Rum Old Fashioned
ClassicAged rum, demerara, and bitters stirred over one big cube.
Rich, warm, and slow-sipping. Aged rum brings toffee, banana, and baking spice, demerara deepens the caramel, and aromatic bitters with a hit of orange oil keep it from tasting sweet. A spirit-forward drink for people who love a good rum neat.
Ingredients
- 2 oz Aged Rum
- 0.25 oz Demerara Syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
- Orange twist · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add the rum, demerara syrup, and bitters to a mixing glass with ice.
- 2
Stir until well chilled and slightly diluted.
- 3
Strain into a rocks glass over one large cube.
- 4
Express an orange peel over the top and drop it in.
The Story
The Rum Old Fashioned applies the original 1800s "cocktail" formula of spirit, sugar, water, and bitters to aged rum instead of whiskey. There is no single inventor to credit; it grew out of the craft-bar fascination with sipping rums in the 2000s and 2010s. Demerara syrup is the natural partner, echoing the molasses and caramel already in a good bottle.