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Dark Rum

Dark Rum is one of the official grades of rum, that typically comes in brown, black, or red colours.

Dark Rums are typically made using caramelised sugar or molasses, aged longer than other rums in charred barrels, and usually have much stronger flavours than light or golden rums.

For Dark Rum, we recommend:

Golden Rum

Golden Rum (aka Amber Rum) is a medium-bodied, aged rum that gets its dark colour from aging in wooden barrels.

Golden Rums tend to have more flavour and are stronger tasting than their lighter counterparts.

For Golden Rum, we recommend:

Cocktails with Golden Rum

• Bahama Mama
• Zombie
• Old Cuban
• Mai Tai

Demerara Rum

Demerara Rum is made by fermenting molasses, which results in sweeter, rounder, and usually darker rum.

All Demerara Rum is distilled in Guyana by the last remaining Guyanese distiller, Demerara Distillers Limited – aka DDL.

The rum is produced on the banks of the Demerara River using the sugarcane grown nearby.

For Demerara Rum, we recommend:

Falernum

Falernum is a syrup from the Caribbean that can either be a liqueur or a nonalcoholic syrup.

It contains flavours of ginger, lime, almond, and cloves or allspice and is widely thought of as a spicier version of orgeat syrup.

For Falernum, 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

Angostura Bitters

Angostura bitters is a concentrated bitters (aka a herbal alcoholic preparation) based on gentian (a plant with a bitter root), herbs, and spices.

It’s produced by the House of Angostura in Trinidad and Tobago and is called Angostura as it was created in the town of Angostura in Venezuela.

Angostura Bitters are typically used for flavouring drinks, and the House of Angostura also makes orange bitters.

For Angostura Bitters, we recommend:

Cocktails with Angostura Bitters

• Spider-man
• Zombie
• New York Sour
• Old Cuban
• Rob Roy
• Amaretto Sour
• John Collins
• Manhattan

Pernod

Pernod is a type of Absinthe that can be traced all the way back to the 1790s.

It’s made by mixing wormwood, fennel, melissa, and anise in a neutral spirit (usually wine) in a copper alembic where the mixture is distilled to produce a transparent liquor.

For Pernod, we recommend:

Cocktail Shaker

Cocktail shakers improve the taste of cocktails. It’s a fact.

There’s a reason that famed British spy James Bond says “shaken, not stirred”. And that reason is: because it tastes better.

If you don’t already have a cocktail shaker set, you might want to check out our detailed cocktail shaker comparison.

But to cut a long story short, here’s the cocktail shaker we recommend:

Hawthorne Strainer

If you (or perhaps the person you’re buying for) don’t have a Hawthorne strainer as part of a cocktail shaker set, it’s a great, and incredibly useful, addition to your cocktail toolbox.

The strainer is typically used to remove the ice (or any other unwanted solid ingredients) from your cocktail as it’s poured from the cocktail shaker into your glass.

For a Hawthorne Strainer, 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.