Name: Nelson's Blood No.2
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.); 45 ml Cranberry juice; 22.5 ml Orange juice; 22.5 ml Lime juice; 12.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Nelson's Blood No.2
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Glass:

Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Navy rum (ideally 54.5% alc./vol.)
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
⁵⁄₁₂ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COLLINS GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with lime wedge.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

The pungent flavours of naval rum contribute to this tasty, fruity rum punch and will warm your cockles – m' hearties!

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History:

A cocktail promoted by the marketers of Pusser's Rum.

Nutrition:

One serving of Nelson's Blood No.2 contains 211 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
12.31% alc./vol. (24.63° proof)
19.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Chris Dimal

8th May at 06:45

I made it with both OFTD and Old Monk. Very delightful either way. A 5* drink that can be great for all palates.

Doug Bain

6th April at 13:50

Tasty and refreshing. A float of overproof worked well. Used unsweetened cranberry juice, so upped the sugar syrup just a bit. Had some ginger beer open, tried a little in a side glass, and it was good (new cocktail?) Will try the suggested sub of grenadine next time -make it bloodier.

Sally Morgan

21st February at 19:31

Packs a fruity punch and you can up the ante by substituting the sugar syrup with 10 ml grenadine (or to taste) which helps with the whole 'blood' theme.

Matt

10th December 2025 at 00:12

Great, juicy, bright and lightly tart citrus and cranberry. I had some spiced Navy strength rum - delicious in this. A very tasty and refreshing tall cocktail.

Chris Brislawn

26th March 2025 at 04:17

Even bloodier (and tastier) if you replace the orange juice by 1 oz blood orange juice and the sugar syrup by 1 tsp pomegranate syrup or liqueur.

Morten Carlsbaek

14th July 2024 at 11:02

Very fresh juicy cocktail, and the taste of Pusser gunpowder proof rum certainly cuts through all the juices, even with "only" 45 ml rum. I had to up the amount of orange juice due to bland oranges at hand. And next time, I shake with more ice cubes to ensure less thining down of the cocktail.

John CARR

31st May 2024 at 11:56

Fruity, tangy and (of course) rummy. Very easy drinking.

Renz C

3rd December 2023 at 15:51

Tried this with the spiced version of navy strength rum that Pusser's make, it is fantastic. By chance we had warm stollen to eat alongside, actually goes rather well indeed!

Chad Hatcher

3rd July 2023 at 03:16

Great rum drink, I’ve swapped the cranberry with pineapple, mango/papaya purée too and it still holds up.

Nathalie O'Flynn

17th November 2022 at 22:32

Great party night cocktail, normally I do Tiki cocktails at night and this was as good as one well apart from that my husband thinks there are demons out there in the garden, hearing funny noises but let’s not think about this that’s another story

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