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Rum Old Fashioned

Hall of Fame and must know/try · Nightcap/sipping

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Ingredients

1 2/3 oz Aged rum (6-10yr)
1/3 oz White overproof rum
1/4 oz Falernum liqueur
1/12 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1 dash Aromatic bitters

How to make

Serve in a old-fashioned glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of orange or lime zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 STIR all ingredients with ice.
  2. 4 STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

  1. 5 EXPRESS orange (or lime) zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

30.5% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 196 calories

History

The flavour of overproof rum greatly adds to the character of this Old Fashioned variation.

Gonçalo de Sousa Monteiro created this recipe in Berlin, Germany, in 2009.

Created by Gonçalo de Sousa Monteiro