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USVI + AMERICAN CRAFT RUM RECIPES

Made with Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

Rum Runner

Rum runner

1 oz Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

1 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

1 oz Banana Liqueur

1 oz Blackberry Liqueur

1 oz Pineapple Juice

1 oz Orange Juice

splash of grenadine

.5 oz Vida Caña 8 year (optional)

Add all ingredients to a shaker with ice, shake, pour into an ice filled hurricane or pint glass.
Float with .5 oz of 8 Year (optional).
Garnish with fruit.

Pina Colada

piña colada

1.5 oz Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

2 oz Coconut Cream

2 oz Pineapple Cream

Add to ice in a blender or shaker. Can be served frozen or on the rocks.

Mai Tai

Mai Tai

1.5 oz Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

.75 oz Orange Curaco

.75 oz Lime Juice

.75 oz Orgeat

.5 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

Add ice, lime juice, orange curaco, shake and pour over ice. Float 8 year rum.
Garnish with lime.

Hurricane

Hurricane

2 oz Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

2 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

1 oz Lime Juice

1 oz Orange Juice

.5 oz Passionfruit

.5 oz Simple Syrup

.25 oz grenadine

Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice, strain, and pour over ice.
Garnish with half orange wheel and cherry.

Bird of Paradise

Bird of Paradise

1 oz Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

1 oz Aperol

1 oz Pineapple Juice

.5 oz Lime Juice

.5 oz Simple Syrup

Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice, strain, and pour over ice.
Garnish with pineapple leaves and cherry.

Painkiller

Painkiller

2 oz Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

1 oz Coconut Cream

1 oz Orange Juice

4 oz Pineapple Juice

Hand shake, pour over ice.
Garnish with grated nutmeg and pineapple wedge.

Mermaid Water

Mermaid Water

2 oz Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

Splash of Coconut Rum

2 oz Pineapple Juice

Splash of Lime Juice

Splash of Blue Curacao

Shake or stir and pour over ice.
Garnish with orange wheel or wedge.

Where there's smoke

Where There's Smoke

2 oz Vida Caña 2 Year Rum

1 tsp Luxardo

.5 tsp Mezcal

2 dashes Habanero Shrub Bitters
(Bittermans Hellfire)

Mix all ingredients together in stirring glass, then pour over large ice cube in lowball rocks glass.
Garnish with fresh red jalapeño for color.

--- Inspired by the sunset

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RUM RECIPES

Made with Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

Dominican Donkey

Dominican Donkey

2 oz Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

1 oz Lime Juice

1 oz Ginger Beer

Splash of Agave or Simple Syrup

Topo Chico

Stir first four ingredients and pour over ice. Top with Topo Chico.

Tortuga

Tortuga

1.5 oz Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice

2 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice

.5 oz Agave Syrup

Shake all ingredients together with ice, then strain into a coupe glass.

Ripple in Thyme

Ripple In Thyme

1.5 oz Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

.5 oz Lemon Juice

.5 oz Thyme Simple Syrup

5 Blackberries

3 Dashes of Bitters

Muddle blackberries in shaker,
add the rest of the ingredients.
Then shake and strain, splash with soda.

Cana 75

cAñA 75

1.5 oz Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

.75 oz Ginger Liqueur

Splash of Lemon Juice

Splash of Honey Simple Syrup

Champagne or Prosecco

Shake first 4 ingredients in a shaker of ice. Strain into chilled coupe.
Top with champagne.

Blueberry Mojito

Blueberry Mojito

2 oz Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

1 oz Lime Juice

1 oz Simple Syrup

Mint

Blueberries

In a shaker, muddle blueberries, mint, and simple sugar. Add rum, lime juice and ice and shake well. Strain into a glass. Garnish with mint and blueberries. 

Sunset Sour

Sunset Sour

2 oz Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

.75 oz Simple Syrup

1 egg white (optional)

.5 oz Red Wine

Add rum, lemon, simple syrup and egg white (optional) into shaker with ice, shake until well chilled. Strain into glass over fresh ice. Slowly pour red wine over the back of a spoon so the wine floats on top of the drink.

Hemingway Daiquiri

Hemingway Daiquiri

2 oz Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

.5 oz Maraschino Liqueur

.75 oz Lime Juice

.5 oz Grapefruit Juice

Shake all ingredients in shaker with ice, strain, and pour over ice. Garnish with lime wheel.

CAble Car

Cable Car

1.5 oz Vida Caña 9 Year Rum

1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice

.75 oz Orange Curacao 

.5 oz Simple Syrup

1/8 tsp Ground Cinnamon

1/8 tsp Sugar

Combine cinnamon and sugar in a wide bowl. Rub the rim of the glass with lime and dip in cinnamon sugar mix. Add rum, lemon, orange curacao and simple syrup in shaker with ice, strain and pour over ice. Garnish with an orange peel

--- Inspired by a calm evening

ANDEAN BLEND RUM RECIPES

Made with Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

Andean Oil

Andean Oil

2 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

1 oz Cold Brew Coffee

Splash of Ginger Liqueur

Splash of Banana Liqueur

3 Dashes of Vanilla Extract

Combine all ingredients in a shaker of ice. Shake and strain into chilled coupe.

El Presidente

El Presidente

1.5 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

.75 oz Blanc Vermouth

.25 oz Orange Curacao

2 Dashes of Grenadine

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass with ice and stir until well chilled.

Confusion

Confusion

2 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

1 tsp Dolfi Cassis

1/2 tsp Cointreau

2 dashes Peychaud bitters

Mix ingredients together in a shaker over ice. Shake vigorously for 20 seconds and pour strained over chilled coupe. Garnish with fresh orange zest.

la boveda

La Boveda

1.5 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

.25 oz Aperol

.75 oz Carpano Antica

2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters

Stir and pour over ice.
Garnish with orange zest.

Corn and Oil

Corn N Oil

2 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

.5 oz Falernum

.5 oz Lime Juice

3 Dashes of Angostura Bitters

Fill a glass with ice. Add rum, falernum, lime juice and bitters and stir. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Planters Punch

Planters Punch

3 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

1 oz Simple Syrup

.75 oz Lime Juice

1 tsp Grenadine

3 Dashes of Angostrua Bitters

Splash of Club Soda

Add rum, simple syrup, lime juice, grenadine and bitters to shaker with ice. Shake until well chilled. Strain into glass over crushed ice. Top with soda water. Garnish with mint sprig.

Black Walnut Rum old fashioned

Black Walnut Rum Old Fashioned

2 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

.25oz Simple Syrup

2 Dashes of Black Walnut Bitters

Add simple syrup and bitters to glass, fill with ice and stir. Add rum and stir for 30 seconds. Pour over large cube of ice. Garnish with orange peel and/or Luxardo cherry.

Dark and Stormy

Dark N Stormy

2 oz Vida Caña 8 Year Rum

3 oz Ginger Beer

.5 oz Lime Juice

Add ice, lime, ginger beer, and rum to a glass. Garnish with lime.

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