Rum

You’ll often find it on a cocktail menu – but there’s more to rum than the classics. Switch it up with different flavours in your go-to rum cocktail. Create a simple spritz for a lighter choice, or savour it by serving neat. Although we won’t say no to a mojito…

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Planteray Sealander RumPlanteray Sealander Rum

Planteray Sealander Rum

This blend of rums from Fiji, Barbados and Mauritius has a distinctive flavour, thanks to a centuries-old tradition of double-ageing – first in the tropics, then in ex-Cognac casks at French fine spirits specialist Maison Ferrand. “It allows you to travel the world in one delicious sip,” says master blender Alexandre Gabriel.

Black Tears Dry Spiced RumBlack Tears Dry Spiced Rum

Black Tears Dry Spiced Rum

Cuba has a rich history of rum-making stretching as far back as the 1500s. Now the country’s first spiced rum, Black Tears, is “striving not only to respect that tradition, but to enhance it,” says Island Rum Brands’ international commercial & marketing director Helena Zakmane. With classic Cuban ingredients of coffee, cocoa and sweet chilli pepper, the rum is a love letter to the nation – it’s even named after a famous 1920s song, Lagrimas Negras, or Black Tears.

Rum cocktail recipes

Rum cocktail recipes

Dark and moody, fiery and spicy, bright and tropical – there are so many delicious ways to mix it up. Bring on Friday night cocktail hour!