welcome friends welcome back to
cocktails after dark today we're going
to do another cocktail out of this
trader vic's book of food and drink it
is a complete party guide and the
cocktail we're going to do is out of the
section called cocktails and short
hoists it is a rum martini and it is a
rum martini as you would expect from
someone who did a lot of tiki drinks so
we start out with some orange bitters
one dash each
that's not much of a dash let's do two
dashes each
next in he asks for a dry french
vermouth this is not a dry french
vermouth this is a sort of off-dry or
semi-sweet white vermouth
i like the flavor better so i'm going to
use it this cocktail is for me
next in i'm going to use two different
rums
so this is the diplomatico
reserva exclusiva it is a really nice
sipping rum let's see how it does in
this cocktail
and this is the diplomatico eight-year
rum
it is more of a cocktail rum
so we'll see how that works out
and
we'll ice these down
and give them a stir
i've got cocktail glasses iced down
let's make sure i get these right so
this one is the eight-year-old
and this one is the reserva
hi chris hi friends
so
um what do we have today oh they got a
garnish with
an onion and a squeeze of lemon peel but
don't put the lemon peel in it says so
just squeeze the peel over top
there's always that question about
garnishes and how one addresses
garnishes when you're drinking
well yeah and so for a tiki cocktail
book this is a very understated
garnish
an extremely understated garnish so
yours is the reserva exclusiva so it is
the older age drum
and mine is the eight year age drum okay
okay lemon on the nose because that was
the last thing that went on
that one's really light and like a very
refreshing drink
oh
interesting
what do you think
they're distinctly different super
smooth isn't it that was super like just
yeah like it's like smells so lovely oh
and
this one has
this one has a little bit more flavor in
that it's a little bit sharper
but not an unpleasant sharpness at all
like it's just
you're drinking something
yeah so that one is just as a i don't
know i don't know how to describe it
kind of a bolder flavor it's an older
flavor it's a bolder flavor yeah this
one is kind of that light that one's
mellow and this is a little bit bolder
but they're both very refreshing
so i uh
my preference is this one but that's
because i prefer the light
the light refreshing
that kind of lego room martini
i'm gonna say a rum martini is a good
idea
all right so there we go
um
trader vic's rum martini
pick a rum that you like and i'm sure
you're going to enjoy this cocktail
you