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4 delicious rum and gin cocktails to celebrate National Rum Day!
Aug 14, 2020
Did you know that in the UK, the 16 August is National Rum Day? Nope, neither did we, but here at Craft Gin Club, we’re always looking for a good excuse to try some new and creative cocktails! And did you know we now stock rum? Learn about Tarquin’s brand-new rum range we can’t get enough of…
The good news is that rum is an excellent bedfellow (glass-fellow?) for our favourite spirit. We promise that rum and gin together makes for a surprisingly delicious combination. Just go easy on the quantities of these tasty tipples, or your celebrations could get a little, um, rowdy! Happy National Rum Day, gin lovers!
Spiced rum, gin & apple cocktail
50ml gin
15ml spiced rum
60ml apple juice
15ml ginger syrup
1 x slice apple to garnish
If making your own ginger syrup, add equal parts caster sugar and water to a pan with a small cube of fresh ginger and simmer gently for five minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the mixture has reduced to form a syrup.
Strain and, once cool, add the syrup along with all the other ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake. Pour into your glass and garnish with a slice of apple or a single star anise. For an extra flourish, you could rim the edge of your glass with brown sugar.
Apricot Cobbler
40ml white rum
40ml sloe gin
40ml apricot brandy
30ml lime juice
20ml sugar syrup
Lemon slice to garnish
Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker, fill with ice and shake vigorously. Strain cocktail into a champagne glass and garnish with lemon peel, after rubbing around the rim of the glass.
Bacardi Special
45ml Barcadi Carta Blanca (or other light rum)
22ml London Dry Gin
15ml fresh lime juice
7.5ml grenadine syrup
5ml sugar syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry.
Baroque
45ml dark rum
22ml fresh lime juice
22ml gin
2 dashes sugar syrup
1 dash maraschino liqueur
Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled glass.
