Episode 57: Santeria rum
5 Minutes of Rum episode 57: Santeria rum, the technology from Lost Spirits that’s behind Santeria rum, and The Dark Side: my tribute to The Atomic Grog’s Tribute to the Mai-Kai’s Black Magic.
Episode links:
Syrus Fotovat (Instagram)
Lost Spirits
Rational Spirits
Lost Spirits/ Aging tech (white paper)
Santeria rum preview article at A Mountain of Crushed Ice
Cocktail Wonk Lost Spirits aging article
Cocktail Wonk THEA One article
Inu-A-Kena THEA One article
The Atomic Grog Mai-Kai cocktail guide
The Atomic Grog tribute to The Black Magic
The Mai-Kai
The Dark Magic by Colonel Tiki
5 Minutes of Rum episode 37 (Lost Spirits 151 Cuban Inspired Rum)
Santeria rum, original bottling.
Santeria rum, original bottling.
Santeria rum, production bottling (early 2016).
Santeria rum, production bottling (early 2016).
Side by side.
All the rums, all lined up.
Not too bad.
The Dark Side
3/4 oz orange juice
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz pink grapefruit juice
3/4 oz honey mix (2:1 honey:water)
1 1/2 oz cold fresh black coffee (Kona if you have it, but other good fresh coffee will do)
1 1/2 oz dark Jamaican rum (Coruba)
1 1/2 oz Santeria rum
1/2 oz grenadine
1 tsp. falernum
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Combine in a mixing tin with 1 1/2 cup crushed ice. Blend with a spindle blender for 5 seconds. Pour unstrained into a snifter and add more crushed ice to fill. Garnish with a twisted lemon peel. Death Star ice ball optional.