Who's ready to celebrate National Rum Day? Here's some awesome rum cocktail recipes from Zaya Rum!
Zaya Rum is one of the finest sipping rums out there but it also makes for a great rum to use in some premium cocktails. Here's some of our favorite ...
Pineapple Vacay
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces Zaya Rum
- ¾ ounce of lime juice
- ½ ounce of coconut simple syrup
- ½ ounce of pineapple juice
Method
Add all ingredients into shaker
Shake then strain into coupe glass
Garnish and Enjoy
Sip and Sail
Ingredients:
- 1 ⅕ oz. Zaya Rum
- 1 ⅕ oz. White Rum
- 2 oz. Lime Juice
- Muddled Blackberries and Raspberries
- 3 Dashes Allspice Dram
- 1 Egg White
Method:
In a cocktail shaker, add berries and muddle. Then add all other ingredients and dry shake vigorously with no ice. Add ice and shake well again. Double strain with both a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer into a coupe, then dust with cinnamon and garnish with a raspberry and blackberry on a cocktail pick and a torched lime round.
Tropic Trade Winds
Ingredients:
- 1 ¼ oz. Zaya Rum
- 1 ¼ oz. White Rum
- ½ - 1 oz. Apricot Liqueur
- 1 oz. Coconut Cream
- 2 oz. Lemon Juice
- Ice for Shaking
- Crushed Ice for Serving
- Dash of Nutmeg
- Cinnamon Stick Burned
Method:
Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker.
Zaya Ginger Tropic
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces Zaya Rum
- ¾ ounce of lime juice
- 4 ounces of ginger beer
Method
Fill highball glass with ice
Add lime juice then ginger beer then rum
Eye of the Storm
Ingredients:
- 1 ⅕ oz. Zaya Rum
- 1 oz. Lemongrass Infused
- Bourbon
- 2 oz. Lime Juice
- Fill with Ginger Beer
- 2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters
Method:
In a copper mug, add ice, Rum, lemongrass bourbon (or bourbon w/ lemongrass bitters), lime juice, then fill with ginger beer. Top with Angostura bitters. Garnish with lime twist and tropical flower and serve.
Mojito
Ingredients:
- 4-5 Mint Leaves
- ½ oz. Simple Syrup
- ¾ oz. Lime Juice
- 1 ¼ oz. Zaya Rum
- Soda Water
- Ice
Method:
In a Collins glass, add mint leaves, lime juice, and a dash of soda water and gently muddle for several seconds. Then add simple syrup, rum, and ice and top with soda water. Give the drink a gentle stir and garnish with a sprig of mint and lime.
Lapu Lapu
Ingredients:
- 1 ¼ oz. Zaya Rum
- 1 ¼ oz. White Rum
- ¾ oz. Passion Fruit Syrup
- ¼ oz. Simple Syrup
- 1 oz. Lemon Juice
- 2 oz. Orange Juice
- Ice for Shaking
- Crushed Ice for Serving
Method:
Combine all ingredients except the rum in a cocktail shaker. Shake well with ice, and strain into your Tulip glass. Fill with crushed ice and add a float of rum on top. Garnish with lemon half-moons and an orange twist.
Mai Tai
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. Zaya Rum
- ½ oz. White Rum
- 1/2 oz. 151 Rum
- 1 oz. Lime Juice
- ¾ oz. Orange Curacao or Triple Sec
- ¾ oz. Orgeat
- 2-3 Dashes of Angostura Bitters
- Splash of Pineapple Juice
- Ice for Shaking
- Crushed Ice for Serving
Method:
Combine all ingredients except the Rum in a cocktail shaker. Shake well with ice, and strain into your Tiki glass. Fill with crushed ice and add a float of rum on top. Garnish with a sprig of mint, lime and an umbrella.
