Rum Swizzle

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Serve in

a Collins glass...
2 fl oz Bacardi Ocho Anos Gran Reserva Rum
⅔ fl oz John D. Taylor's Velvet Falernum Liqueur
½ fl oz Freshly squeezed lime juice
¼ fl oz Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ fl oz Demerara sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
1 dash Angostura Aromatic Bitters
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How to make:

POUR ingredients into chilled glass and two-thirds fill with crushed ice. SWIZZLE with a swizzle stick (or churn with a barspoon). Add more crushed ice to fill and SWIZZLE some more. Serve with straws.

Garnish:

Mint sprig & orange slice

Comment:

Dark rich sugar, equally dark and richly flavoured rum, sweetened and spiced with the clove and cinnamon flavours of falernum and freshened with citrus juice. All served long with crushed ice.

About:

This drink emerged in the early 1800s in Guyana when British ex-pats mixed this drink on the terrace of the Georgetown club.

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