Corn 'n Oil

Name: Corn 'n Oil
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz Cruzan Black Strap Rum; 1/2 oz Falernum Syrup

By Dave Stolte

Submitted on: April 12, 2021

Refreshing

Seasonal

This is the most you'll ever hear me talk about The Bible, not just on this site, but ever. Get it while you can. What that old book has to do with the tiny southern Caribbean island of Barbados, I'll share in a moment. It's my grand (and more than slightly half-assed) theory of where this name "Corn 'n' Oil" came from. The drink itself is a bit of a love-it-or-hate-it situation, and the drink's name has encouraged even more dissension, with plenty of ideas about what the hell corn and oil have...

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz
Cruzan Black Strap Rum

1/2 oz
Falernum Syrup

Instructions

Garnish

Spent lime wedge.

Build

Build

Glass

Glass

By Dave Stolte

Author and Designer

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Dave Stolte is the author, illustrator, and publisher of “Home Bar Basics (and Not-So-Basics),” along with co-author Jason Schiffer. Previous editions of the book have been nominated by Tales of the Cocktail as “Best New Cocktail Book,” curated by The Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans, and included in Imbibe magazine’s Holiday Gift Guide. The book is available at homebarbasics.com and select retail nationwide. He also runs the creative studio Wexler of California, providing creative...

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Shake with crushed ice and dump into a rocks glass. Mound with additional crushed ice. Over the drink, squeeze: 1 lime wedge (one quarter lime) Garnish with the spent lime wedge.

Editor's Note

Cruzan Black Strap rum provides a deep, molasses-heavy foundation that balances the spicy, clove-forward profile of quality falernum. A bright lime squeeze cuts the density for a perfect finish.