9 Refreshing Rum Cocktails That Anyone Can Make

Because a good drink should be both easy and refreshing.

August 16th marks National Rum Day, an industry holiday designed to encourage the liquor-drinking masses to indulge in some sweet, sweet Caribbean nectar. To be honest, rum is an odd spirit. Unlike vodka or whiskey, it’s hardly enjoyable on the rocks, and classic mixed drinks like the cuba libre tend to be heavy on sweetness and light on taste.


With this in mind, we reached out to our friends at Gosling’s Rum and Bully Boy Distillers for the simplest, tastiest rum cocktails they could think of. Enjoy!

Bull Moose

1 ½  oz. Boston Rum


2 oz. white grapefruit juice


2 oz. tonic water

Combine ingredients over ice in highball glass

Planter’s Punch

3 oz. Boston Rum


1 ½ oz. simple syrup


¾ oz. lemon juice


Add crushed ice to highball glass until half full


Stir


Top with crushed ice


Garnish with a mint sprig

Black Beauty

1 ½oz Gosling’s Black Seal Rum


3 fresh blackberries


3-4 fresh mint leaves


½ oz fresh lime juice


½ oz simple syrup


2oz Soda water

Muddle blackberries with mint, simple syrup and lime


Add Black Seal Rum


Shake and strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass


Top with soda water and garnish with a lime slice and a fresh mint sprig

Bloody Gosling’s

2oz Black Seal Rum


4 oz Tomato Juice


Spices (Fresh Horseradish, Celery Salt, Black Pepper, Lea & Perrins Worcestershire, Tabasco)


¼ oz Fresh Lemon Juice

Build in Boston Shaker, quick shake


Strain over fresh ice in a highball glass


Garnish with a lemon slice and celery stalk

Cajun Lemonade

2 oz. of Bully Boy White Rum


¾ oz.  Pimm’s


½ oz. simple syrup


¼ oz. lemon juice


Stir ingredients together in highball glass


Add crushed ice


Top with 7UP


Float three drops of Tabasco

Americana

1 ½ oz. Bully Boy White Rum


4 oz. Orange Crush


Slice of lime


Stir ingredients together in lowball glass


Add ice cubes


Garnish with lime

Rum Swizzle

1 oz Gosling’s Black Seal Rum


1 oz Gosling’s Gold Rum


1 oz pineapple Juice


1 oz Orange Juice


1 dash of Grenadine


1 dash of Angostura Bitters

Pour ingredients over crushed ice in lowball glass


Stir vigorously until foam appears

Sally’s Tea

1 ½ oz. of Boston Rum


4 oz. iced tea


1 oz. lemonade


Add six mint leaves


Stir ingredients together in lowball glass


Add ice cubes

Dark & Stormy

1.5 oz Gosling’s Dark Rum


1 can Gosling’s ginger beer


1 lime

Mix Gosling’s ginger beer and rum


Run lime around rim and drop in (optional)

Photos by Gosling’s Rum