Cocktail Hour: Red Sky at Night
Posted by Arctic Wolf on May 5, 2016
Today’s serving has its roots in the modern classic, the Cosmopolitan which I introduced in a posting a few months ago (here). The Cosmo (as it is commonly referred to as) is a popular serving which mixes Cranberry and Lime Juices with Vodka and Orange Liqueur. The International Bartender’s Association (IBA) standard formulation calls for Vodka Citron; however most recipes you find in cocktail books and on the internet call for a standard premium vodka rather than the lemon flavoured variety.
This recipe omits the vodka altogether and instead substitutes an amber rum. Following my common refrain, the better the spirit, the better the cocktail, I have chosen today to mix the serving with an 8-year-old column distilled rum which has been charcoal filtered to remove most of its colour and to provide a little polish to its flavour profile, the Dictador Claro 100 Month Aged Rum. Because of the lovely reddish hue given to the cocktail by the cranberry juice, I call this libation Red Sky at Night.
Red Sky at Night
2 oz Dictador Claro 100 Month Aged Rum
1 oz Triple Sec
1 oz Lime Juice
1 oz Red Cranberry Juice
1/2 oz Sugar Syrup (1:1)
Ice
Orange Peel
Add all ingredients into a metal shaker with ice
Shake until the outside of the shaker begins to frost
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
Garnish with a strip of orange peel
Yumm!
Please remember to drink responsibly, the aim of my blog is to help you drink better spirits…not more spirits!
If you are interested in more of my original cocktail recipes, please click this link (Cocktails and Recipes) for more of my mixed drink recipes!
Note: My review for the Dictador Claro 100 Month Aged Rum publishes tomorrow.
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