Air Mail

Name: Air Mail
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 oz White Rum; 0.5 oz Honey Syrup; 0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice; Prosecco to top; Mint sprig (garnish, optional)

ClassicIBA Official

A rum-and-honey sour topped with bubbles.

ClassicCelebrationSparklingCitrusy

3 minEasyBalanced

Bright and celebratory. Honeyed rum and fresh lime kept lively by a stream of bubbles — a little tropical, a little festive, and thoroughly easy to drink.

Ingredients

1 oz White Rum
0.5 oz Honey Syrup
0.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice
Prosecco to top
Mint sprig · optional garnish

Method

1
Add the rum, honey syrup, and lime juice to a shaker with ice.
2
Shake until well-chilled.
3
Strain into a chilled flute.
4
Top with cold Prosecco and garnish with a mint sprig.

The Story

First printed in the 1949 "Esquire's Handbook for Hosts," the Air Mail is a Honey Daiquiri lengthened with sparkling wine — named for the then-glamorous era of airmail postage. It's essentially a tropical French 75 built on rum.

Glass · FluteGarnish · Mint sprig

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