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.

Rum Line

When you think of carefree summer drinks, rum comes to mind. Made in Barbados at the legendary R. L. Seale Distillery, Tommy Bahama Rum’s two delightfully distinct flavors, Tommy Bahama White Sand and Tommy Bahama Golden Sun, are both made with the finest blackstrap molasses and the cleanest, clearest water naturally filtered through coral stone. Tommy Bahama Rums are fermented using specially selected yeast imported from the wine-growing regions of South Africa.

Tommy Bahama White Sand Rum is aged a minimum of two years in American white oak barrels. A clear, light-bodied rum, White Sand has a smooth entry and clean finish with hints of tangy, tropical fruit. Tommy Bahama Golden Sun Rum is a blend of rums aged up to ten years in American white oak barrels. A full-bodied, amber rum, Golden Sun has an elegant, fruity nose and a taste nuanced with hints of coffee, roasted nuts, and sweet pralines. Tommy Bahama Rums have no added sugar or artificial blenders.

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Here are a few recipes to get you started:

Corn n’ Oil (Authentic Drink of Barbados and favorite of Master Distiller Richard Seale’s Father)

2 parts Tommy Bahama Golden Sun Rum

2 parts Velvet Falernum

Dash of bitters

Shake and pour all ingredients over crushed

ice into a rocks glass.



Golden Tea

2½ parts Tommy Bahama Golden Sun Rum

1 part St-Germain elderflower liqueur

Sweet tea

In a tall cocktail glass filled with ice combine

rum and elderflower liqueur. Top with sweet tea

and garnish with a lemon wedge.


As always, please drink and serve responsibly.

A Tropical Rum Wave

Summer is in full swing in the Northern Hemisphere and it's just about time for a tropical looking and tasting drink.

Peachy Keen--Tropical and chilled July Drink of the Month from Tommy Bahama:

1 part Tommy Bahama Golden Suns Rum

1 ½ part peach schnapps

½ parts passion fruit juice

1 part mango juice

1 part fresh orange juice

Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass with ice and shake 20 times and strain into a chilled martini glass.

Garnish with an orchid!

The Rum Season

Summer is a great season for rum drinks. Here is a low-keyed, non-umbrella cocktail that just happens to be Tommy Bahama’s signature drink-of-the-month. Made with Tommy Bahama Rum, an ultra premium spirit from Barbados, these exclusive seasonal cocktails bring the flavor of the islands to your taste buds whether relaxing at Tommy Bahama’s Restaurant and Bar or lounging at home.

JUNE Drink-of-the-Month

A light and refreshing summer cocktail that’s perfect anytime you want to relax and cool off.

2 ½ parts Tommy Bahama Golden Sun^® Rum

1 ¾ parts lemon-lime soda

1 ¾ parts soda water

½ lime freshly squeezed

Mix all ingredients and serve over ice. Garnish with a lime wedge

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