Episode 85: Prichard's Fine Rum plus A Rum Play in Two Acts.

5 Minutes of Rum episode 85: Prichard's Fine Rum plus Molasses and Sugar: A Rum Play in Two Acts.

Episode links:

Prichard's rum (official)

Medford rum

Great Molasses Flood (wikipedia)

The Ice King (99% Invisible)

5 Minutes of Rum episode 34 (Rum in Colonial America)

Smuggler’s Cove book (Amazon)

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The Molasses Act

2 oz rum (Prichard's in this case, but works well with heavier bodied rums also, like Hamilton 86)

1/2 oz molasses syrup (recipe from the Smuggler's Cove book)

1/2 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice

1/2 oz water

Combine in an old-fashioned glass or a metal tumbler. Stir and sip.