23 Sep Rum Runner
Which rum is best for a Rum Runner?
The combination of two or three best rums for the Rum Runner is right on target for its mythos. Usually a light and a dark combination works well like the Dos Maderas 5+3 and the 5+5. You need a good amount of richer rum to stand up to the rest of the juices and modifiers.
About Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum and 5+5
Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum blends the lighter Baja Rum with the richer Guyana style and ages for 5 years in the Caribbean followed by 3 years in Jerez, Spain in Palo Cortado casks. The smooth character of the 5+3 is awash with pleasant vanilla, hazelnut, coconut and subtle maple. The 5+5 Rum is triple aged with a finish in PX Sherry casks giving it a dried fig and chocolate edge.
About Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum and 5+5
Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum blends the lighter Baja Rum with the richer Guyana style and ages for 5 years in the Caribbean followed by 3 years in Jerez, Spain in Palo Cortado casks. The smooth character of the 5+3 is awash with pleasant vanilla, hazelnut, coconut and subtle maple. The 5+5 Rum is triple aged with a finish in PX Sherry casks giving it a dried fig and chocolate edge.
Ingredients to make a Rum Runner drink using a shaker
6 fresh blackberries
1.5 oz.Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum
.5 oz. Dos Maderas 5+5 Rum
1 oz. Crème de Banane (preferably Tempus Fugit)
1 oz. fresh pineapple juice
.5 oz. fresh orange juice
.5 oz. fresh lime juice
.25 oz. pomegranate based grenadine using honey (instructions below)
Rum Runner Recipe - Step by step how to prepare a shaken Rum Runner drink in a shaker
1.
Heat up an ounce of pomegranate juice and add to one ounce of honey. Stir until fully integrated and let cool.
2.
Chill a Collins or Hurricane glass
3.
Cut a lime in half and juice your limes.
4.
Cut an orange in half, keep a slice for garnish, and juice your orange
5.
Break down a ripe pineapple. Keep a wedge for your garnish later and juice the rest
6.
Add blackberries to your shaker and muddle.
7.
Add the rest of your ingredients to your shaker (using just .25 oz. of the pomegranate-honey grenadine)
8.
Fill shaker with cracked ice
9.
Shake vigorously for 15 seconds
10.
Double-strain, using a fine mesh strainer to remove excess pulp and ice shards, into your chilled glass.
11.
Fill glass with cracked ice, pebble ice or crushed ice.
12.
Garnish with a pineapple wedge, a half orange slice wrapped around a fresh blackberry and the end of a peeled banana, peels pulled up to hang on your glass rim.
13.
Serve with a reusable straw.
Ingredients to make a Rum Runner drink using a blender
6 fresh blackberries
1.5 oz. Dos Maderas 5+3 Rum
.5 oz. Dos Maderas 5+5 Rum
.5 oz. Crème de Banane (preferably Tempus Fugit)
A half of a ripe banana sliced up
4 chunks of ripe pineapple (roughly 1” x 1”)
.5 oz. fresh orange juice
.5 oz. fresh lime juice
.25 oz. pomegranate based grenadine using honey (instructions below)
1 ½ cups of crushed ice
Rum Runner Recipe - Step by step how to prepare a blended Rum Runner drink in a blender
1.
Heat up an ounce of pomegranate juice and add to one ounce of honey. Stir until fully integrated and let cool.
2.
Chill a Collins or Hurricane glass
3.
Cut a lime in half and juice your limes.
4.
Cut an orange in half, keep a slice for garnish, and juice your orange
5.
Break down a ripe pineapple. Keep a wedge for your garnish later and juice the rest
6.
Slice up your banana and leave the end for garnish later.
7.
Add the blackberries and the rest of your fruit to your blender.
8.
Add the rest of your ingredients to your blender (using just .25 oz. of pomegranate-honey grenadine).
9.
Blend until smooth.
10.
Pour into your chilled glass.
11.
Garnish with a pineapple wedge, a half orange slice wrapped around a fresh blackberry and the end of a peeled banana, peels pulled up to hang on your glass rim.
12.
Serve with a reusable straw.
History and origins of the Rum Runner
It’s no small wonder that nailing down the precise recipe for the Rum Runner drink presents challenges. It belongs to the kingdom of endlessly improvised fruity rum concoctions which have their kinship in cocktails created during the Prohibition era. The term Rum-Running is sibling to Bootlegging channelling the best forms of booze piracy during Prohibition in America. Cocktails like the Bronx, created during this time, often incorporated more juices and sweeteners which helped mask the less than ideal attributes of the cheap spirit that was tight and available with little consistency. Rum-running as an occupation was lucrative, dangerous and short-lived and thus, lives on in the lore of areas like Key West. The story of the more modern Rum Runner drink creation is documented from 1972 at the Holiday Isle Resort in the Florida Keys and suggests that the bartender simply cobbled together some leftover ingredients that were available at the time and turned them into a tasty drink. You use what you got and make the best of it.
Tips for the Rum Runner Cocktail
Tip 1: For the Rum Runner blender recipe, the use of ripe fresh fruit in lieu of liqueurs or juice, helps create a thicker and creamier texture which is typically more pleasing when blending with crushed ice.
Tip 2: For a less sweet version of the Rum Runner cocktail, leave out the pineapple, which depending on the recipe is often an optional addition. You can also adjust to .75 oz. lime juice if you like your cocktails a bit more sour.
Tip 3: Keep your rum in the freezer beforehand to avoid separation later when making a blender version. Try to keep all ingredients chilled before blending for the same purpose.
Tips for the Rum Runner Cocktail
Tip 1: For the Rum Runner blender recipe, the use of ripe fresh fruit in lieu of liqueurs or juice, helps create a thicker and creamier texture which is typically more pleasing when blending with crushed ice.
Tip 2: For a less sweet version of the Rum Runner cocktail, leave out the pineapple, which depending on the recipe is often an optional addition. You can also adjust to .75 oz. lime juice if you like your cocktails a bit more sour.
Tip 3: Keep your rum in the freezer beforehand to avoid separation later when making a blender version. Try to keep all ingredients chilled before blending for the same purpose.
Rum Runner Variations and types
The most common variations involve swapping out one of your rums to a coconut rum like Cruzan Coconut or a Spiced Rum like Sailor Jerry’s. Consider creating a lower alcohol alternative by swapping out one of your rums with a dry Oloroso Sherry.
Bartending legend and author Dale DeGroff creates a version without any blackberry or orange and with the addition of an egg white and a couple types of bitters.
FAQ
There are a few versions of this recipe out there, some with pineapple and some without. According to Jeff Beachbum Berry’s research, the original did not have pineapple or orange juice in it and used Blackberry Brandy instead of fresh blackberries.
The best glassware is a Collins or Hurricane glass.
Captain McCoy was a highly successful Rum Runner during Prohibition who was purported to never water down his alcohol before selling to buyers which gave him a particularly reliable character in bootlegging business. Thus the phrase was invented.
Al Capone. But in fictional literary circles, Jay Gatsby gives him a run for his money.
Barman John Ebert or “Tiki John” at the Holiday Isle Tiki Bar in Islamorada (now the Postcard Inn) of Key West, Florida is on record as mixing it up in 1972. He created the drink on the spot using leftover ingredients that were at hand and it became a hit.
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