Five Best Rum Cocktails for Summertime Sipping

From Hemingway’s take on the classic Daiquiri to our own Twisted rum cocktails, these rum-infused concoctions promise a refreshing escape for your taste buds.

Beach Please

2 oz Jamaican Rum of choice

1 oz Twisted Alchemy 100% Grapefruit Cold Pressed Juice

½ oz Twisted Alchemy 100% Pineapple Cold Pressed Juice

½ oz Twisted Alchemy Three Citrus Cold Pressed Juice Mixer

¾ oz cinnamon simple syrup

To make:

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

1 tbsp ground cinnamon OR 1 tsp cinnamon extract

¼ oz Fernet Branca

Mint Sprig

Instructions:

For cinnamon simple syrup, bring liquid to a boil, add sugar and cinnamon and let simmer for 3 mins. Let cool. Cold store for up to 1 month. Add all ingredients to a shaker tin with ice. Shake well. Serve over ice in Collins glass. Garnish with mint spring.

The Tropical Escape

2 oz White Rum of choice 

1 oz Twisted Alchemy 100% Grapefruit Cold Pressed Juice

½ oz Orgeat syrup

½ oz aromatic bitters

2 cups ice

Edible flowers, for garnish

Instructions: 

Crush ice and set aside. Combine rum, Twisted Alchemy 100% Grapefruit Cold Pressed Juice, orgeat syrup, and 1 cup of ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake to chill and combine ingredients. Fill rocks glass with crushed ice. Strain ingredients over crushed ice. Float aromatic bitters on top. Garnish with flowers.

Rum With a View

2 oz Spiced Rum of choice

½ oz Coconut Rum of choice

2 oz Twisted Alchemy 100% Pineapple Cold Pressed Juice

½ oz Blue Curacao

½ oz Twisted Alchemy 100% Persian Lime Cold Pressed Juice 

Orange wedge, for garnish

Instructions:

Mix all ingredients in a shaker tin with ice; shake vigorously and pour contents into a lowball glass. Garnish with orange wedge.

Fogcutter

½ oz gin of choice

½ oz brandy of choice

½ oz rum of choice

1 ½ oz Twisted Alchemy 100% Valencia Orange Cold Pressed Juice

½ oz Twisted Alchemy 100% Eureka Lemon Cold Pressed Juice

½ oz almond syrup

¼ oz sherry of choice

Instructions:

Combine the gin, brandy, rum, Twisted Alchemy 100% Valencia Orange Cold Pressed Juice and Twisted Alchemy 100% Eureka Lemon Cold Pressed Juice, then add the almond syrup. Shake well and add the touch of sherry to top. Serve in a tall glass over ice.

The Hemingway Daiquiri

3 oz rum

2 oz of Twisted Alchemy 100% Persian Lime Cold Pressed Juice  

1 oz of Twisted Alchemy Rich Simple Syrup

Lime wedge, for garnish

Method: Add all the ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake. Strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with lime wedge.