Three cheers for National Rum Day! The annual holiday falls on Sunday, August 16, and there is no better way to celebrate than to whip up a cocktail with the beloved spirit. To help you mark this special day, Us weekly has compiled a roundup of eight rum-based drinks that you should try – and most of them contain four ingredients or less.
“Rum is extremely versatile, from onion-like rocks, to more complex cocktail favorites such as refreshing white rum mojitos, daiquiris and piña coladas,” Copalli Rum told world ambassadors Elayne Duff and Julie Reiner. Us weekly.
Speaking of white rum cocktails, Reiner, a co-owner of New York City bars Clover Club and Leyenda, shares her recipe for rainforest daiquiri with Us and found that the drink has fatty, zesty notes as well as more delicate vegetarian flavors.
With rum, any food pairings are really dependent on the cocktail, but the duo has offered some suggestions for meal times to go with some of the drinks they made. “We love the Copalli white rum daiquiri outside by the pool with a shrimp cocktail, BBQ or a delicious Cobb salad,” they said. “In the evening, we head to the Copalli barrel for rested rum negroni, along with a steak and shrimp combo, salmon, or even spicy fish tacos.”
For Sebastien Derbomez, the manager of lawyers for marketing for Scottish distiller William Grant & Sons, rum is going best with Caribbean fare. “When I think about pairing food, I will naturally pair rum with Caribbean food, thanks to its history,” he said. Us “Ingredients like pineapple, plantain, coconut and chicken will do wonders.”
And because rum is such a versatile spirit, it’s no surprise that it also serves as a great base for more dessert-like beverages like the Monkey Wrench, which is made with two different types of rum, a banana and chocolate. syrup.
No matter what else you put in your rum-based beverage, high quality, fresh ingredients are the key. “To make a great rum cocktail, it takes a well-made rum like Copalli, fresh ingredients, the right balance of flavors, great ice cream and attention to detail, from the glass to the prep and all the way down to the garnish,” Reiner said. Duff Us.
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