Name: Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 30 ml Dark/black rum; 22.5 ml Falernum liqueur; 30 ml Pineapple juice; 30 ml Orange juice; 15 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Lemon juice; 2 dash Aromatic bitters

Bermuda Rum Swizzle
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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
1 oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
1 oz	Dark/black/blackstrap rum
³⁄₄ oz	Difford's Falernum liqueur
1 oz	Pineapple juice
1 oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

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Garnish: Pineapple wedge & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry

How to make:

POUR ingredients into glass and two-thirds fill with crushed ice. SWIZZLE with a swizzle stick or CHURN (stir) with a bar spoon. Fill glass with more crushed ice and repeat. Serve with straws.

Review:

Your five-a-day fruits in a glass, laced with pungent rums and spice infused sweet Falernum.

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History:

This recipe is adapted from one by Del Pedro, originally from Bermuda but now resident in New York City. It came my way (in 1997) courtesy of LeNell Smothers, and apparently it originally heralds from the Swizzle Inn in Bermuda where their rather appropriate slogan is "Swizzle Inn, Swagger Out".

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Nutrition:

One serving of Bermuda Rum Swizzle contains 243 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
12.35% alc./vol. (12.35° proof)
22.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Gregory Ford

16th August 2024 at 23:26

Fantastic, balanced sipper with the proper funk of a classic tiki without being overpowering in spice or pineapple notes. I didn't do the 151 float as others have suggested below as I personally prefer my tikis blended from top to bottom - though I'm sure the float adds a fun opening element if that's your thing. Perfect drink for a summer evening here in Florida - or anywhere, anytime, actually. Have enough of these and you may start to envision palm trees wherever you live!

Jose Cruz

4th December 2023 at 05:22

Skipped grapefruit, amazing funky spicy tiki drink.

Mark Catone

28th September 2023 at 01:30

Agree with the 151 float. Also backed off the pineapple juice 1/2 oz. Seemed to overtake the other flavors.

John Hinojos

8th August 2023 at 01:38

Made again with all Jamaican rums (but we like rums or rhums with a lot of flavour and just enough funk). It was very nice, but got way better with a small (1/4 oz?) float of Jamaican 151. It went over the top with flavour and punch.

Jamie Barrington

21st February 2023 at 11:31

Perhaps my favourite cocktail. First made at the Swizzle Inn the 1930s, but has been adapted by locals from the original recipe. Therefore across the island every family has their own mix with differing quatities or ingredients (for example the Swizzle Inns own recipe calls for triple sec, and some like to include cherry juice).

Jamie Barrington

21st February 2023 at 11:38

The only consistent ingredients are the Goslings Black Seal Rum (defines it as a truely Bermudian drink), another light rum (Originally a Barbados rum), and orange and pineapple juices - with most opting for falernum over a basic sugar syrup. The rest is up to the drinkers personal favourites, personally I like Grenadine and cherry juice in mine to add some deeeper colour, and stronger flavours allowing for more Goslings to be added without noticing a change in strength.

G. M. Genovese

28th September 2022 at 14:55

Oh yes! So many test shakes and stirs today, and this one is the biggest hit so far. (28 Sep 2022, 10:55a)

Simon Difford

28th September 2022 at 15:33

Sounds like a good day's work!

John Hinojos

14th November 2021 at 02:20

Great refreshing drink. On the tiki side, but not sweet. I would call this a sneaky tiki, as you do not realize the amount of alcohol you are drinking. Very, very good.

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