Homemade Spiced Rum
Homemade Spiced Rum
Apricot Brandy
Bitters
Bourbon
Coffee
Easy
Ginger Beer
Coffee Liqueur
Pineapple
Rum
Vanilla syrup

Making homemade spiced rum with ginger, cinnamon, vanilla and more — and then comparing it to store-bought one. After that I'll try my homemade spiced rum as a cocktail ingredient in the classic Dark ‘n’ Stormy, a twist on the Painkiller, and a bold Spiced Rum Espresso Martini.

Ingredients

Spiced Rum

  • 2 cups / 500 ml Dark aged rum
  • 20 grams of Fresh Ginger root, diced
  • 1 whole Star anise
  • 3 whole Black peppercorns
  • 3 Allspice berries
  • 3 whole Cloves
  • 1 Cinnamon stick
  • 10 grams Vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Dark 'n' Stormy

  • 2 oz. / 60 ml Spiced Rum
  • ½ oz. / 15 ml Lime juice
  • Top up with Ginger beer (about 5 oz. / 150 ml
  • Garnish with a Lime wheel
  • Build, Highball glass with ice

Spiced Rum Painkiller

  • 2 ⅔ oz. / 50 ml Spiced Rum
  • ½ oz. / 15 ml Apricot brandy liqueur
  • 3 oz. / 90 ml Pineapple juice
  • 1 oz. / 30 ml Orange juice
  • ½ oz. / 15 ml Cream of Coconut
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • Garnish with a Pineapple wheel
  • Shake, Tiki glass with ice

Spiced Rum Espresso Martini

  • 1½ oz. / 45 ml Spiced Rum
  • 1 oz. / 30 ml Coffee liqueur (Kahlua or other)
  • 1 oz. / 30 ml Espresso
  • ½ oz. / 15 ml Vanilla syrup
  • Garnish with Coffee beans, if you will
  • Shake, Martini glass