Mai Tai

Golden Rum (aka Amber Rum) are medium-bodied, aged Rum that get’s its dark colour from aging in wooden barrels.

Golden Rums tend to have more flavour and are stronger tasking than their lighter counterparts.

For Golden Rum, we recommend:

Cocktails with Golden Rum

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  Zombie
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  Old Cuban
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  Mai Tai

All Rum is made from fermenting and then distilling sugar cane molasses or sugar cane juice, but White Rum has an ageing process that makes the liquor clear.

Rum is usually aged for at least one year and the contained in which it is aged determines the colour it will be.

In Bourbon or Wooden casks, the Rum will become a dark brown colour, but in a stainless steel tanks the rum remains colourless.

White Rum is clear because it’s aged in a stainless steel tank.

Pretty cool, huh?

For White Rum, we recommend:

Orange Curcacao, is basically the “original” version of Blue Curacao. Meaning it’s made from the exact same ingredients and methods, except that it’s made to orange, rather than dued blue!

Orange Curacao is a liqueur flavoured with orange and the dried peel of the bitter orange laraha, a citrus fruit that’s grown on the Dutch island of Curacao

For Orange Curacao, we recommend:

Cointreau is an orange-flavoured Triple Sec liqueur.

Cointreau was first sold in 1875 and has become a well-established popular brand ever since, selling around 13 million bottles a year in 150 different countries.

Orgeat Syrup is a sweet syrup made from almonds, sugar, and rose or orange flower water.

It has a pronounced almond taste and is used to flavour many cocktails – especially Tiki cocktails.

For Orgeat Syrup, we recommend:

Maraschino Cherries are preserved, sweetened cherries that regularly used as a garnish in a variety of different cocktails.

In short, they can make a cocktail pop.

For Maraschino Cherries, we recommend:

It’s important to get the mix of any cocktail right. The measurements are set for a reason – to specify a tried, tested, and tasty drink.

A jigger is going to help you get those perfect measurements – after all, it is what the pro’s use.

For a jigger, we recommend:

Cocktail shakers improve the taste of cocktails. It’s a fact.

There’s a reason that famed British spy James Bonds says “shaken, not stirred”. And that reason is: because it tastes better.

If you don’t already have a cocktail shaker set, you might want to check out our detailed Cocktail Shaker comparison article.

But to cut a long story short, here’s the cocktail shaker we recommend:

Old Fashioned Glasses give a cocktail a classic, retro, yet elegant look.

If you’re making an old school cocktail, then this is the glass you absolutely need.

For Old Fashioned Glasses, we recommend:

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