Rum has recently made a trendy resurgence in the cocktail scene, so what better way to see what they hype is about than mixing up these tasty libations. Here are a few signature rum-based cocktails from some of Miami’s most acclaimed restaurants and award-winning bars.
Spiced Pineapple Daiquiri from Sweet Liberty
Ingredients
- .5 oz. Plantation pineapple
- .5 oz. Chairman’s Reserve spiced rum
- .5 oz. Angostura 1919 rum
- .5 oz. Giffard pineapple
- .5 oz. pineapple juice
- .5 oz. lime juice
- .25 oz. spiced pineapple syrup
- Barspoon pineapple vinegar
- 3 dashes saline
Directions
Build all ingredients in tin with ice. Shake very hard & fine strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a half pineapple moon.
Chili Passion Martini from Jaya at The Setai
Ingredients
- 1.0 oz House Made Chili and lemongrass-infused ALB Vodka
- 1.0 oz Passion Fruit Rum
- 0.75 oz Passion Fruit Purée
- 0.5 oz Cranberry juice
- 0.25 oz Ginger Syrup, Chili Flakes
Directions
Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass. Add Chili flakes. Shake with ice and pour into a Martini glass. Garnish with Thai chili.
Mo’jito Mo’problems from Catch Miami Beach
Ingredients
- .25 oz Selvarey White Rum
- .25 oz Bacardi 8 year
- 1 oz Santa Teresa 1796
- .25 oz Hennessy VS
- 1 oz Toasted Coconut Water Cordial
- .75 oz lime juice
- 5 Dashes absinthe
- 6 mint leaves
Directions
Build all ingredients into a tin shaker. Shake and strain into glass over crushed ice. Garnish with toasted coconut shavings and mint sprig.
Kiss & Tell from Giselle Miami
Ingredients
- 8 Mint leaves bruised in tin
- 1 oz Strawberry Syrup
- 1 oz Lime
- 2 oz Papa’s Pilar Dark Rum
Directions
Build in tin and strain, serve over a large ice cube. Garnish with ½ Strawberry and Mint Sprig.
Lady Day from Red Rooster Overtown
Ingredients
- 2 oz rum
- 1 cup Mango Chunks
- 1 oz Coconut Shrub
- 1 oz Simple Syrup (adjust to taste)
- Coconut flakes (garnish)
Directions
In a blender, combine all ingredients with ice. Blend until smooth. Pour the blended mixture into a chilled glass, and garnish with coconut flakes.
Prepare the Coconut Shrub: Combine 1 cup coconut water, 1 cup sugar, and 1 cup white wine vinegar in a saucepan. Heat until the sugar is dissolved, let it cool, and then strain into a bottle.
Mojito from Night Swim at citizenM Miami Worldcenter
Ingredients
- 2 oz White Rum
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 0.5 oz simple syrup
- 5 mint leaves
- Club Soda
- 5 mint leaves
- Lime slices
Directions
Lightly muddle the mint in the bottom of a cocktail shaker until aromatic. Add the rum, lime juice, simple syrup, a handful of ice and shake. Strain into a glass filled with ice. Top with a splash of club soda and garnish with lime slices and more mint.
