Summer Rum Cocktails

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                                   Strawberry Rum Punch

Ingredients:

  • 1 Bottle of Ginger Ale (2 liter)
  • 1 Frozen Can of Limeade (12 oz.)
  • 1 Frozen Can of Strawberry Daiquiri (12 oz.)
  • 1 Carton of Fresh Strawberries
  • 1 Lemon
  • 2 Limes
  • 2 1/2 cups of White Rum

Directions:

In a large pitcher, combine Ginger Ale, Limeade and Strawberry Daiquiri mix.  Stir until all the frozen ingredients melt and are completely mixed with the Ginger Ale.  Slice one end of your lemon and limes and squeeze a little extra fresh juice into the mixture.  Now you can slice the fruit into lemon and lime wheels and add them to the mixture.  Take your strawberries and slice them into thirds and add to the mixture.  Remember to save a few strawberries and lime slices for garnish.  Mix in rum and you’re done!

                                    Soggy Dollar Painkiller

Ingredients:

  • 2 ounces Pusser’s rum
  • 4 ounces pineapple juice
  • 1 ounce orange juice
  • 1 ounce cream of coconut
  • Garnish with Nutmeg and a pineapple slice

Directions:

Simply combine all ingredients, except nutmeg, in a cocktail shaker and give it a gentle shake. If you don’t have or want to use a shaker, you can stir all the ingredients together, just make sure it is well mixed, especially the cream of coconut.  Pour over ice.  Top with a dusting of grated nutmeg.  Garnish with a pineapple slice.

                                 Pineapple Rum Punch

Ingredients:

  • 4 oz Pineapple juice
  • 2 oz Light Rum
  • 2 oz Ginger Ale

Directions:

Combine rum and pineapple juice.  Pour over ice.  Top with ginger ale.  Garnish with pineapple chunks, maraschino cherry and drink umbrella.

                                Blue Hawaiian

Ingredients:

  • 1 oz  Light Rum
  • 1 oz  Blue Curacao
  • 3 oz  Pineapple Juice
  • 3/4 oz  Cream of Coconut
  • Pineapple slice for garnish
  • Maraschino cherry for garnish

Directions:

Combine Light Rum, Blue Curacao, Pineapple Juice and Cream of Coconut in a cocktail shaker.  Add about a 1/2 cup of ice and shake until the outside of your shaker is cold.  Fill your hurricane glass with ice.  Pour your mixture into your glass.  Decorate with a slice of pineapple, Maraschino cherry and a tropical drink umbrella.

                         Tropical Bay Breeze

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 oz Coconut Rum
  • 3 oz Pineapple Juice
  • 2 oz Cranberry Juice
  • Splash of Grenadine
  • Squeeze of Lime

Directions:

Combine Coconut Rum, pineapple juice, cranberry juice and Grenadine syrup and stir.  Pour over ice in a highball glass.  Top with a squeeze of lime juice.  Garnish with a slice of lime.

                                            Lava Flow

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz. Light Rum
  • 2 oz. Pineapple Juice (chilled)
  • 2 oz. Cream of Coconut (chilled)
  • 5-6 Fresh Strawberries
  • 5-6 Fresh Pineapple chunks (optional)
  • 1 Small Banana
  • Garnish with a pineapple wedge and paper umbrella

Directions:

Blend Strawberries and rum together and pour the mixture into your glass.  Rinse out your blender.  Blend banana, pineapple juice and cream of coconut.  Pour mixture into your hurricane glass (on top of the pureed strawberries and rum mixture).  Watch the strawberry mixture rise up the sides of your glass creating the signature “lava flow” look of the drink!

                                          Dirty Monkey 

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 of a ripe banana
  • 1.5 ounce aged rum (Bacardi Anejo is a good choice)
  • 2 ounces pineapple juice
  • 1/2 ounce
  • Kahlua
  • A splash of banana liqueur
  • A splash of Cream of Coconut
  • Chocolate syrup for garnish

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in a blender (except the chocolate syrup).  Add a cup of ice and blend until smooth.  Drizzle the inside of a tall glass with chocolate syrup.  Pour mixture into your tall glass.

Source: www.troprockin.com