes of Rum glassware run?
A crowd pleaser of a cocktail and a crowd pleaser of a tiki mug. The proportions make the Miehana an easy cocktail to memorize and an easy cocktail to measure. This liquid god of the orange grove is a Beachbum Berry cocktail from 1999 housed in a Kevin Kidney-designed tiki mug - one of my favorite mugs in my collection and an early purchase when the mug collection was just a half dozen mugs on a black IKEA shelf.
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.