Rum, the distilled spirit made from sugarcane molasses or sugarcane juice, is the ingredient in many of our favorite cocktails, from mojitos and daiquiris to cool and refreshing piña coladas. Many Americans probably assume ubiquitous Bacardi or Captain Morgan would be the world's best-selling rum, but you'd be wrong.
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."
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.
