Episode 62: Real McCoy 5
5 Minutes of Rum episode 62: Real McCoy 5 year rum, Mount Gay Eclipse 154 proof rum, and a nice Barbados Tea.
Episode links:
5 Minutes of Rum interview with The Rum Lab
The Rum Lab
Real McCoy (official)
Real McCoy process videos (official)
Bill McCoy (wikipedia)
Mount Gay (official)
Mount Gay (Ministry of Rum)
A Visit to Mount Gay Distillery (Inu A Kena)
Mt. Gay, The World’s Oldest Rum Distillery Leads A Rum Renaissance (Huffington Post)
5 Minutes of Rum episode 10 (Mount Gay Eclipse and home spiced rum)
Barbados Tea
2 oz blended aged rum (Real McCoy 5)
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1 oz honey mix
1 oz soda water
1 dash Angostura bitters.
Fill a collins glass with crushed ice. Added all ingredients except the soda water and swizzle or stir until chilled. Refill with crushed ice and swizzle until the glass frosts. Float the soda water. Garnish with a lemon peel and a nifty swizzle stick.
Gotham Tea
1 oz blended aged rum (Real McCoy 5)
1 oz blended overproof rum (Mount Gay Refined Eclipse Barbados Rum 154)
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz honey mix
1 oz soda water
1 dash Angostura bitters.
Fill a collins glass with crushed ice. Added all ingredients except the soda water and swizzle or stir until chilled. Refill with crushed ice and swizzle until the glass frosts. Float the soda water. Garnish with a lemon peel and a nifty swizzle stick.