welcome to the cocktail vlog I'm Steve
the bartender and today I'm going to
show you how to make five iconic rum
cocktails all of which are really tasty
and simple to recreate at home I'll
start off with two of the most popular
cocktails being the mojito and the
daiquiri and then move on to a couple of
also popular but probably lesser-known
cocktails and I'll finish it off with
one you've probably never heard of so
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uploads first off a classic daiquiri a
daiquiri is a three ingredient cocktail
that is both balanced and citrusy and
it's got a lot of tang to it it's often
said that it's a perfect drink to test
out a bartender to make sure that they
can balance flavors so start off with
your cocktail shaker and measure out 60
ml of havana club of course before I get
started if you do want to mix you will
notice that I've got a few rums here if
you don't have that many rubs if you've
got one one run we've got an aged rum a
light rum you can use that across all
the cocktails and they're still going to
work they're not going to be the same
recipe obviously but that means you
don't have to go out and buy a lot of
birds so start with 60 ml two ounces of
your white rum Bacardi is also a good
choice followed by fresh lime juice 30
mil or 1 ounce
followed by simple syrup 22.5 mill three
quarters of an ounce do a cocktail
shaker with ice and then give it a good
shake for like 12 seconds and strain it
into a chilled cocktail glass a coupe
and Nick and Nora or Marty and garnish
with a lime wheel
they have a daiquiri next up we've got
the mojito so the origins of the mojito
is a little bit mysterious but there are
reports that it goes back as far as the
16th century but where you can all be
CERN it's an extremely refreshing
cocktail and it's perfect for summer
start with your highball glass and add
we're about 10 min leaves in that one 60
mil or 2 ounces of your preferred white
rum I'm using a Havana Club and 30 mil
or one ounce of your fresh lime juice so
just gently press them in followed by
22.5 mil 3/4 ounce of your simple syrup
before filling your glass with ice next
up add some soda water to the glass it
should be about 60 ml if you prefer you
can use crushed ice as well
garnish with a big mint sprig
and serve it with a steel straw they
have a mijita
so cocktail number three the mai tai
so this particular recipe is a slight
variation or adaptation of Trader Vic's
recipe from 1944
so the original recipe does call for Rey
and nephews rum which is extremely rare
and extremely expensive so I'm obviously
going to substitute that and I've also
instead of using a rock candy syrup
which is a two-to-one sugar syrup I'm
gonna increase the orange Curacao just
that little bit so start off with your
cocktail shaker and measure out 60 mil
of your aged rum okay 60 mil two ounces
followed by 22.5 middle or 3/4 ounce of
your Curacao I'm using preffer and if
that's how you pronounce it if not
correctly bullet
followed by fresh lime juice 30 mil and
lastly 15 mils with ORS yet
and for those who don't know or jet is
an almond syrup if you further make your
jet at home then I'll link to another
video up here now add ice to your
cocktail shaker shake for 12 seconds and
strain it into a double old-fashioned
glass with ice
then garnished with a lime wheel and a
sprig of mint so there you have a mai
tai Cheers
next up the dark and stormy or should I
say the safe harbor so the Gosling's
family has a trademark on the name dark
and stormy so you can only use the
Gosling's rum so today I'm not making a
dark and stormy I'm making a safe harbor
so just ensure that you use a spicy
ginger beer don't substitute that for
ginger ale and the original recipe
doesn't call for squeezed lime juice
does call for a lime wedge but the first
thing you probably going to do when you
start drinking is squeeze the lime
anyway so it's completely up to you so
start with your highball glass this is
actually only a small volume so I'm
probably gonna use a little bit less
ginger beer than what I would recommend
but add ice to a glass and pour in your
spicy ginger beer make sure you leave
some room at the top
and add 60 mils of your dark rum and add
a wedge of lime and serve with the straw
there you have the dark and stormy so
wrap up volume one of our rum cocktails
is the salty bird so I'm sure if you've
heard it before
if you have please let me know in
comment below but this particular recipe
is from Lauren shell she's currently
working the Eberly or she's I think
she's part owner of the Everly in
Australia and she was formerly working
at little branch and milk and honey in
the States the cocktail is a bittersweet
rum laced pineapple sipper and I'm sure
you'll enjoy so start with your cocktail
shaker and measure out forty five mils
one and a half ounces of your white rum
then follow these 22.5 bills or three
quarters of an ounce of Campari
so this cocktail is kind of jungle bird
ask if you're not familiar with that
I'll link to the video just here now
there's your forty five mils of
pineapple juice maybe give it a little
bit of a shake first follow that with 50
mils half an ounce of fresh lime juice
and likewise for your simple syrup
and finish that with a pinch of salt to
counteract the bitterness of the Campari
and iced tea Boston glass and give it a
shake for 12 seconds so this is a really
large glass it's got a lot of capacity
so I'm going to strain in and then fill
it with crushed ice this pineapple may
look really small but it's a new range
of baby pineapples that have been
releasing legally locally but for the
garnish you got pineapple juice in the
drink so a thin slice of pineapple would
work perfectly
so you might be asking why I added the
ice last it just kind of helps with the
capacity I know how much I said need to
add rather than doing in Reverse and I'm
also got a little bit of a mint sprig
finish with the straw and they've got a
salty bird Cheers
so they have five rum cocktails so make
sure you let me know in the comments
below which rum cocktail
out of these five you'll prefer thanks
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