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Rumba

Name: Rumba
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml White overproof rum; 30 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Grenadine syrup; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Chilled water

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Ingredients
1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
³⁄₄ fl oz	Overproof white rum (unaged Jamaican/funky)
1 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Double old-fashioned

Prepare

Select a DOUBLE OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

Method

SHAKE all ingredients.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Serve with straws.

Garnish

Garnish with lime wedge.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Rumba contains 189 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
16.26% alc./vol. (32.52° proof)
20.9 grams of pure alcohol

History

Recipe adapted from David Embury's classic book, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.

Review

To quote Embury, "Whoever thought up this snootful of liquid dynamite certainly liked his liquor hard!"

Hayman's London Dry Gin 750ml - makes 25 cocktails
$33.99 $1.36 per cocktail Hayman's London Dry Gin image

Wray & Nephew White Overproof Rum 750ml - makes 33 cocktails
$24.99 $0.76 per cocktail

Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 50 cocktails
$14.99 $0.30 per cocktail Monin Grenadine Syrup (US) image

Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) 750ml - makes 100 cocktails
$14.99 $0.15 per cocktail Monin Pure Cane Syrup (US) image

$2.57 per cocktail*

Makes a minimum of 25 cocktails.
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fred88 2y

Quite sweet and boozy, yet it is a well balanced drink and I liked it. I shaked with crush ice to have more dilution, added a dash of saline solution, and used Martin Miller Gin and Rhum agricole overproof. Great, but I will try next time with Jamaican overproof rum.

George Scott 3y

I didn't have any grenadine to hand, so increased the syrup to 10 ml and used 30 ml pineapple juice with non-wet ice.
This created a truly dangerous cocktail that I allowed the funk to shine with depth brought by the gin, all brought together with the pineapple. The head from the pineapple made it quite an attractive serve and I will certainly be making more of this riff as well as trying the original recipe when I have grenadine again.

John Hinojos Premium Member 5y

This is wonderful. Well balanced with sweet and sour while being able to taste the rum and gin.

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