{"id":19214,"date":"2023-08-07T15:10:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T15:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dosmaderas.com\/?p=19214"},"modified":"2023-08-07T15:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T15:21:18","slug":"5-dark-rum-cocktails-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dosmaderas.com\/5-dark-rum-cocktails-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern riffs on classic rum cocktails: 5 Dark rum cocktails 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
\u201cTo riff or not to riff\u201d is often the query of bartenders and mixologists worldwide. Why mess with a classic recipe when it continues to remain so successful to this day?<\/p>
Short answer:<\/strong> Because riffing on recipes is how bartenders express themselves. \u00a0<\/p> Modern riffs on classic rum cocktails are perhaps the most adulterated recipes out there in existence. Consider this: In the post-WWII era, amidst the dawn of the tropical Tiki drinks scene, rum cocktails were all the rage, trendy with everyone from Hollywood A-listers to working-class Joes to Nixon. Successful recipes were often \u201cstolen\u201d and re-created at copycat bars and restaurants. Because copyright and trademark laws hadn\u2019t entirely developed yet, creators would hide their true recipes, even from their own staff, to protect their famous creations from being co-opted elsewhere. \u201cTrader Vic\u201d Bergeron & Donn Beach were famously known for this tactic. Rather than teach their employees how to make their cocktails, they would designate batch recipes and code the ingredients for their employees to work with. When a new \u201cinspired\u201d club or bar would open and attempt to \/ succeed in poaching veteran staff, these workers would try to recreate recipes with tricky guesswork. Riffs of drinks were everywhere, and classic rum cocktails would find themselves varying from cocktail book to cocktail tome with wildly different combinations and several other \u201cbackground\u201d stories leading to their creations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Dark Rum Cocktails often employ a combination of multiple rums to achieve their perfect blend. The distinctive style of each type of dark rum lends itself to be mixed into a \u201cperfect house blend,\u201d depending upon the recipe. For example, a classic Zombie would often employ a lighter rum, a richer Demerara or Jamaican rum, and a higher-proof rum. Terms like \u201cGolden\u201d or \u201cAmber\u201d versus \u201cWhite\u201d or \u201cPuerto Rican\u201d or any other geographical designation were noted with preferences but not always exact brand labels. Dark rum blends pull from various attributes, including the mild vanillin and softer green side of Agricole rums, the \u201chaut-gout\u201d funk of Jamaican rums, the richer spice and molasses character of Demerara rums, the nutty complexity of cask aged rums that see longer oxidation as well as the higher proof and peppery qualities of some overproof cask aged examples. You often elevate your overall drink when you marry a bit of each for a base in a tropical cocktail.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t We launched our series \u201c<\/span>Dos Maderas Two Ways<\/span><\/a>\u201d, a collaboration with five different bartenders\/mixologists from all over the country. Further riffing on our own brand identity, where we are a product of two separate worlds: the Caribbean and Spain, we asked each unique collaborator to create a riff on a classic dark rum cocktail using Dos Maderas rums. Our first guest chose to riff on a classic <\/span>Rum Runner.<\/span><\/a> Pranthik Samal, aka <\/span>@parttimemixologist<\/span><\/a> is a digital creator from the San Francisco Bay area known for his stunning photography and storytelling. We recorded an <\/span>InstaLive<\/span><\/a> together on July 6th.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Documented onto the scene in 1972, the original formula of a Rum Runner incorporated a whole lot of ingredients, rather in the style of <\/span>\u201cgrabbing whatever one can reach on the back bar and mixing it up.\u201d<\/span><\/i> I developed a version of this classic formula for Dos Maderas last year and kept the original components, subbing in more fresh fruit for some of the liqueurs. Read all about it <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p> RUM RUNNER<\/b> developed for Dos Maderas by Chantal Tseng:<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/p> Instructions:<\/span><\/p> \u00a0<\/p> RUM RUNNER<\/b> riff by Pranthik:<\/span><\/p> \u201cThis recipe swaps out the blackberry liqueur \/ muddled blackberries for Guava Puree for additional tropical flavour and adds Allspice Dram to accentuate the spiced flavours that I really enjoyed in the Dos Maderas 5+5.\u201d – Pranthik.<\/span><\/i><\/p> Instructions:<\/span><\/p>
Longer answer:<\/strong> A bit more multifold for both practical form and function but also taste.<\/p>Discover the Perfect Blend: Dark Rum Cocktails<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
What is the perfect dark rum for cocktails?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
5 Dark rum cocktails for 2023: Modern Riffs on classic dark rum cocktails <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Cocktail #1, riffing on the RUM RUNNER by Pranthik Samal<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Cocktail #2, riffing on the JUNGLE BIRD by Chris Parish <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t