Name: Fake I.D.
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Dark/black rum; 20 ml Cynar/carciofo amaro; 5 ml Cinnamon syrup

Ingredients

2 fl oz

Dark/black/blackstrap rum

2/3 fl oz

Cynar or other carciofo amaro

1/6 fl oz

Monin Cinnamon Syrup

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lemon or orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS lemon or orange zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
25.3% alc./vol. (50.59° proof)
21.5 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Michael Click Commenter Appreciated Commenter 8 months ago

I made this with Planteray Original Dark. Cinnamon-spiced fruit with a bittersweet, herbal complexity and soft notes of caramel, molassses, and toffee. Very nice!

Mookie Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 1 year ago

I split the base between Goslings and Havana Club Smoky. Great stuff, dark rum and cynar taste like natural buddies.

Peter M Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 1 year ago

I used Goslings Black Seal & Monin Cinnamon for this. Needed a good 45 second stir, plus some additional dilution as it was fairly rich/sweet at first. Overall, the flavor is very unique. As G.M. Genovese mentioned, there's almost a cigar-like note in the mix, probably from the earthiness of the Cynar and smoke from the rum and cinnamon syrup. I liked this, but I also feel like I want to play around with it to try to reduce or balance the sweetness a bit more somehow...

Peter M Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 1 year ago

I might need to finally track down a bottle of Plantation dark rum...

Justine Fehley Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 1 year ago

I use Cadenhead's (100 proof) and Cynar 70, with orange twist. Good balance with bitter finish.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member Commenter Appreciated Commenter 1 year ago

El Dorado 8 turned out to be a good choice for this... The drink settles in after the first sip or two and the rum lends a toasty top note... Bit of a spicy cigar tone to this? Hmm.. a tasty, savory slup.