5 Minutes of Rum episode 9: A little information on overproof rum, a little more on Lemon Hart 151 specifically, and the Hart of Darkness.

Episode links: 

Definition of overproof

Guyana (wikipedia)

Lemon Hart

Lemon Hart 151

Lemon Hart 151 at Ministry of Rum

Lemon Hart 151 thread on Tiki Central

Video of Martin Cate and Ed Hamilton tasting new and old Lemon Hart 151.

Beachbum Berry Remixed

Old label Lemon Hart 151, new label Lemon Hart 151.

New label Lemon Hart 151.

Old label Lemon Hart 151.

Bar blender / milkshake mixer. 

Hart of Darkness

 Hart of Darkness

Hart of Darkness

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz passion fruit syrup

1/2 oz honey mix

3/4 oz soda water

1 1/2 oz Lemon Hart 151 rum

1/4 oz lemon juice

8 oz crushed ice (1 cup) 

Combine all ingredients into a blender. Blend on high speed for 5 seconds. Pour into a Collins glass. Add ice cubes to fill. 

5 Minutes of Rum episode 8: An introduction to Demerara rum, El Dorado 5 year rum, demerara sugar syrup, and the Noa Noa. 

Episode links: 

Mai Tai follow-up, Capt Jimbo

Guyana (wikipedia)

A Mountain of Crushed Ice - Demerara Rum from Guyana

A Mountain of Crushed Ice - Demerara Rums part Two

El Dorado 5 year

El Dorado stills

Brown sugar (wikipedia)

Beachbum Berry Remixed

Demerara sugar (Amazon)

Bottles for syrups at Cost Plus World Market

El Dorado 5 year rum

Demerara sugar

Demerara sugar syrup

Bar swizzles

The Noa Noa

The Noa Noa

The Noa Noa

Demerara sugar syrup

In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup demerara sugar with 1/2 cup cold water. Stir over very low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Don't bring to a full boil. Remove from heat, cool in pan, and transfer to a syrup bottle. Add 1/2 ounce silver Puerto Rican rum as a stabilizer.

The Noa Noa

1 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz demerara sugar syrup

4 to 6 mint leaves

3 oz Demerara rum

Swizzle everything in a double old-fashioned glass half-filled with crushed ice for ~30 seconds. Add more crushed ice to fill. Swizzle again until a frost forms on the outside of the glass. Garnish with a mint sprig and half a spent lime shell. Add your favorite restaurant or bar swizzle.

5 Minutes of Rum episode 7: An introduction to the Mai Tai, Appleton 12 year, Clement VSOP, curaçao, orgeat, and the Trader Vic's Mai Tai.

Episode Links:

Beachbum Berry Remixed

Trader Vic's Tiki Party

Appleton 12 Jamaican rum

Clément VSOP

A.O.C.

Curaçao (wikipedia)

Créole Shrubb

Ferrand Dry Curaçao

Orange liqueur comparison (Tiki Central)

BG Reynolds orgeat syrup

Torani orgeat syrup

Monin orgeat syrup

Orange Flower water

Rose Water

Orange bitters

Post Prohibition Orgeat recipe

Stopper bottles for syrups at Cost Plus World Market

Appleton 12 year Jamaican rum 

Clément VSOP

Various curaçao.

Ferrand Dry Curaçao 

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat preparation.

Orgeat

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

Orgeat recipe at Post Prohibition. 

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

1 oz Jamaican rum

1 oz Rhum Agricole

3/4 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz orange curaçao

1/2 oz orgeat

1/4 oz simple syrup

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake, and strain into a double old-fashioned glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with mint and half a squeezed lime shell. 

5 Minutes of Rum episode 6: More on Jamaican rum, Appleton V/X, honey in cocktails, and Don's Special Daiquiri.

Episode links:​

Pot still

Appleton V/X - Appleton official

Appleton V/X at Ministry of Rum

Honey

Beachbum Berry Remixed

Bottles for syrups at Cost Plus World Market

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Appleton V/X​

​Rum and chocolate - Tki Oasis 9

​Honey mix (syrup)

​Don's Special Daquiri

​Episodes 2, 3, and 6 in a single cocktail.

Honey mix

In a medium saucepan, bring together equal parts (by volume) honey and water over very low heat just until combined. Very little heat is required; don't cook the honey. Bottle it in olive oil bottles and add a small amount of silver rum to help stabilize and prevent crystallization.​

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Don's Special Daiquiri

1/2 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz passion fruit syrup

1/2 oz honey mix

1/2 oz silver Puerto Rican rum

1 oz gold Jamaican rum

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.​

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5 Minutes of Rum episode 5: Rhum Agricole from Martinique, Rhum JM Blanc, and the 'Ti punch.

