Planter's Punch

Planter’s Punch

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An official IBA cocktail, the Planter’s Punch originated in Jamaica and has a simple rhyme to remember the ingredients; “one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong and four of weak”.

Ingredients

15 ml (½ oz) freshly squeezed lime juice
30 ml (1 oz) sugar cane juice (or sugar syrup)
45 ml (1½ oz) Jamaican rum
60 ml (2 oz) water

Directions

Fill a glass with ice.

Pour the ingredients over the ice and stir gently to combine.

The 95th

The 95th

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Our very own cocktail created and named in honour of the 95th Regiment of Foot, which saw honourable service in the Peninsular War and elsewhere, becoming the forerunner of the modern British soldier.

Ingredients

30 ml dark/aged rum
40 ml Assam black tea, brewed and cooled
20 ml ruby port
15 ml Licor 43
5 ml honey syrup

Directions

Place ice in a tumbler (if you want the cocktail chilled; this one is very good when served with the tea still a little warm).

Add the dark/aged rum, ruby port and Licor 43 to the tumbler.

Add the brewed and cooled Assam black tea.

Add a dash of honey syrup and gently stir.

Bahama Mama

Bahama Mama

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A tropical and fruity cocktail ideal for lazy days at the beach.

Ingredients

45 ml dark rum
30 ml white rum
30 ml coconut rum
60 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
30 ml pineapple juice
15 ml grenadine syrup
Orange slice for garnish

Directions

Fill a hurricane glass with ice.

Pour in the dark rum, white rum and coconut rum.

Add the orange and pineapple juices.

Finish with a splash of grenadine.

Garnish the glass with an orange wheel.

Rum Sour

Rum Sour

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A simple three-ingredient classic which manages to be both sweet and tart; best made with a quality dark rum.

Ingredients

60 ml dark rum
22.50 ml freshly squeezed lemon juice
22.50 ml simple syrup
1 lemon wheel
1 marashino cherry
1 mint sprig

Directions

Half-fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

Add all ingredients and shake until well-chilled.

Strain into a tumbler.

Garnish with lemon twist, maraschino cherry and sprig of mint. (optional)

Gunpowder and Sand

Gunpowder and Sand

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A variant of the Blood and Sand which is perfect for Guy Fawkes Night which replaces the Scotch with a gunpowder strength dark rum.

Ingredients

45 ml Pussers Gunpowder Proof Rum
15 ml cherry brandy
15 ml sweet vermouth
20 ml freshly squeezed orange juice

Directions

Add ice to a cocktail shaker.

Add all ingredients and to the shaker and shake until chilled.

Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

Dark 'n' Stormy

Dark ‘n’ Stormy (Safe Harbour)

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Very similar to the Moscow Mule except this uses dark rum instead of vodka. Known as a Safe Harbour when made with a rum other than Gosling’s Black Seal.

Ingredients

60 ml dark rum
120-150ml ginger beer
Lime wedge for garnish

Directions

Fill a highball glass with ice.

Add the ginger beer to the glass.

Layer the dark rum on top of the ginger beer and give it a swirl.

Garnish with a lime ledge.

Painkiller

Painkiller

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The original Painkiller was created in the 1970s at the Soggy Dollar Bar at White Bay on the island of Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands; the Painkiller is one of a very small number of trademarked cocktails.

Ingredients

60 ml dark rum
120 ml pineapple juice
30 ml freshly squeezed orange juice
30 ml cream of coconut
Grated nutmeg for garnish
Pineapple wedge for garnish

Directions

Half fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

Add the rum, pineapple and orange juices along with the cream of coconut to the shaker.

Shake briefly but vigorously to combine.

Strain into a hurricane glass over crushed ice.

Garnish with grated nutmeg and a pineapple wedge.