Name: Occasion
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 30 ml Tawny port; 15 ml Coffee liqueur

Ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz

Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years

1 fl oz

Cockburn's Tawny Eyes Tawny Port

¹⁄₂ fl oz

Galliano Espresso Coffee liqueur

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a SNIFTER/BRANDY BALLOON GLASS.

Prepare coffee beans for garnish.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with 3 coffee beans floated on surface.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Occasion contains 222 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
24.67% alc./vol. (49.34° proof)
22.2 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Tawny port — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Josh Harpoon 1w

I’ve used Kopke Colheita 2004 port, Worthy Park 109 rum and Merlet liqueur de café.
A very sophisticated warm-up when it’s cold outside.

Matt Premium Member 36w

I think the coffee liqueur used is very important in driving the flavor - I used Borghetti and appreciated the earthy and mild bitter espresso with the rum notes, but it was a bit sweet and the port was hard to find. Maybe Mr. Black to dial back sweetness. Other comments suggest use of bitters - I think chocolate would fit nicely, and perhaps black walnut.

Colin R 46w

The port is a bit dominant for my palate as written. The addition of bitters both pulls back the sweetness and adds another layer of complexity. I’ve found both tobacco and mole bitters work very well with this recipe.

By the way, very small correction but the description calls for placing the coffee beans on the cocktail’s foamy head. I suspect maybe copy/pasted from the espresso martini spec :)

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 45w

Many thanks for bringing to my attention. I've now corrected the garnish instruction.

Annechien Premium Member 1y

Made this with Abuelo 12 yrs - delicious. Quite sweet and tons of flavour. Be careful not to over-dilute it.

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

I can really see why this was made to accompany cigars. The coffee isn't obvious on the palate but it adds a roasted, smokey, almost tobacco-y note to the rum and port which makes it (I imagine) really good with a cigar. It's a sophisticated drink made to sip and enjoy over time. The burnt sugar/ caramel notes in El-Dorado 8 worked really well but it was almost a bit too much with the other components (Graham's 10 and Mr Black). I might up the others ever so slightly next time.

Wayne Hanley 1y

Very enjoyable. On a whim, I added a dash of chocolate bitters. It added an extra subtle depth to an otherwise fine sipper of a cocktail.

Colin Cook 1y

I used Hampden Estate 8yo, Taylor’s 20yo and Mr. Black, and this turned out very well.

Colin Cook 1y

Considering the origin of the recipe, I may try again with Havana Club 7.

Tessa . 3y

Only had Bacardi Carta Blanca in the house, but this sounded so good that I wanted to give it a whirl anyway. And it’s delicious! With the Carta Blanca substitution, the Kahlúa becomes very front and center, but the other flavors aren’t totally lost. I’ll make the modified version again, but with 1/4 oz. Kahlúa instead of 1/2 oz.

John Hinojos Premium Member 4y

Found this very interesting. As written it is great. The port does seem to overpower the other ingredients, but not in a bad way. The other ingredients add to the overall taste. I would have again, but may cut back on the port so the other flavours will shine through bettter.