Made it with Mount Gay XO, I can't believe how good this is. I can't wait to try it with a navy rum. Highly reccomend!

Substituted guava puree/syrup for the sugar syrup. With the strong rum flavour it was not obvious, but there was a hint of guava at the end of the sip.

Rich, tangy, and deeply flavoursome. You definitely need to get the balance of ingredients and dilution right. Good limes are a must, as I quickly found out! My first experiments with Pussers rum are, as they say, most satisfactory 😊.

Did it with 3:1 worthy park 109 (for the proof) and el dorado 8 (for a little demerara body) and a muscovado syrup. Like yeah, this is good but...it's just watered down, black-just-like-my-soul rum. I can appreciate simplicity, but I don't think this one holds up. It's not as raw? honest? as an old fashioned template is, but it's not as deep and interesting and layered as modern Tiki.

I unfortunately can't get any Navy Rum where I live, so what would you say is the closest substitute? A 2:1 mix of OP and aged rums is around Navy strength, but how would it compare in terms of taste?

Made with 1/2 Coruba Jamaican Rum and 1/2 overproof Smith and Cross Jamaican Rum. Added a float of 151 Demerara rum. Wonderful, but not for the faint of heart.

Thanks for including my alternative recipe in the description. However, I think I either communicated it badly, or there was an error in its transcription. I think it should read:

40ml (1 1/3oz) Navy Rum
10ml (1/3oz) Lime juice
10ml (1/3oz) Sugar syrup (2:1)
30ml (1oz) Water
1 dash Aromatic bitters

As in, I promise simply making a smaller drink (in a regular rocks glass); and crucially one with a total of 18.5 grams of alcohol (down from close to 28!)

I've had versions of this many times. Haven't had navy-strength rum in house for awhile. But whoa I do have Hamilton Zombie Blend... Be careful if you use that. Spice and funk much accentuated... It went down too quick. (26 Jun 2023, 1:28p)