Garnish:
Skewered Luxardo Maraschino cherry and lemon slice (sail)
How to make:
SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda.
| 2 fl oz | Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years |
| 3/4 fl oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/2 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix) |
| 1 dash | Angostura Aromatic Bitters |
| 2 fl oz | Thomas Henry Soda Water |
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Review:
It's more common to find rum mixed with lime juice, but the Rum Collins calls for lemon, and this combines brilliantly with the aged rum in this long refreshing cocktail.
Variant:
With light rum this becomes a Pedro Collins
History:
Adapted from a recipe featured in the 1932 menu of Sloppy Joe's Bar in Havana, Cuba.
RUM COLLINS
Sloppy Joe's menu, 1932
The juice of a Lemon
1 Part of Rum.
Seltzer water.
Serve in a 10 ounce glass with cracked ice.
Alcohol content:
- 1.4 standard drinks
- 12.34% alc./vol. (24.68° proof)
- 19.5 grams of pure alcohol
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