Classic cocktails for appreciating your high-end rums

Sometimes, simple is better. While there’s absolutely a place for elaborate, complex drinks that use tons of ingredients for complex and deep flavors, when you are looking for drinks to show off your finest spirits, you should stick to classic, paired-down recipes that allow the flavors of a fine spirit to shine. After all, the classics have remained popular for a reason.

In that vein, rum brand Diplomático has a trio of classic cocktail recipes adapted to show off the flavors of its offerings. These recipes feature Diplomático Mantuano, a blend of Venezuelan rums that’s perfect for elevated rum cocktails. So if you’re after a delicious drink to make use of a fine rum, then these recipes should be first on your list.

Rum Manhattan

Ingredients:

• 2 Parts Diplomático Mantuano
• 1 Part Sweet Vermouth
• 1 Part Dash Orange Bitters

Method:

Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker with ice. Mix, filter and serve in a glass. Garnish with an expressed orange peel.

Rum Negroni

Ingredients:

• 1 Part Diplomático Mantuano
• 1 Part Sweet Vermouth
• 1 Part Bitter Italian Aperitif
• Grapefruit Peel

Method:

Add ingredients into an ice filled mixing glass and stir to combine/chill. Strain into a Double Old Fashioned rocks glass containing a large rock of ice, and garnish with expressed grapefruit peel.

Mai Tai

Ingredients:

• 1 Part Diplomático Reserva Exclusiva
• 1 Part Diplomático Mantuano
• 0.75 Part Orange Curacao
• 1 Part Fresh Lime Juice
• 0.5 Part Orgeat
• 2 dashes Aromatic bitters
• Orchid, pineapple frond & lime

Method:

Add all ingredients to shaker with crushed ice for a bit of dilution. Shake and serve over ice. Garnish with fresh mint and pineapple leaf.