Winter
4.7 147 ratings
Ingredients
2 oz Aged Jamaican rum
3/4 oz Lime juice
1/2 oz Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1)
1/6 oz Ginger liqueur
1/6 oz Pimento dram
2 dash Aromatic bitters
How to make
Serve in a coupe glass
Prepare
- 1 Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- 2 Prepare garnish of skewered crystallised ginger.
Method
- 3 SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
- 4 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish
- 5 Garnish with skewered crystallised ginger.
Flavour profile
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
18.1% alc./vol. · 1.5 standard drinks · 208 calories
History
Jason E. Clapham offered this vintage cocktail, which he aptly describes as "a Jamaican daiquiri with Christmas spices."
The 1935 publication, *Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book* by Albert Stevens Crockett, contains the recipe for the Winter Cocktail. "WINTER Two-thirds glass Jamaica Rum Juice of one Lime or Lemon Sugar to taste Teaspoon of Ginger Brandy and Pimento Liqueur Two dashes Angostura Bitters"