Name: Black Rumhattan
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Dark/black rum; 25 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Black Rumhattan
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Dark/black/blackstrap rum
⁵⁄₆ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
1 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish with maraschino cherry.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Dark rum adds molasses-like flavours to this Manhattan riff.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Black Rumhattan contains 154 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
25.24% alc./vol. (25.24° proof)
19 grams of pure alcohol

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Brandon Beres

6th August 2024 at 23:00

I like it better with plum bitters. I have never been a fan of angostura (tastes too much like cough syrup).

Peter McCarthy

7th May 2024 at 04:58

I like the idea of this, but it left me a little perplexed... Not sure if I stirred a little too long, or if it's just normally a little thin/weak? I guess I expected more from the rum (used Goslings Black Seal). Might try it again with 20 ml of vermouth or something?

John Hinojos

29th November 2022 at 04:20

Being really big rum drinkers (we have over 25 different rums), we loved this. Used a combination of Jamaican and Barbados black rums. As I suspected, the mixture of the two rums were perfect for our tastes. It needed a little of the Jamaican funk to add the punch of flavour.

Luke Ruppersburg

10th July 2022 at 00:38

The other day I noticed the other day that an addition of orange bitters to a gold rumhattan mellowed it out - too much. Today I tried a black rumhattan with the addition of Regan's orange bitters, hoping it's more to my taste.
40 ml Goslings Black Seal, 20 ml Dolin Rouge, 1 dash Angostura, 1 dash Regans Orange bitters. After a few tastes I decided it needed some sweetness, so I added 1/2 a tsp (2.5 ml) of luxardo syrup to the drink. Tasty.

P.S. thank you Mr Difford for this site.

Simon Difford

10th July 2022 at 08:00

Many thanks for your kind words.

Luke Ruppersburg

17th June 2022 at 03:53

Made this with Bacardi Ocho and M&R Rosso, with and without Angostura. Without Angostura it's a discordant disappointment. With angostura, it's a harmonious whole.
I skipped trying it with a dark rum even though I have Goslings Black Seal on hand - I just don't expect it to work well. I might try it some other day.

Simon Difford

3rd July 2022 at 08:51

Your comments show that I need to add a "Rumhattan" (without "Black" made with an aged rum. Thanks for bringing to my attention, Luke.

Luke Ruppersburg

3rd July 2022 at 03:42

Ran out of M&R Rosso and got a bottle of Dolin Rouge. Decided it was a good time to do a side-by-side of gold vs black.
40 bacardi ocho + 20 dolin rouge + 1 dash angostura - still damn tasty.
40 gosling black seal + 20 dolin rouge + 1 dash angostura - I don't really feel like the molasses and spice fit in this drink. There might be something that could done about that, but as it stands I much prefer this drink with gold rum.

Vera Lycaon

7th May 2022 at 08:11

The idea of a rum Manhattan intrigues me; I feel like this would be best with a rum with a decent amount of character to it, something like Myers's or a straight up aged rum - perhaps with the addition of a flamed orange twist (discarded if need be), possibly also a pinch of overproof rum to add further flavor on top of the vermouth and bitters? There *could* easily be a five star drink in here I feel, if given a little more zhoozh.

London Counselor

22nd October 2021 at 02:15

Less sweet than I expected. Not a huge amount of evolution, but a pleasant drink.

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