Name: Rum Old Fashioned
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 10 ml White overproof rum; 7.5 ml Falernum liqueur; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 1 dash Aromatic bitters

Ingredients

1 2/3 fl oz

Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years

1/3 fl oz

Overproof white rum (unaged Jamaican/funky)

1/4 fl oz

Difford's Falernum liqueur

1/12 fl oz

Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix

1 dash

Angostura Aromatic Bitters

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill an OLD-FASHIONED GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange or lime zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into ice-filled glass (preferably over a large cube or chunk of block ice).

Garnish

EXPRESS orange (or lime) zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Rum Old Fashioned contains 196 calories

Alcohol content:

1.6 standard drinks
31.12% alc./vol. (62.25° proof)
21.9 grams of pure alcohol

Comments & Discussion

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Gareth Hives Premium Member 23w

Well that’s rather nice, the 50 and 10 split of rums really adds something. I did do 10 Falernum and skipped the sugar as the rum has enough sweetness for my taste already. Lovely.

James Kittock Premium Member 28w

A really nice rum sipper... just a hint of tiki without using citrus directly. I used Diplomático Mantuano, Wray & Nephew, Taylor's Velvet Falernum, raw sugar 2:1 syrup, and of course Ango. I had some blood oranges on hand so used expressed a blood orange peel twist and dropped it in the drink. Delightful.

John Hinojos Premium Member 36w

Love the versatility of this cocktail. Made using Barbados gold and Haitian Clairin. Added a float of Jamaican Navy rum. Powerful, but perfect on a cold December night (cold for San Diego, CA, USA).

Caspian Berggren Premium Member 1y

This is a lovely cocktail. It's not exactly recognizable as an "Old Fashioned", but it follows the traditional recipe and it absolutely works. The lime twist works better than the orange, though, melding wonderfully with the Falernum.

Dave D. Premium Member 1y

Made with Ron Del Barillito three star, which is aged 6-10 yrs. Follow more of a plain method of a barspoon of pure cane simple syrup and angostura bitters, one good dash. Lime twist and a round cube…..excellent !

Terry Brennan 1y

Made this with Bolivar 8 and Plantation OFTD Overproof. Simply delicious. 5 star +.

Joe Cornwall 2y

The overproof rum really does make this. Just did a 500ml batch freezer door version using Doorly's 12, Wry and Nephew white over proof, Bitter Truth falernum and coconut water for dilution (pour straight from the bottle over ice, so dilution is needed for a batched cocktail). Really nice. I'm going to experiment with adding Stiggin's Fancy, too.

Peter M Premium Member 2y

I really like the Maple Rum Old-Fashioned here on DG, but this is an interesting option if you want a boozier rum-based old-fashioned. I used Appleton Estate 8 and Wray & Nephew, so there was a fair amount of "funk", but overall enjoyable and as expected.