5 Minutes of Rum

Blackwell 007 Rum, James Bond, and Worth the Wait

Hamilton 151 - False Idol variant, Ancho Chile syrup, and the Shaka Hula Bossa Nova.

Denizen Vatted Dark Rum, Minimalist Tiki, and the Jet Pilot

Prichard's Fine Rum plus Molasses and Sugar: A Rum Play in Two Acts.

The Home Bar Guide to Tropical Cocktails.

Golden Devil Dark Navy Strength rum, Beachbum Berry's Sippin' Safari 10th Anniversary Edition, and the Skull & Bones.

House Spirits Katun rum, the Meehan Bartender Manual, and the East India Negroni cocktail.

5 Minutes of Rum episode 81: Doctor Bird Jamaican Rum, Drinking Distilled: A User's Manual, and Steve Remsberg's Planter's Punch.

Episode links:

Doctor Bird / Two James Distillery
Kapu Cocktail
Hamilton Pot Still Gold rum
Worthy Park (Ministry of Rum)
Drinking Distilled: A User's Manual (Amazon)
OXO Good Grips Angled Measuring Cup, Mini, Clear (Amazon)
Beachbum Berry Remixed (Amazon)
Steve Remsberg interview (Liquor.com)
Total Tiki iOS app
Mixology Tech
Swizzle stick (Cocktail Kingdom)
OXO double jigger (Amazon)
OXO Good Grips Angled Measuring Cup, Mini, Clear (Amazon)

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Steve Remsberg Planter's Punch
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz simple syrup
3 oz Pot Still Aged rum (Doctor Bird)
3 dashes of Angostura bitters

Combine all of the ingredients into a collins glass. Fill with crushed ice and swizzle until the glass frosts over. Add more crushed ice to fill and stir. Garnish with a mint sprig and sip slowly.

5 Minutes of Rum episode 80: Panama-Pacific 9 year rum and 2 cocktails - Indy's Dole Whip and The Jeep Turnover.

Episode links:

Haas Brothers 1851 spirits company
Panama-Pacific 9 year rum (Hass Brothers official)
Panama-Pacific 9 year rum (brand official)
Tiki tOny
Smuggler's Cove book (Amazon)

Indy’s Dole Whip
2 oz blended aged rum (Plantation Original Dark)
1 1/2 oz pineapple juice
1/2 oz orange juice
1/4 oz lemon juice
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/4 oz date syrup*

Combine with 1 cup of crushed ice. Flash blend for 10 seconds. Pour unstrained into a Tiki tOny Mai Tai glass. Dust with cinnamon sugar**.

*  To make date syrup, combine 20 pitted Medjool dates with 3 cups of water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes. Strain dates through cheesecloth and return to pan. Simmer and reduce to approximately 1 cup.

** Cinnamon sugar: 1/4 cup granulated sugar combined with 1 tbsp of ground cinnamon. Combine into a shaker for ease of distribution.

Jeep Turnover
2 oz blended aged rum (Appleton Signature)
1 oz oz banana liqueur (Giffard)
3/4 oz fresh lime juice
3/4 oz guava nectar
1/2 oz passion fruit syrup

Shake with ice cubes. Pour unstrained into a Tiki tOny Mai Tai glass. Garnish with a couple of pineapple leaves skewered to a cocktail pick.

5 Minutes of Rum episode 79: Lost Spirits Jamaican rum, Lost Spirits distillery tour, and the Boo Loo.

Episode links:

Lost Spirits (official)
Lost Spirits Jamaican rum (Cocktail Wonk)
Lost Spirits tour
OXO corer, stainless steel (Amazon)
OXO corer, plastic (Amazon)
Grog Log (Amazon)
Beachbum Berry Remixed (Amazon)
OXO double jigger (Amazon)
Eric October
5 Minutes of Rum E37 (Lost Spirits Cuban 151)
5 Minutes of Rum E44 (Lost Spirits Polynesian)
5 Minutes of Rum E57 (Santeria)
5 Minutes of Rum E67 (Lost Spirits Navy 61)

Photo by Marie King

Botanical Boo Loo by Eric October

Boo Loo, Modified
2 1/2 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
1 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1 1/4 oz honey mix
1 1/2 oz demerara rum (yellow label Lemon Hart 80 or Hamilton 86)
1 1/2 oz aged column distilled rum (Plantation Stiggins Fancy)
3/4 oz black overproof rum (Lemon Hart 151 or Hamilton 151)
3/4 oz dark Jamaican rum (Lost Spirits Jamaican)
1 1/2 oz Sculpin Pineapple IPA

Combine everything everything into the larger half of a shaker tin and stir lightly to combine. Fill a hollowed-out pineapple with crushed ice and pour the mixture into that pineapple. If there is too much mixture, reserve some in a small glass. Stir the mixture well in the pineapple to chill. Top with the pineapple crown, cutting a wedge for 2 straws. Sip slowly.