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Serpentine

Yellowish cocktail with a lemon slice garnish

The Serpentine is a grown up cocktail that features rum, brandy and sweet vermouth, with lemon juice to marry them all together. While sweet vermouth definitely doesn’t have everyone’s blessing, this is one recipe that blends it into the whole nicely. Enjoy a Serpentine the next time you’re in the mood for a Sidecar. If ... Read the full article →

Jamaican Me Crazy

Orange-ish cocktail against white background with cocktail stirrer and decorative star

The Jamaican Me Crazy cocktail tastes like Strawberry Banana Starbursts, only better. Two ounces of rum, plus the tartness from the cranberry juice cut the sweetness to keep it under control. This end result is delicious. This is a great drink for whenever you’re in the mood for something fruity but not tropical. Because this ... Read the full article →

Flower of Nippon

Orange cocktail against black background

The Flower of Nippon cocktail blends light rum with several fruity flavors: banana, orange, lime and cherry. Despite the sweetness, it’s a reasonably sophisticated drink. Try a Flower of Nippon the next time you’re in the mood for something like a Screwdriver, but with more complexity. This is a great drink for impressing guests – ... Read the full article →

The End of the World

Whiskey based shot against white background

The End of the World is now available in cocktail form. This is a stiff little shot featuring one and a half ounces of three combined liquors. It by no means tastes bad, but taste certainly isn’t what it’s about. The combination of rum, bourbon whiskey and vodka in equal parts ends up favoring the ... Read the full article →

Flying Kangaroo

Whitish yellow cocktail with straw and pineapple garnish

The Flying Kangaroo is a creamy tropical concoction where the alcohol flavor gets lots in the mixers. The dominant flavors are coconut and pineapple, but the touch of orange juice and herbal liqueur give it a special touch. This drink is a great addition to your repertoire of tropical cocktails. It’s a little more complex ... Read the full article →

Midori Mai Tai

Green cocktail against white background, with grapes

The Midori Mai Tai is a beautiful little chartreuse drink that blends several fruit flavors into a fascinating medley. It’s sweet and tangy, with the mellow notes of the Midori lingering. Enjoy a Midori Mai Tai the next time you’re thinking of a regular Mai Tai, or anytime you want something that’s fruity and tropical, ... Read the full article →

Ruby Runner

Reddish cocktail with cherry and orange garnish

The Ruby Runner is in the same class as the Zombie in terms of alcohol content – nearly 5 ounces – but unlike the Zombie, this one doesn’t have quite enough fruit juice to disguise the alcohol. Which means it doesn’t sneak up on you quite the same way. This is a cocktail for when ... Read the full article →

Hawaiian Tattoo

Pineapple juice based yellow cocktail against white background

The Hawaiian Tattoo is a very light drink, in terms of alcohol – just one ounce of two types of rum. It’s mostly pineapple juice. This drink is a nice choice for light drinkers. The two rums – Tattoo orange and coconut – are as delicious as the pineapple juice, so this drink is very ... Read the full article →

Barbados Cocktail

Pale yellow cocktail garnished with honeydew slice against white background

The Barbados Cocktail is a simple tropical cocktail featuring light rum, triple sec and a touch of pineapple juice. It’s lighter and less sweet than many similar cocktails. Note that this recipe calls for the drink to be stirred rather than shaken, even though it contains a fruit juice. Most drinks with fruit juice are ... Read the full article →

Casa Blanca

Clear cocktail against black background with white scarf

The Casa Blanca cocktail isn’t your typical tropical fruity rum based drink. It mixes the rum and lime with healthy doses of triple sec and maraschino liqueur. If you’ve always assumed maraschino liqueur was a cherry liqueur, it’s actually made from cherry pits and has a more bittersweet almond-like flavor. The triple sec and lime ... Read the full article →

Island Donkey

The Island Donkey cocktail is a blend of chocolate and coconut flavors with a touch of cinnamon. I don’t know about you, but the mere thought of those flavors together starts me drooling. Cinnamon brings out something wonderful in chocolate, and coconut is just fabulous blended with, oh, anything. This is a fabulous dessert drink, ... Read the full article →

Disgruntled Elf

It seems the perfect time of year for a visit from a Disgruntled Elf. Maybe this one is sick to death of being expected to make enough presents for Earth’s increasing population every year without so much as paid time off. He may even be thinking of starting Occupy The North Pole. Whatever happens, he ... Read the full article →

Kali Fury

Yellowish cocktail served in Collins glass

Despite the name, the Kali Fury is actually a rather soothing drink. It’s got plenty of pineapple and orange juice blended with coconut rum and creme de bananes. It’s your typical laid back tropical flavored drink. Enjoy a Kali Fury anytime you want a little liquor with your fruit juice instead of the other way ... Read the full article →

Rum Caviar tutorial

Rum Caviar served in a bowl on a plate with a spoon, like dessert

A friend of mine made something a few months ago that blew my mind. It’s called Rum Caviar, and it’s barely sweetened rum in the form of little golden spheres, just like fish eggs: They stay like that until you eat them, and then they melt deliciously in your mouth with all that rum flavor. ... Read the full article →

Stock Market Crash

Truly a drink for our times, the Stock Market Crash combines the over-hyped and ever profitable Coca Cola with three whiskeys, a liqueur and some black rum. It’s a strong drink – nearly a double – and the cola doesn’t disguise this. The Stock Market Crash is a good choice for when you need a ... Read the full article →

Caribbean Mist

The Caribbean Mist cocktail is one of those drinks that’s all about the flavor, except for the part that’s about the color. It blends citrus, pineapple, lemon and coconut notes into a lovely blue-green liquid reminiscent of the Caribbean sea. I think of this one as a cross between your traditional tropical rum drink and ... Read the full article →

Hawaiian Hammer

The Hawaiian Hammer is one of those sneaky drinks that’s got a lot more kick than you’d think. It’s technically a double, with three ounces of alcohol, but because there’s twice as much fruit juice, it goes down smooth. This drink is a wonderful alternative to traditional tropical rum cocktails. Enjoy it the next time ... Read the full article →

Four Wheeler

The Four Wheeler cocktail blends the flavors of coconut, orange, pineapple and dark rum. It’s thoroughly tropical in flavor, but this is definitely one drink you don’t have to serve in a pretty glass with umbrellas and fruit slices. It’s all about the taste. I think of this one as a wintertime alternative to a ... Read the full article →

Cemetery Cider

Cemetery Cider is, as you might guess, an apple cider-based drink recipe. Where it differs from many similar recipes is that you can make it by the glass instead of in bulk. Think apple cider with spices and orange, and you’ve got an idea of the flavor of Cemetery Cider. But this recipe is shockingly ... Read the full article →

Daiquiri

The term “Daiquiri” has come to be associated with slightly alcoholic fruit smoothies over the years, but that’s not at all what the original recipe called for. The classic Daiquiri is light rum, lime or lemon juice, and a little sugar – that’s it. If you’re used to thinking of Daiquiris as frou-frou cocktails for ... Read the full article →

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