Drink Me: Tasty Rum-Based Refreshments!

Welcome to the ultimate rum-based refreshment roundup! This drink of choice gets a national day of admiration, so if you're in the mood to celebrate, mix up one of these tropical gems!

Sailor Jerry Fatty Hellfire

Ingredients:

3 dashes Tabasco Sauce

.25 oz. Ginger Syrup

.5 oz. Lime Juice

1.5 oz. Sailor Jerry Rum

Directions: Swirl the ingredients in a pint glass and then add ice. Fill your glass in equal proportions with Regatta Ginger Beer and Fire Island Sea Salt Ale. Garnish the drink with a lime wedge and a straw.

Cruzan Pineapple Passion

Ingredients:

2 parts Cruzan Passion Fruit Rum

2 parts Pineapple Juice

1 part Lime Juice

½ part Honey Syrup

2 Pineapple Chunks

Fresh grated Cinnamon

Directions: Combine all the ingredients in a blender with one cup of ice. Blend for 20 seconds. Next, pour the mixture into a cored pineapple and garnish with fresh mint. Slice the top of the pineapple off a half-inch from the top and core the inside of the pineapple.

hint Relaxing Raspberry

Ingredients:

2 oz. Raspberry Rum

6 oz. Raspberry-Lime hint water

Splash of Lime Juice

Yum!

Hard Rock's Tropical Rock

Ingredients:

1 oz. Bacardi Raspberry Rum

1 oz. Banana Liqueur

1 oz. Midori

6 oz. Pina Colada Mix

1 scoop of Ice

Directions: Pour ½ oz. of Midori into the bottom of a glass. Blend the rum, banana liqueur, pina colada mix, and one scoop of ice until it is smooth. Float ½ oz. of the Midori on top, and add a cherry for garnish.

Decadence, served at Marquee New York

Ingredients:

1.5 oz. of Bacardi

.5 oz. Lime Juice

.25 oz. Agave Nectar

3 dashes of Chocolate Bitters

½ cup of Fresh Muddled Strawberries

Directions: Muddle the diced strawberries and then combine all the ingredients in a shaker. Shake and strain up in a cocktail or a coup glass. Garnish the cocktail with a fresh cut strawberry.

Peche, served at LAVO NYC

Ingredients:

2 parts Bacardi Limon

1 part Peach Liqueur

1 part Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice

Barracuda, served at The General in New York City

Ingredients:

1 oz. Brugal Anejo

1 oz. Mount Gay Rum

3.25 oz. Coco-Guava-Lime Mix

4 Dashes Bastard Bitters

Neptune, served at CATCH in New York City

Ingredients:

2 oz. Bacardi 8yr Rum

.75 oz. Passionfruit Puree

.75 oz. Lime Juice

1.25 oz. Honey Syrup

8-10 Mint Leaves

The Forager’s Son, available at W New York - Union Square and Todd English’s Famed Olives, $16

Ingredients:

2 oz. Owney’s Rum

.5 oz. House-Made Black Locust Aji Panca Honey

8 Blueberries

Splash Lemon Juice

Directions: Take a shaker and muddle the blueberries and the honey together. Next, add the rum and ice. Shake the mixture well. Double strain the result into a rocks glass.