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Ancient Mariner

Summer · Tiki/tropical

4.0 101 ratings

Ingredients

1 oz Aged rum (6-10yr)
1 oz Dark/black rum
1/4 oz Pimento dram
3/4 oz Lime juice
1/2 oz Pink grapefruit juice
1/2 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)

How to make

Serve in a double old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of scored lime wedge and mint sprigs.

Method

  1. 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Garnish

  1. 5 Garnish with scored lime wedge and mint sprigs bouquet.

Flavour profile

15.7% alc./vol. · 1.4 standard drinks · 242 calories

History

Characterful, well-aged rums are blended with citrus and essential pimento dram. Rums can be swapped, but pimento dram is irreplaceable.

Jeff "Beachbum" Berry developed this drink in 1994 in Los Angeles, USA. It appeared in his 1998 book, Grog Log, and later in the 2010 publication Beachbum Berry Remixed. The original formulation by Jeff Berry specified 30ml of Demerara rum and 30ml of dark Jamaican rum, along with white grapefruit juice. According to Jeff Berry, he created The Ancient Mariner as an early "attempt to re-create the flavour of our favourite Trader Vic's drink, Vic's version of the Navy Grog – which, in turn, used Don The Beachcomber's even earlier version as a starting point..." He further explained the name choice: "We called it the Ancient Mariner because by the time we finished with it, that's how we felt."

Created by Jeff “Beachbum” Berry