The Summer Side of Appleton Estate

It's the time of year when it is still warm to hot but with a hint of cooler weather to come. Appleton Estate Rum makes a refreshing drink for any season.

Here are a few Summer-into-Autumn cocktails to make while you wait for the Hot Buttered Rum Season. Remember? Snow? Cold? Freezing? Snow?

Appleton Reserve Fix                                                                                                                 

6-8 Mint leaves

½ oz Lemon juice (or 3 muddled lemon quarters)                                                                   

¼ oz Grand Marnier

¼ oz Simple syrup

½ oz Pomegranate grenadine

2 oz Appleton Estate Reserve

Garnish: Mint sprig

Glass: Dbl old fashioned

Ice: Crushed ice

Preparation:

Add all ingredients into your shaker by order of the recipe. Add one to two Kold Draft cubes and shake. Strain ingredients into your glass and top with crushed ice till over flowing. Garnish with fragrant beautiful mint sprigs

Shake Down Highball

Muddled fresh berries

.5 Lemon juice

.75 Ginger agave nectar

2oz Appleton Estate Reserve

Top with soda                                                                                                                         

Garnish: 2 raspberries & 1 blackberry on a pick

Glass: Highball

Ice: Kold Draft or cubed ice

The Jamaicanite

1/2oz Lemon juice

Pink grapefruit ½ wheel

3/4oz Honey syrup (2-1 honey to water)

2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters

2 oz Appleton Estate Reserve

Please drink and serve responsibly.

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Hot Buttered Rum

How about a nostalgic, warm cocktail during these cold winter nights?  Consider Hot Buttered Rum made with  Appleton Estate Reserve Jamaica Rum:

Base: Brown Sugar
Butter
Pinch of Salt
Fresh apple cider
Fresh extracted ginger juice
Nutmeg, Allspice
Using 2 tbsp prepared cocktail base, add:
2.0 oz. Appleton Estate Reserve,  6.0 oz. of hot water, Cinnamon                                                                          

Or go a different route and try:

The Presidential Seal


1.5 oz Appleton Estate Reserve
.75 oz Carpano Antica
.75 oz Aperol
Dash of whiskey barrel aged bitters

or

The Oval Office

2 oz Appleton Estate Reserve
1 oz Demerara syrup
1 oz fresh lime juice
.5 Pomm wonderful
1 spoonful maraschino liquor
1 blackberry

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Please drink and serve responsibly.