Drinking Guide to Rum Cocktails All Around Miami
Miami is home to some of the best rum cocktails around – and the city’s sensational rum drinks are creations inspired by the sweet spirit’s diversity – silver, spiced, dark, aged or over-proofed.
White or silver rum is great in a mixed cocktail, such as in tropical drink favorites – Cuba Libre, Daiquiri, Pina Colada and Mojito.
For a spirit-forward cocktail, a barrel-aged dark or gold rum can stand-in for any traditional whiskey-based cocktail—such as an Old Fashioned or Manhattan.
We put together this exotic selection of rum cocktails collected from bars in, and around, Miami:
LURED TO MYKONOS AT KIKI ON THE RIVER
Ingredients: Bacardi 8-year Rum with Falernum Aperol, pineapple coconut juice and creole bitters; garnished with toasted coconut shavings and dried pineapple.
450 NW North River Drive, Miami (River District), kikiontheriver.com
MI VIEJO AT PM FISH AND STEAK HOUSE
Ingredients: Flor de Cana 7 Year Rum, muddled figs, honey and a splash of sparkling Fantasia Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut.
CLUB PARADISE AT THE ANDERSON BAR
Ingredients: Ron Zacapa 23, Don Q rum, and Back Room (housemade) horchata, over crushed ice, then garnished with grated nutmeg and tropical flowers.
MADURO MAI TAI AT GLASS & VINE
Ingredients: Spiced rum, orgeat, vanilla and banana liqueur.
AGUA DE COCO AT RUSTY PELICAN
Ingredients: Bacardi Coconut, coconut water, coconut syrup, lime and mint.
KAIZOKU AT DRAGONFLY IZAKAYA AND FISH MARKET
Ingredients: Big Cypress Orange Spiced rum, Umeboshi (pickled Japanese plums), Busnel Calvados, St Elizabeth Allspice Dram, lime juice, citrus bitters and egg white.
