Rum Swizzle
Course: DrinksCuisine: Caribbean1
servings225
kcal14%
3
minutesLearn how to make a Rum Swizzle.
Ingredients
1/2 oz 1/2 Lime Juice
1 tsp 1 Simple Syrup
2 dashes 2 Angostura Bitters
2 oz 2 White Rum
Directions
- Technique: Swizzle
- Add all the ingredients to the large metal cup of your shaker.
- Add crushed ice to the tin.
- Using a swizzle stick, quickly spin the swizzle stick between the palms of your hands to blend to drink. If you do not have a swizzle stick, a normal crushed ice shake works.
- Stop once you have built a nice frost outside the shaker.
- Dirty pour the whole drink, ice and all, into a highball glass.
- Garnish:
- Mint bouquet
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Notes
- Tools Used: Cocktail Shaker, Jigger, Strainer
- Serving Glass: Highball Glass
The History Of The Rum Swizzle
Swizzles originated in the West Indies to mix drinks and function in a similar way to a wire whisk. A Swizzle stick is a branch from a swizzle bush whose larger branches have 4 or 5 smaller branches forking off the end. These larger branches are cut off, and smaller branches are trimmed to form a kind of propeller on the end. The propeller end is placed in the drink, and the stick is rapidly twirled between the palms to mix any drink. Trader Vic’s 1948 and 1972 Bartenders Guide states that every drink in the west indies is swizzled, even chocolate milk. Most swizzle cocktails are rum-based since Rum is the most prominent spirit in the Caribbean. It also means that there is no single canon rum swizzle recipe. There are as many rum swizzle recipes as bartenders in the West Indies.
You don’t have to have a swizzle stick to make a rum swizzle. A shaker will work just fine (better, actually). If you really want to recreate the swizzle experience but don’t want to spend $20 on a metal or wooden swizzle stick, then a mini wire whisk works too, and that only costs $3. Definitely the most niche, rarely used, and easily substituted with other mixing devices.
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