We haven’t had a good old fashioned Spirit Of The Week article for a couple of weeks. We have let you down. So how about 2 weeks of rum drinks to ease the pain?

These are courtesy of our friends at A History Of Drinking.
Dino Sour
recipe adapted from Diffordsguide.com
- 1 oz Light Rum
- 1 oz Dark Rum
- 1 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
- 1/2 fresh egg white
Glass: Old Fashioned
Garnish: Lemon slice & cherry on stick (sail)
Shake with ice and strain into an ice filled old fashioned glass.
Raisin in the Rum
Recipe by the barstaff of 54 Below. Adapted from Playbill.com
- 1 oz. coconut flavored rum
- 1 oz. amaretto
- 2 oz. light rum
Shake with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Dark N’ Stormy
recipe and image courtesy of Bounce Sporting Club 55 West 21st Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
- Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
- Fresh Lime Juice
- Fever-Tree Ginger Beer
Build in glass and garnish with lime
Dark N’ Horny
Another slightly more risque take on the classic rum and ginger beer classic
recipe and image by Leave ROCHELLE Out of It 205 Chrystie Street (at Stanton Street)
- Brugal Anejo Rum
- Ginger Beer
- Lime Juice
Build in glass and garnish with lime
Hemingway Daiquiri
recipe and image courtesy of Sons of Essex 133 Essex Street (between Rivington and Stanton Streets)
- Brugal rum
- Maraschino
- Grapefruit
- lime
Shake with ice and strain into an ice-filled rocks glass