Episode 39: Ron del Barrilito Two Star

5 Minutes of Rum episode 39: Ron del Barrilito Two Star, Potions of the Caribbean, Joe Scialom, plus the Sol Y Sombra and Oro de los Tontos cocktails.

Joe Scialom

Joe Scialom

Joe Scialom

Sol Y Sombra
1 1/2 oz gold Puerto Rican rum (Ron del Barrilito 2 star)
3/4 oz dark Jamaican rum (Coruba)
1/2 oz apricot brandy
2 ounces fresh pineapple juice
1/2 oz fresh lime juice
2 dashes Angostura bitters

Shake with ice cubes. Then either:
pour unstrained into a hollowed out baby/small pineapple, securing the pineapple in a specialty bowl filled with crushed ice
-or-
pour into an old-fashioned or rounded glass.

In either case, garnish with a paper parasol.

 

Oro de los Tontos (Fools Gold)
2 oz Gold Puerto Rican rum (Ron del Barrilito 2 star)
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1/2 oz Licor 43
1/4 oz simple syrup
3 drops Pernod
3 drops almond extract

Shake all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.