5 Minutes of Rum episode 84: The Home Bar Guide to Tropical Cocktails.

The Home Bar Guide to Tropical Cocktails (official site)

The Home Bar Guide to Tropical Cocktails (Amazon)

The Home Bar Guide to Tropical Cocktails (Korero Press)

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Trader Tom's Wayward Rum Barrel

1 oz Panama-Pacific 9 year

1 oz Appleton 12

1 oz Hamilton 151

1/2 oz pimento (allspice) liqueur

3/4 oz passion fruit syrup

3/4 oz honey syrup

1 oz fresh orange juice

2 oz fresh lime juice

3 shakes Angostura bitters*

3 shakes Letherbee Charred Oak Absinthe*

* sub 3 dashes of Herbstura

Build this drink with 12 oz crushed ice in a mixing tin and then flash blend for 5 seconds in a spindle blender. Pour into a barrel mug and add more crushed ice to fill.

Black Sand, Blue Sea (Kelly)

2 oz Cruzan Coconut rum

3/4 oz blue curaçao liqueur

1 oz Coco Real

1 1/4 oz fresh lime juice

Flash blend with crushed ice. Pour into a hurricane glass and then float:

5 dashes pimento (allspice) liqueur

1/3 oz Cruzan Blackstrap rum

1/4 oz Creme de Cassis

Served layered, but instruct your guest to stir before drinking.