Vodka / Tequila / Gin / Whiskey / Rum
Between the Sheets
1 ounce white rum
1 ounce Cointreau
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1 ounce cognac
Shake well with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a lemon twist.
Brandy Julep
2 teaspoons superfine sugar
1 ounce water
5 to 6 sprigs mint
3 ounces cognac
1/2 tablespoon dark rum
In a chilled glass, dissolve the sugar in the cold water, add 3 mint sprigs and gently crush. Remove crushed mint, and fill the glass with crushed ice, pour in the cognac and stir until the glass frosts. Float the rum on top, and insert remaining sprigs of mint.
Cuba Libre
2 ounces white rum
1 lime(s)
Coca-Cola
Squeeze a lime into glass, add ice cubes, pour in the rum, fill with cold Coca-Cola, and stir.
Daiquiri
2 ounces white rum
1/2 teaspoon superfine sugar
1/2 ounce lime juice
Squeeze the lime into your shaker, stir in the sugar, add the rum, shake well with ice, and strain into glass.
Dark and Stormy
2 ounces dark rum
3 ounces ginger beer
1/2 ounce lime juice
Mix the rum, ginger beer,and the lime juice, in a glass with ice.
El Presidente
1 1/2 ounces white rum
1/2 ounce orange curacao
3/4 ounce French vermouth
1 dash grenadine
Shake all ingredients with cracked ice, strain into a chilled glass.
Eye-Opener
1 1/2 ounces dark rum
1/2 teaspoon orange curacao
1/2 teaspoon apricot liqueur
1 teaspoon grenadine
1 egg yolks
Shake well with cracked ice, then strain into glass.
Florida Punch
1 1/2 ounces dark rum
3/4 ounce cognac
1 1/2 ounces grapefruit juice
1 1/2 ounces orange juice
Shake all ingredients with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Mai Tai
2 ounces dark rum
1 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce orange curacao
1.2 ounce orgeat syrup
1/8 ounce simple syrup
Stir well with cracked ice, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Mojito
1/2 ounce lime juice
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
3 leaves mint
2 ounces white rum
club soda
Muddle lime juice with superfine sugar. Add the mint leaves and crush. Fill glass with ice, pour in the rum, and top off with club soda or seltzer.
Sunshine Cocktail
2 ounces white rum
1/2 ounce French vermouth
1 ounce pineapple juice
1 dash grenadine
Shake all ingredients with cracked ice, strain into a chilled glass.
Zombie
1/2 ounce white rum
1 1/2 ounces golden rum
1 ounce dark rum
1/2 ounce 151-proof rum
1 ounce lime juice
1 teaspoon pineapple juice
1 teaspoon papaya juice
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
Stir together all these ingredients except the 151 and pour into a glass three-fourths full of ice. Float the 151 on top (by pouring it into a spoon and dipping it under the surface of the drink).
