Rum Cocktails

31 recipes, including Canchanchara, Cuba Libre, Daiquiri.

31 Rum cocktail recipes, with ingredients and how to make them.

  • Canchanchara — A Cuban classic balancing rum, bright citrus, and the sweetness of honey syrup.
  • Cuba Libre — The classic Cuban highball of rum, lime, and cola.
  • Daiquiri — Cuban classic of white rum, lime, and sugar, served up, with a touch of grenadine at the bottom of the glass.
  • Mojito — Cuban classic of white rum, mint, lime, and soda, built in a highball without shredding the leaves.
  • Piña Colada — Puerto Rican blender classic: white rum, cream of coconut, and ripe pineapple.
  • Mai Tai — Tiki classic of two rums, curaçao, orgeat, and lime, served over ice.
  • Dark 'n' Stormy — Bermudian highball of dark rum floated over ginger beer — a storm in a glass.
  • Ancoradouro — Rum highball with Cynar and orange juice, lengthened with soda water.
  • Brazilian Old Fashioned — Old Fashioned of aged cachaça, coconut rum, and cacao bitters, with nutmeg.
  • Jungle Bird — Tiki drink of dark rum, Campari, and pineapple: sweet, sour, and bitter in a rocks glass.
  • Banana Daiquiri — Daiquiri of Bacardi gold rum and banana liqueur, shaken and served in a chilled coupe.
  • Nanica de Ouro — Sour of Bacardi gold rum and Quero Chuva Banana, no syrup, served in a chilled coupe.
  • Hakuna Matata — Tropical drink of coconut rum, spiced rum, banana liqueur, and pineapple, with grenadine at the bottom for a sunrise.
  • Rum Punch — Gold rum punch with orange, pineapple, lime, and grenadine, shaken and served over ice.
  • Sailor's Sunrise — Spiced-rum sunrise with orange and lime, grenadine layered in a rocks glass.
  • Tropical Shadow — Layers of grenadine, pineapple, and white rum with Sprite, built over crushed ice.
  • Amaretto Limoncello Sour — Bourbon sour with amaretto and limoncello, egg white for foam and bitters on top.
  • Long Island Iced Tea — IBA party classic: vodka, tequila, rum, gin, and Cointreau, lengthened with lemon, syrup, and a splash of cola.
  • Desk Job — Equal-parts stirred drink: two rums, Punt e Mes, and Cynar, in a rocks glass with a rock and a lime twist.
  • Hurricane — New Orleans classic: two rums, passion fruit syrup, and lemon, in a tall glass.
  • Hemingway Daiquiri — El Floridita dry daiquiri: white rum with grapefruit and maraschino, no sugar, in a chilled glass.
  • Air Mail — Classic of gold rum, lime, and honey syrup, topped with sparkling wine in a flute.
  • Dry Daiquiri — Short daiquiri of white rum with Campari, lime, and a dash of passion fruit syrup.
  • Mary Pickford — Cuban Prohibition classic: white rum, pineapple, grenadine, and maraschino liqueur, shaken and served up.
  • Wray's Nephew — Tropical daiquiri of Jamaican overproof rum, gold rum, pineapple, and a touch of Fernet.
  • Ti' Punch — National drink of Martinique and Guadeloupe: agricole rum, a touch of syrup, and a lime coin, built in the glass.
  • Old Cuban — Modern classic of gold rum, mint, lime, and Angostura, topped with sparkling wine in a coupe.
  • El Presidente — Cuban stirred classic of white rum, blanc vermouth, orange curaçao, and grenadine, in a coupe.
  • Caribbean Ember — Highball of dark rum and rye with pineapple, maple, and ginger beer, shaken and lengthened over ice.
  • Black Forest Old Fashioned — Black Forest Old Fashioned: bourbon, brandy, cacao liqueur, cherry, and chocolate bitters.
  • Blackberry Mojito — White-rum mojito with blackberry syrup, mint, and lime, lengthened with soda water.

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  • Gin
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