Today, Aug. 16, is National Rum Day, dear friends. To celebrate this sippable holiday, we scoured the internet for these cocktail recipes that are perfect to beat the late summer heat.
Cheers!
Blackberry Dark and Stormy
via Tidy Mom
Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz dark or spiced rum
- 3.5 oz ginger beer
- 1 lime wedge
- 2-3 mint leaves
- 5-6 fresh blackberries, plus extra for garnish
Click here for the full recipe.
Hakuna Matata
Yield: 2
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. grenadine or maraschino cherry syrup, or to taste
- 1 1/2 oz. spiced rum
- 1 1/2 oz. coconut rum
- 1 1/2 oz. banana liqueur
- 4 oz. pineapple juice
Click here for the full recipe.
Root Beer Rum Cream
via How Sweet Eats
Ingredients:
- crushed ice
- 2 oz. dark spiced rum
- 6 oz. root beer
- 1 – 2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream liqueur
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Bluewater Breeze
via The Blond Cook
Ingredients:
- 1 shot vodka (1.5 ounces)
- 1 shot coconut rum (1.5 ounces)
- 1 cup coconut water
- 1 tbsp. blue curacao
- 1 tbsp. cream of coconut
- 1/4 cup pineapple juice
- pineapple wedge and maraschino cherry, for garnish
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Piña Colada Sangria
via The First Year
Yield: 1 pitcher
Ingredients:
- 1 + 1/2 cups pineapple juice
- 1 + 1/2 bottles of white wine
- 1 cup coconut rum
- 1 + 1/2 cups chopped pineapple
- 1/2 cup maraschino cherries with a little bit of juice
Click here for the full recipe.
Mermaid Water
Yield: 1 pitcher
Ingredients:
- 3 cups Captain Morgan Spiced Rum
- 1 1/2 cup Malibu Rum
- 72 oz. pineapple juice
- 12 oz. frozen limeade concentrate
- 3/4 cup Blue Curacao
- 1 liter ginger ale
- lime sliced for garnish
Click here for the full recipe.
Limeade Rum Fizz
via A Communal Table
Ingredients:
For the spiced syrup:
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup demerara or light brown sugar
- 3 lemongrass stalks, outer leaves stripped and base crushed with a rolling pin
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 whole cloves
- one 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and bruised
For the Limeade Rum Fizz
- 1 oz. fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz. spiced syrup
- 2 oz. white rum
- 3 – 4 oz. sparkling water
- ice
- mint sprig and lime slice for garnish
Click here for the full recipe.