Queen's Park Swizzle
ClassicRum, lime, and mint swizzled over crushed ice, finished with bitters.
Cool, minty, and deeply refreshing. Lime and mint give a Mojito-like brightness, demerara adds a toffee-like depth, and the cap of bitters lends spice and a red-brown colour. A beautiful hot-weather long drink.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Gold Rum
- 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
- 0.75 oz Demerara Syrup
- 8 Mint Leaves
- 3 dashes Angostura Bitters
- Mint sprig · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add the mint leaves, lime juice, and demerara syrup to a tall glass and gently press the mint.
- 2
Add the rum and fill the glass with crushed ice.
- 3
Swizzle with a bar spoon until the outside of the glass frosts.
- 4
Top with more crushed ice, dash the bitters over the top, and garnish with a mint sprig.
The Story
The Queen's Park Swizzle is a Trinidadian classic from the Queen's Park Hotel in Port of Spain, created in the early 20th century. It is the best known of the swizzle family: drinks spun with a stick or spoon over crushed ice until frosty. It reads like a Mojito with a heavier hand on the rum, demerara, and bitters.