Episode links:​

Rhum Agricole (wikipedia)

Rhum Agricole

Martinique (wikipedia)

Martinique AOC specification

Rhum JM

'Ti Punch @ RumDood.com

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​Rhum JM

​Rhum JM

​Rhum JM

​'Ti Punch

​'Ti Punch

'Ti Punch

A template, not a recipe. Adjust to taste.

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In an old-fashioned glass:

Squeeze a quarter of a lime, drop in the spend shell.

Add 1/4 oz cane or simple syrup

Add 2 oz rhum agricole

Swizzle together in glass to combine. Add an ice cube and swizzle again.

Sip, and contemplate adjustments for your next 'Ti Punch.​

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5 Minutes of Rum episode 4: Micro-distilleries, House Spirits and their amber rum, glassware, and the impact of air on spirits.

Episode links:​

Microdistillery ​(wikipedia)

Portland's Distillery Row​

House Spirits​

Photos of House Spirits (Flickr)​

Smuggler's Cove Triumverate Rum​

Old Fashioned Glass (wikipedia)​

Aeration of wine​

​Still (no longer in use) at House Spirits.

Aging rum.

​House Spirits in Portland Oregon.​

​Old Fashioned glass.

​Cordial glass, small snifter.

​Derek Yaniger-designed Tiki shot glasses. Manufactured by Tiki Farm.

​Derek Yaniger-designed Tiki shot glasses. Manufactured by Tiki Farm.

​House Spirits rum, neat.

5 Minutes of Rum episode 3: Dark Jamaican rum, Coruba Dark Jamaican rum, passion fruit syrup, and the Trader Vic Grog cocktail.

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Episode links:

Regional variations of rum

Solera

Coruba rum

Coruba Dark Jamaican rum: Ministry of Rum

A Mountain of Crushed Ice passion fruit recipe

BG Reynolds passion fruit syrup

Monin passion fruit syrup

Beachbum Berry Remixed

Trader Vic's Tiki Party

​Coruba Dark Jamaican rum

Passion fruit

​Preparing passion fruit syrup

​Preparing passion fruit syrup

​Bottled passion fruit syrup

​Double old-fashioned glass (Trader Vic's)

​Trader Vic Grog

​​Trader Vic Grog

Passion fruit syrup​

In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup of sugar with between 3/4 cup - 1 cup ​of cold water. Stir over very low heat until sugar is dissolved and begins to simmer. Split 3-5 passion fruits in half, remove the fruit and seeds inside, and add to the simmering sugar mixture. Stir and keep simmering over low heat for 2-5 minutes. Remove from heat, and leave standing for 1.5-2 hours. Transfer to a syrup bottle and add 1/2 ounce silver Puerto Rican rum as a stabilizer.

Trader Vic Grog

1 oz fresh lemon juice

1 oz pineapple juice

1 oz passion fruit syrup

2 oz Dark Jamaican rum

1 dash Angostura bitters

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with 1 cup crushed or cubed ice. Shake and pour unstrained into a double old-fashioned glass. Add more ice to fill. Garnish with mint. ​

5 Minutes of Rum episode 2: Spanish-style rum including Silver Puerto Rican rum, Don Q Cristal, simple syrup, and The Daiquiri.

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​Episode links:

Regional variations of rum

Don Q Cristal

Syrup bottles (Cost Plus)​

Google search for history of the Daiquiri

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​Bottled simple syrup

​Bottled simple syrup

​Making simple syrup

​Making simple syrup

​Making simple syrup

​Don Q Cristal

​The Daiquiri

​The Daiquiri

​Simple syrup

In a medium saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar with 1/2 - 3/4 cup cold water. Stir over very low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Don't bring to a full boil. Remove from heat, cool in pan, and transfer to a syrup bottle. Add 1/2 ounce silver Puerto Rican rum as a ​stabilizer. 

The Daiquiri

​2 oz silver Puerto Rican rum

1 oz fresh lime juice

1/2 oz simple syrup

Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake, then strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

5 Minutes of Rum episode 1: Why rum, Barbados rum, Plantation Grande Reserve 5 year, fresh juice, and The Outrigger.

Episode links:​

Barbados (wikipedia)

Plantation rum

Plantation Grande Reserve 5 years

Ministry of Rum

OXO citrus squeezer

Beachbum Berry

Grog Log

Beachbum Berry Remixed

​OXO citrus squeezer

​OXO citrus squeezer

OXO citrus squeezer​

​Cocktail glass.

​Plantation Grande Reserve 5 years Barbados rum

​The Outrigger

​The Outrigger

The Outrigger

3/4 oz fresh lemon juice

3/4 oz triple sec

1 1/2 oz Barbados rum

After ​squeezing the lemon juice, rub the rind around the rim of a cocktail glass, then coat the rim of the glass in sugar. Shake the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, and strain into the cocktail glass.