2023 Rum Cocktail Recipes

Shake up your cocktail menus with a few of these rum recipes! Whether you're serving up a Tiki creation, daiquiri, or something else, all of these rum recipes are sure to be crowd pleasers!

 

 

 

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Recipe & photo by Jules Aron,
The Healthy Bartender for The Perfect Purée

Kiwi Bird

Ingredients:

1 1/2 oz. dark rum

3/4 oz. Campari

1 oz. The Perfect Purée Kiwi Puree, thawed

1/2 oz. pineapple juice

1/2 oz. lime juice

Directions:

Add the rum, Campari, pineapple juice, lime juice and Kiwi Puree to a mixing glass with ice and shake until well chilled. Strain into a glass over fresh ice. Garnish with a kiwi, halved.

 

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Photo & recipe by The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum.

Kraken's Keep

Ingredients:

1.5 part The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum

1⁄2 part Orange juice

2 parts Pineapple juice

1 pinch Gold Luster Dust

Directions:

Combine in a rocks glass with crushed ice. Garnish with two long orange peels, a pineapple spear, and torched cinnamon stick.

 

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Recipe by Manny Hinojosa.
Photo by The Perfect Purée

Tiki

Ingredients:

1 oz. Bacardi Superior

1/2 oz. Orange Curaçao

1/2 oz. Bacardi Black

1 oz. The Perfect Purée Mango Passion Fruit blend, thawed

1 oz. simple syrup

3/4 oz. lime juice

2 dashes, bitters

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake. Strain, serve on the rocks, and garnish with lemon.

 

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Recipe & photo by Bayou Rum.

Spiced Sidecar 

Ingredients:

1 oz Bayou Reserve Rum

1/2 oz brandy

1/2 oz orange liqueur

1/2 oz lemon juice

Garnish: orange and lemon twists

Directions:

Shake all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with an orange twist and a lemon twist.

 

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Recipe from Adrift Tiki Bar.

Jungle Bird

Ingredients:

2.75-ounce blend of Venezuelan, Puerto Rican, and Jamaican rum

1.75-once pineapple juice

0.5-ounce lime juice

0.5-ounce Campari

0.25-ounce Heirloom Alchermes

0.25-ounce 1:1 Demerara syrup

Directions:

Add all ingredients to shaker. Top with ice and shake for 10 seconds. Strain over fresh ice in glass and garnish with pineapple spine, cinnamon, and fresh pineapple wedge.

 

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Recipe by Brian Klemm,
Global Brand Ambassador at SelvaRey Rum

Strawberry Daiquiri

Ingredients:

2 oz SelvaRey White Rum

4 Strawberries

0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice

0.5 oz Simple Syrup 

Garnish: Strawberry Hearts

Directions:

Muddle, add ice, shake,and strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with strawberry hearts.

 

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Photo: Vanessa Palmisano.
Mixologist: Jennifer Bryant.
For Koloa Rum Company.

Do si Do (Peanut Butter Cookie)

1 oz. Koloa Kauai Spice Rum in a peanut butter wash

1 oz. Baileys Irish Cream

¼ oz Vanilla Brown Sugar Simple Syrup

½ oz Cream of Coconut

5 dashes of Orange Bitters

Garnish: Peanut Butter Cookie Crumble

Directions:

Shake ingredients with ice and strain over fresh ice in peanut butter cookie crumble-rimmed glass. Top with whipped cream.

 

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Photo & recipe by The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum.

Kraken Daiquiri

Ingredients: 

3 parts The Kraken Gold Spiced Rum

1.5 parts Lime Juice

.5 part Sugar Syrup

1 12-ounce Bag of Frozen

Passionfruit

1 part Orange Triple Sec.

Directions:

Blend together. Pour into a daiquiri glass. Garnish with a half passion fruit & lime wedge.

 

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