National Rum Day – 16th August

So there was an ulterior motive with my Rum Punch recipe I shared on Friday (admittedly with some tedious email issues…oooops).   Yes folks, today, Sunday 16th August is National Rum Day!!!  One of my favvy days of the year…after St Pirans Day obviously.

Today is all about celebrating the one drink that stands head and shoulders above all else in the party stakes.  Love it or hate it, its the only drink that is synonymous with fun!!  It is so diverse that for those that say “I don’t like Rum” simply means they haven’t found their way to enjoy it yet.

Go on…Celebrate National Rum Day

 

I love it all ways.  Neat, as a Mai Tai, as a Dark and Stormy, as a Mojito, as a Daiquiri…and as a Rum Punch!!

So make this afternoon a fun afternoon and crack on with your favourite recipe.

To help you on your way, here are a few simple ideas that you can quickly and easily knock up at home!

 

Rum Punch

See my recipe here

 

Mojito

• 50ml Rum of choice (Brugal or Havana 3yo for example)
• Half a fresh Lime cut into Wedges
• 15ml Sugar Syrup
• 12 Mint Leaves
• Sparkling Water

Watch my Mojito Video here

Dark and Stormy

• 50ml Rum (anything goes from Lambs to Kraken Spiced Rum!!)
• 2 Lime Wedges
• Old Jamaica Ginger Beer (its the Best for this by a mile!)
• Angostura Bitters

Use a tall glass, add the Ingredients over plenty of Ice

 

Daiquiri

• 50ml Light Rum (Brugal or Havana 3yo for example)
• 25ml fresh Lime Juice (juice of 1 lime)
• 15ml Sugar Syrup
• 15ml Chilled Water

Shake all the ingredients and double strain into a Martini Glass
You can even add fresh fruit like Strawberry to the mix

 

Cuba Libre

• 50ml Rum (The whole point is Cuban Rum like Bacardi…but don’t be shy to use Havana 3yo/Brugal
• 2 Lime Wedges
• Coke

Use a Tall glass, add the ingredients over plenty of Ice

 

Pina Colada

• 25ml Light Rum
• 25ml Malibu
• 2 Lime Wedges
• 50ml Pineapple juice
• 50ml Coconut Cream

Combine all of the ingredients into a shaker with Ice and shake the hell out of it for 12 seconds!

Dark and Stormy

 

There you go folks. There’s 6 very simple Rum Cocktails you can get your lips around today! There are plenty of others too. This list could be endless.

Have a great National Rum Day.  I’ll see you on the other side…