Barbados Sunrise recipe

White Rum

All Rum is made from fermenting and then distilling sugar cane molasses or sugar cane juice, but White Rum has an ageing process that makes the liquor clear.

Rum is usually aged, and the container it’s aged in has a big say in its colour.

In bourbon or other wooden casks, the rum turns a dark brown colour, but in stainless steel tanks it stays colourless. Rum that’s been aged in wood can also be filtered to take the colour out.

White Rum is clear because it’s aged in stainless steel, or filtered after ageing.

Pretty cool, huh?

For White Rum, we recommend:

Grenadine

Grenadine is a non-alcoholic bar syrup that’s traditionally used to give a cocktail a red or pink tint and is made from pomegranate.

Cocktails with Grenadine

• Rolling Thunder
• Geez Louise
• Red Apple
• Honolulu Hammer
• Ace
• Ringo
• Passionate Kiss
• Bahama Mama

Blue Curaçao

Blue Curaçao is a liqueur flavoured with the dried peel of the Laraha citrus fruit, which is then artificially coloured blue for effect.

It’s a great ingredient to use in cocktails because it pretty much has everything you could ever want as a cocktail mixer:

1. It has an enticing colour.
2. It has a bitter orange taste that blends well with most flavours.
3. It has a great amount of alcohol in it.

(You can read more about Blue Curacao here, in our dedicated article)

For Blue Curacao, we recommend:

Orange Juice

Orange Juice is an essential ingredient for most bars and fridges all around the world. Why? It mixes well with virtually any form of alcohol.

Cocktails with Orange Juice and Vodka? Absolutely.

Cocktails with Orange Juice and Tequila? Naturally.

Cocktails with Orange Juice and Rum? Sure, why not?

And the list doesn’t end there.

For Orange Juice, we recommend:

Highball Glass

Highball Glasses are the most common glasses in the cocktail world. You can put most cocktails in there from the Long Island Iced Tea to a Bay Breeze.