Rum-Based Cocktails

Question 1

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Cable Car?

Answer 1

1.5 oz Captain Morgan
3/4 oz Marie Brizard Orange Curaçao
1 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup

Rim a Cocktail Glass with Cinnamon and Sugar. Shake ingredients and strain into Cocktail Glass and Garnish with Orange Twist

Question 2

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Corn ‘n’ Oil?

Answer 2

2 oz Blackstrap Rum (Cruzan)
1/2 oz Velvet Falernum
1/4 oz Lime Juice
2-3 dashes of Angostura Bitters

Build over ice-filled Lowball and Garnish with Lime Wedge

Question 3

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Cuba Libre?

Answer 3

1.5 oz White Rum
Coca-Cola

Pour rum over ice in a Highball and fill with cola. Garnish with Lime Wedge.

Question 4

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Daiquiri?

Answer 4

2 oz Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
3/4 oz Simple Syrup

Shake all ingredients and strain into Cocktail Glass. Garnish with Lime Wedge/Wheel

Question 5

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Daiquiri Floridita?

Answer 5

1.5 oz White Rum
1 tsp. White Sugar
Juice of 1/2 Lime
5 dashes Maraschino Liqueur

Mix with ice and blend. Serve in Cocktail glass.

Question 6

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Dark ‘n’ Stormy?

Answer 6

2 oz Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
1/2 oz Lime Juice (optional)
Ginger Beer

Question 7

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for an El Presidente?

Answer 7

1.5 oz Rum
3/4 oz Dry Vermouth
1/2 oz Curaçao Liqueur
1 bar spoon Grenadine

Stir with ice and strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with an orange peel.

Question 8

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Hemingway Daiquiri?

Answer 8

2 oz White Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Grapefruit Juice
1/2 oz Maraschino 
1/4 oz Simple Syrup

Question 9

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Hurricane?

Answer 9

4 oz Dark Jamaican Rum
2 oz Lemon Juice
2 oz Passion Fruit Syrup

Shake with ice and pour into a hurricane glass without straining. Garnish with a lemon wheel.

Question 10

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Mai Tai?

Answer 10

1 oz Dark Jamaican Rum
1 oz Amber Martinique Rum
1 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Curaçao Liqueur
1/4 oz Orgeat Syrup
1/4 oz Rock Candy Syrup

Shake with crushed ice and pour without straining into an Old Fashioned Glass, garnished with Spent Half Lime (Submerged) and a Mint Sprig.

Question 11

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Mary Pickford?

Answer 11

1.5 oz White Rum
1.5 oz Unsweetened Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Maraschino
1/4 oz Grenadine

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnished with a Cherry

Question 12

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Mojito?

Answer 12

1.5 oz White Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
2 tsp. Sugar
8-10 Mint Leaves
Soda Water

Muddle mint, lime and sugar, add ice and rum, and top with soda in a Highball Glass. Garnish with a Mint Sprig.

Question 13

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Queen’s Park Swizzle?

Answer 13

3 oz Rum (preferably Demerara)
1/2 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
8-10 Mint Leaves
3-4 dashes Angostura bitters

Place all ingredients in a Highball, add a scoopful of crushed ice and swizzle. Add more crushed ice and garnish with Mint Sprig and Straw.

Question 14

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Piña Colada?

Answer 14

1 oz White Rum
1 oz Cream of Coconut
3 oz Pineapple

Shake all ingredients with crushed ice or blend until smooth.Pour into a Hurricane Glass and Garnish with a Pineapple Wedge and Cherry

Question 15

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Planter’s Punch?

Answer 15

2 oz. Dark Rum
1 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Grenadine
1/2 bar spoon Sugar

Shake all ingredients and strain into an ice-filled Highball Glass. Garnish with Lime Wheel

Question 16

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Scorpion?

Answer 16

6 oz Light Rum
1 oz Brandy
6 oz Orange Juice
4 oz Lemon Juice
1.5 oz Orgeat Syrup
16 oz Crushed Ice

Blend all ingredients for 10 seconds and Pour into a Scorpion Bowl. Garnish with Gardenias.

Question 17

What are the ingredients, proper glassware, and garnish for a Zombie?

Answer 17

1.5 oz Gold Puerto Rican Rum
1.5 oz Aged Jamaican Rum
1 oz Lemon Hart 151
3/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Don’s Mix
1/2 oz Falernum
1 tsp. Grenadine
1/8 tsp. Pernod
1 dash Angostura Bitters
6 oz. Crushed Ice

Blend all ingredients and serve into a Highball Glass. Garnish with a Mint Sprig.