A handful of hotels throughout the U.S. are highlighting specialty cocktails with a focus on rums. Here are some recipes:
I’ll Call You Later
From The Alida Hotel, Savannah, Ga.
1.5 oz Hibiscus-infused rum
.75 oz Dolin Blanc vermouth
.25 oz Bordiga maraschino
.5 oz demerara syrup
.5 oz lemon juice
2 drops saline solution
Soda Water
Combine all ingredients into a shaker with ice and shake well. Add soda water to tin and single strain into a Collins glass over cubed ice. Garnish with a dehydrated lemon wheel and dried hibiscus petals.
Maui Medicine
From Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa, Maui, Hawaii
2 oz. of Koloa Spiced Rum
1 oz. of cream of coconut
Pineapple and orange juice to fill the cup (1 oz. each roughly)
Add Kōloa Spiced Rum, cream of coconut, pineapple juice, and orange juice to a shaker filled with ice, shake well until chilled and combined, strain into a glass over fresh ice, and garnish with a dusting of li hing mui powder on top or on the rim of the glass and fresh fruit.
Fifth Tally
From InterContinental Indianapolis, Indianapolis
1 oz Maker’s Mark bourbon
1 oz pineapple rum
.5 oz ramazzoti
.5 oz dry curacao
Dry white oak smoke
In a cocktail shaker, combine the bourbon, pineapple rum, Ramazzotti and dry curacao with ice and stir. Strain into a rocks glass and infuse with dry white oak smoke using a smoking gun under a dome for 30–45 seconds. Garnish with a dehydrated pineapple wheel or orange twist and serve immediately.
City of Lights
From The Muse New York, New York
.5 oz Brugal 1888
.5 oz Planteray pineapple rum
.5 oz Bacardí Superior
2 oz fresh pineapple juice
1 oz passion fruit purée or juice
.75 oz coconut purée
.5 oz fresh lime juice
.25 oz simple syrup
Small dash of sea salt
3 drops tiki bitters
In a shaker, combine all ingredients, dry shake (no ice) to emulsify the coconut and blend the salt, add ice and shake again until well-chilled, strain into a chilled Collins glass over fresh ice, and garnish with a sundae cherry.
Saracca Bash
From Six Senses La Sagesse, Grenada
White rum
Passion fruit juice
Lime juice
Vanilla
Tabasco
Saracca is a traditional Grenadian feast honoring ancestors, where food is shared freely with the community as a spiritual offering, blending African and Catholic practices.
Don Q Cristal Rum
From Hyatt Regency Greenwich, Greenwich, Conn.
2 oz Don Q Cristal rum
.5 oz maraschino cherry liqueur
.5 oz simple syrup
.75 oz fresh squeezed lime iuice
.5 oz grapefruit juice
Add all ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake well for about 60 seconds or until well chilled. Double strain with a hawthorn strainer and a fine mesh strainer into a chilled Nick and Nora glass and garnish with a dried lime wheel.