Rum

  • Mounds Bar

    ByThe Barkeep

    Reader Darci share a bit of our childhood in an adult incarnation. Amazing, it does taste like a Mounds Bar. Ad a bit of amaretto and you’ve got an Almond Joy.

    Ingredients

    2 oz Parrot Bay Coconut Rum
    1 oz Godiva Chocolate Liquor

    Instructions

    Pour over ice in a highball or bucket glass and sip!

    Thanks, Darci!… Read more

  • Movie MILFs and the Cocktails That Love Them

    ByThe Barkeep

    Happy Mother’s Day!

    To help celebrate, X-Rate Fusion Liqueur created cocktails in honor of our favorite MILFs from TV and Film.

      Sweet Ben’s Pink Lemonade – Mrs Robinson in The Graduate, played by Anne Bancroft The Dean’s Wife – Marion Wormer in Animal House, played by Verna Bloom X Meeting Mrs. Bing – Chandler’s Mom in Friends, played by Morgan Fairchild The X-Rated Rec Room – Stifler’s mom in American Pie,
    … Read more

  • Sweet & Salty

    ByThe Barkeep


    This is Toni’s favorite summer cocktail. I know it is a bit early, but Memorial Day is just around the corner. (We just love summer.)

    Ingredients
      1 ½ oz White Bacardi rum (or your favorite rum) 1 lemon Salt Coke Squirt
    Instructions

    Fill a pint glass to the top with ice. Cut lemon in half and squeeze half of the lemon into the glass coating the ice. Pour your shot in and then fill the … Read more

  • Apple Pie Shot

    ByThe Barkeep

    Elizabeth sent us this “build in the mouth” shot. Yes, you mix it right into the drinkers mouth. Of course, shaken over ice and served in a shot glass works too.

    Ingredients
      ½ oz Captain Morgan spiced rum ½ oz apple juice Whipped cream Cinnamon
    Instructions

    Pour apple juice into mouth, followed by the Captain Morgan, and top it off with some whipped cream and cinnamon. Close mouth and swish and swallow.

    Thanks, Elizabeth!… Read more

  • Video of the Week – Thirsty Traveler

    ByThe Barkeep

    Oops!

    There used to be a video here, but the Thirsty Traveler doesn’t want you to see it. Sorry. They partnered with a company that asked me to promote the show for free, which I did. Now they don’t need us (so they say) and told us our use of the videos was unauthorized. Yet, they gave us implied right to use it by sending us their code. Embed codes were also available to all … Read more

  • 2008 Best Picture Cocktails

    ByThe Barkeep

    For the 2nd year in a row, Pernod-Ricard has created a tasty cocktail for each of the best picture nominees. Perfect for your Oscar party

    The June-Go Citrus Splash

    (Created in honor of the Academy Award-nominated film Juno.)

    Instructions

    1 part Malibu Mango Rum
    1 part Malibu Pineapple Rum
    Fill with orange juice

    Ingredients

    Combine ingredients in a highball glass over ice.

    Recipe & photo credit: Malibu Rum

    Killer Coco Chai

    (Created in honor … Read more

  • Great White

    ByThe Barkeep

    This week we feature a new rum drink sent in by Jennifer. The mix of spiced rum, vanilla, coconut milk and nutmeg makes me think back to warm Caribbean afternoons siting on the beach and drinking one of these.

    Ingredients
      1 ½ oz spiced rum ¾ oz vanilla syrup (like the kind used in coffee drinks) 3 oz coconut milk Dash of nutmeg (garnish)
    Instructions

    Combine the rum, vanilla syrup, and coconut milk in a … Read more

  • 2007 – A Drinker’s Look Back

    ByThe Barkeep

    As we close the bar on 2007, I felt it appropriate to take a look back. Sure everyone does these lists, but it is fun to look at the year that was. I I figure, hey! why not?

    So with out further ado, here are some of my favorites from 2007.

    Cheers!

    January
    – Gin, The New Vodka?
    – Super Bowl Cocktails
    – Top 10 US Party Cities

    February
    – Suck & Blow
    – Presidential … Read more