THE WITCHING HOUR
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) The Kraken Black Spiced Rum
¾ oz (22 ml) lemon juice
¾ oz (22 ml) Vanilla Syrup, Recipe follows
10 fresh blackberries, save 1 for garnish
Instructions
- In a cocktail shaker, combine all ingredients. Shake vigorously with ice to smash berries and double strain using a fine strainer into a champagne flute. Garnish with reserved blackberry.
- To make VANILLA SYRUP: Boil 2 cups (500 ml) of water with 1 scored vanilla pod until reduced to 1 cup (250 ml). Remove vanilla pod. Add 1 cup (250 ml) sugar, simmer to dissolve. Store in refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.
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PEOPLE’S COCKTAIL 2.0
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 small piece fresh ginger
1½ oz (45 ml) Havana Club Añejo Reserva rum
1½ oz (45 ml) fresh carrot juice
½ oz (15 ml) fresh lemon juice
½ oz (15 ml) Honey Ginger Syrup
1 dash of Angostura bitters
lemon twist, for garnish
Instructions
- Place ginger in bottom of a cocktail shaker, muddle it briefly. Add remaining ingredients to shaker, add ice, shake and double-strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
- For HONEY GINGER SYRUP: In a saucepan, bring 2 cups (500 ml) each honey and water to a boil. Add about 1 cup (250 ml) of roughly chopped fresh ginger. Let stand for about 10 minutes. Strain off chunks of ginger and store, refrigerated for up to a month.
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THE MARY PICKFORD COCKTAIL
This Prohibition-era cocktail was created for the Canadian-American film star known as “America’s Sweetheart” by a bartender at the Hotel Nacional in Cuba during the actress’s visit to Cuba in the 1920s.Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) white rum
1½ oz (45 ml) pineapple juice
1 tsp (5 ml) grenadine
½ tsp (2 ml) maraschino liqueur
Instructions
- Place ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a maraschino cherry, if desired.
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PASSION COCONUT FIZZLE
Ingredients
Serves 1
PINEAPPLE COCONUT FOAM:
6¾ oz (200 ml) full-fat coconut milk
10 oz (300 ml) pineapple juice, strained
½ oz (15 ml) lemon juice, strained
¼ cup (60 ml) granulated sugar
PASSION FIZZLE:
1 oz (30 ml) Bacardí Maestro white rum
1 oz (30 ml) passion fruit purée
½ oz (15 ml) simple syrup
ice cubes
½ cup (125 ml) crushed ice
2 oz (60 ml) plain soda water
Instructions
- To make PINEAPPLE COCONUT FOAM: Combine coconut milk, pineapple and lemon juice and sugar in a bowl. Stir until sugar is completely dissolved. Transfer to a 2 cup (500 ml) whipping cream dispenser and charge with one No. 2 charge. Chill dispenser until very cold, about 15 –30 minutes. Shake well and dispense when needed. When ready to serve, combine rum, purée, syrup and ice cubes in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously, strain and pour over crushed ice in a Collins glass. Top with soda and a piping of Pineapple Coconut Foam. Serve immediately.
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ROYAL MANDATE
Ingredients
Serves 1
granulated sugar
1 lemon slice
3 tbsp (45 ml) Havana Club 7 rum
1½ tsp (7 ml) Crème de Cassis
1½ tsp (7 ml) Fernet Branca
4 tsp (20 ml) lemon juice
2 tsp (10 ml) honey syrup
ice cubes
orange zest, for garnish
Instructions
- Run a cut lemon along one half of the rim of a glass. Dip in sugar to coat half the rim. Combine remaining ingredients except for orange zest in a cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into tall sugar-rimmed glass. Garnish and serve immediately.
- To make HONEY SYRUP: Combine 2⅓ cups (590 ml) honey and 1⅔ cups (400 ml) hot water in a glass container large enough to hold contents. Stir until dissolved. Can be refrigerated for up to 6 weeks.
