the drinks to enjoy on national rum day

the drinks to enjoy on national rum day

National Rum day is days away (16th August), so it would only be right to raise a glass and celebrate! Here's three rum-based recipes to enjoy.

Pink Guava Negroni 

Ingredients

  • 25ml Arrangé Pink Guava
  • 30ml Vermouth
  • 30ml Campari

Directions

  1. Mix together in a tumbler over ice.
  2. Serve with Guava fruit garnish.

Credit: Recipe - Rhum Damoiseau with images taken and belonging to @mix.mann.

Elderflower Mojito

Ingredients

  • 35ml Cuban Rum
  • 6-8 Mint Leaves
  • 2 Lime wedges 
  • 1tsp Sugar
  • 75ml Belvoir Farm Sparkling Elderflower

Directions 

  1. Squeeze the limes into a highball glass.
  2. Add mint leaves and sugar, churn.
  3. Add rum and fill with crushed ice, churn again.
  4. Top with sparkling Elderflower.

Credit: Belvoir Farm

Barti Seaweed Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 60ml Barti Spiced
  • 1 Egg White
  • 20ml Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 20ml Simple Syrup
  • Sprinkling of Welshman's Caviar to garnish

Method

  1. Combine the rum, egg white, simple syrup and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake for about 10 seconds to froth the egg white.
  3. Fill the shaker with ice and shake until very cold, about 20 more seconds.
  4. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer into a chilled glass and garnish with Welshman’s Caviar. 

Credit: Discover Delicious  Imagery: Natalie Moore