#rum

#rum

Punch is a host's secret weapon: It can be made in advance, frees you from bartending duty all night and sets the tone with a festive centerpiece. Plus, it's endlessly adaptable to the season, like an allspice-and-rye blend (see the Sand Dunes Punch recipe below) that tastes like Christmas ladled into a cup. As Vince Polizzi, bar manager at Adrift Tiki Bar and a punch enthusiast, puts it: "Punches are a communal drink - and the holidays are innately communal."

It adds a caramel flavor profile to the pancakes-almost similar to a flapjack without all the butter,

There's nothing quite like infusing coconut flavor into cocktails! It brings a creamy body and a tropical vibe to drinks of all kinds. It's a natural to pair with rum, like with the classic pina colada. But you can also try more unique coconut rum cocktails like the Bushwacker, or even a coconut margarita or martini! I've been perfecting coconut cocktails for years,

Bermuda has a longstanding reputation for its drinking culture, particularly centered around Gosling's Black Seal rum, first created in the 1850s. This molasses-colored spirit is essential to Bermuda's signature cocktails, notably the dark n' stormy and the rum swizzle, which are staples in every local bar and restaurant.

Crafted from a selection of reserves distilled in 2013 and aged for a full decade in ex-bourbon and ex-whiskey casks, Single Vintage 2013 showcases a meticulous approach to blending and aging. The result is a rich, complex sipping rum that proves time and technique are still two of the finest ingredients in the game.