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ST. SPIRITO
Ingredients
Serves 1
1 oz (30 ml) El Dorado 15 Year Guyana Demerera Rum
1 oz (30 ml) Averna Amaro
½ oz (15 ml) Chambord
¾ oz (22 ml) lime juice
¼ oz (7 ml) simple syrup
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
1-in (2.5 cm) piece orange peel
Instructions
- Stir ingredients, except for orange peel, in a shaker glass with ice. Shake and strain into a cocktail coupe glass filled with ice. Twist orange peel over the top of the drink to express the oils.
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DARK ARMY NO. 2
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Lemon Hart Demerara Rum
1 oz (30 ml) Giffard Ginger of the Indies Liqueur
2 oz (60 ml) mango nectar
½ oz (15 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 pinch garam masala
2 oz (60 ml) ginger beer
1 fresh lemon wheel, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine rum, liqueur and juices with ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake hard and fast until cold. Fine strain into a frozen metal cup and top with ginger beer. Dust drink surface with garam masala and place lemon wheel on cup edge as garnish.
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MELON CRUSH COCKTAIL
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Bacardi Maestro Rum
1 oz (30 ml) Bols Melon Liqueur
¾ oz (22 ml) fresh lime juice
8 green grapes, plus extra for garnish, optional
1 melon slice, for garnish, optional
Instructions
- Place grapes in a cocktail shaker and muddle well. Combine rum, melon liqueur and lime juice and shake with ice until very cold. Double strain over new ice in a collins glass and garnish with either a slice of melon or grapes.
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HOT APPLE CIDER
Ingredients
Serves 12
10 whole cloves
5 whole allspice, gently cracked
1 whole star anise
½ cinnamon stick
1 orange, peel only, pith removed
1 lemon, peel only, pith removed
1 small piece ginger, peeled and sliced into 2 coins
1 x 12-in (30 cm) cheesecloth square
1 x 4-in (10 cm) string
4¼ cups (1.25 L) organic apple juice
¼ cup (60 ml) cranberry juice
3 tbsp (45 ml) organic maple syrup
12 oz (360 ml) Appleton Estate Rum
Instructions
- Place cloves, allspice, star anise, cinnamon stick, ginger, orange and lemon peel into centre of cheesecloth, then gather corners and tie with string to create a sachet.
- Into an 8-cup (2 L) pot, add apple juice, cranberry juice and maple syrup. Then add sachet of spices and citrus peels and bring to a boil. Reduce to simmer for an additional 20 to 30 minutes.
- Remove sachet from pot, but do not discard, you can reuse sachet if needed.
- Using a ladle, measure about 4 oz (120 ml) hot spiced cider into a cup or mug and add 1 oz (30 ml) rum per serving. Store any unused cider in a sealed bottle in refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
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MACUA COLADA
Ingredients
Serves 1
1½ oz (45 ml) Flor de Caña 5 year old
1½ oz (45 ml) guava juice
½ oz (15 ml) fresh lime juice
1 oz (30 ml) Coconut Almond Milk
chocolate bitters, to top
chocolate curls, for garnish
Chocolate-Coconut Rim
Instructions
- Shake first 4 ingredients on ice and strain over crushed ice in a Collins glass. Garnish with chocolate curls and a Chocolate-Coconut Rim.
- To make COCONUT ALMOND MILK: Heat ½ cup (125 ml) coconut water and add 1 cup (250 ml) sugar. Stir to dissolve. This will make your coconut water syrup. Add equal parts almond milk to coconut water syrup.
- To make CHOCOLATE-COCONUT RIM: Blend together 1 tsp (5 ml) coconut flakes, 1 tsp (5 ml) cocoa powder, 1 tbsp (15 ml) raw sugar. Store in a glass jar. To rim glass, pour some mixture on a plate. Wet half the outside of the glass rim with a lime slice and dip rim into sugar.