There is a fantastic recipe on the Simply Piee blog for Mojito ice lollies.
Brilliant idea and I will be attempting these myself.
This is a fairly simple recipe and it is easy to adjust to your taste. For example, I prefer my mojitos more sour so I put less sugar in the recipe. Also, I love rum so I increased the rum ratio. I should warn you, if you put too much rum, the mixture will not set.
Be sure to head over to the Simply Piee blog to read the full recipe.
As the Spiced Rum variant of Seven Tiki has just been launched in the US (rolling out in California and Florida) I thought I would take the opportunity to review the aged rum.
Seven Tiki Aged Rum is a Fijian rum made with the finest quality Polynesian sugar cane and the purest water in Fiji.
It has a very smooth taste but is full bodied comparable with the larger brands of aged rum. As a sipping rum this is a definite alternative if you’d like to try something different. It doesn’t quite have the same pull for me as the Caribbean rums but as an ingredient in a cocktail or with a mixer this is perfect.
At only £18.62 at the time of writing, it comes in cheaper than most of the big brands and for a premium aged rum that price is incredible.
The Mai Tai cocktail (roughly translated from Tahitian as Out of This World) is a firm favourite with rum fans and cocktail fans in general, the reasons are obvious if you try this cocktail recipe yourself.
A few of these and you will be out of this world too…
Ingredients:
Optional Garnishes:
Half-fill large goblet glass or any tall glass with crushed ice, add the ingredients in the order they are listed above. Then stir well and garnish with what you have, you can just use a mint sprig and lime slice for a more traditional garnish but I like to throw it all in there.
You can substitute the Mount Gay for any quality gold rum.
Enjoy, If the weather improves today I’ll be sampling a couple of Mai Tai cocktails myself this evening.
Everyday Drinkers have recently reviewed Cruzan Aged Dark Rum:
Cruzan’s Aged Dark Rum has a great thick viscosity which compliments the slight sweet vanilla flavors.
… While Cruzan Aged Dark Rum is a fine sipping rum it does lack some of the complexities found in more expensive alternatives.
Read the review at Everyday Drinkers.
Apart from the Cuba Libre (Dark rum and coke, wedge of lime) this is the easiest dark rum cocktail to make but as with most dark rum cocktails is ideal for summer. Very refreshing.
Really easy to do, fill a tall glass with ice then add equal parts Goslings Black Seal Rum and Ginger beer. Garnish with the lime wedge and enjoy.
RumDood has posted the first of a new series called Rum101, in his post he covers his idea of the best rum in all categories.
White Rum – Flor de Cana Extra Dry
Gold Rum – Mount Gay Eclipse / Appleton Estate V/X
Spiced Rum – Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum
Aged Rum – Appleton Estate 12 Year Old
Definitely a very nice selection of rums to get your home bar started. I don’t think I’d change anything in his list, he does suggest Mount Gay Extra Old as a runner up in the Aged category, and that is my current favourite rum.
Be sure to read the post at RumDood.
The Stogie Guys have a fantastic review of Angostura 1824 Limited Reserve Rum on their blog.
This highly esteemed rum honors the year Angostura got its start as a maker of concentrated food and beverage flavorings. The Trinidad & Tobago-based company’s beginnings can be traced back to 1824 when a surgeon general in Simón Bolívar’s Venezuelan army sought to improve the appetite and digestive well-being of the soldiers.
It is made from “the finest mature rums, hand-picked by the master blender from select casks.” Aged in charred American oak bourbon barrels for at least 12 years, the rum is hand-blended and re-casked until it reaches its “optimum maturity” before it is hand-drawn. Each individually numbered bottle of Angostura 1824 is decked out with a gold ornamental medallion and a wax-encased cork. Dark with a brilliant reddish hue, it pours with a pungent nose of sweet, smoky notes that include fruity orange and raisin and creamy honey and vanilla.
Read the review at StogieGuys
This very popular Cuban rum cocktail is perfect for summer, it has wonderful cooling effects whilst still packing quite a kick.
This cocktail was a favourite of writer Ernest Hemingway and is enjoyed by millions as the perfect summer drink.
Ingredients:
Put the mint leaves, sugar and lime juice into a tall glass and muddle together. Add the crushed ice and rum then top up with soda water. Garnish with a mint sprig or leaf.
Feel free to substitute the rum with your favourite brand of dark rum, I would not recommend using navy rum as it is too heavy to do this cocktail justice.