Letter of Marque

Name: Letter of Marque
Ingredients: 1.5 oz Mount Gay XO Rum; 0.5 oz El Dorado 12 Rum; 0.75 oz Legendario Elixir De Cuba

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By Logan

Submitted on: October 21, 2022

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After Dinner

I was gifted this bottle of Legendario Elixir de Cuba a while ago and I was struggling to find a use for it outside of just taking shots. It's definitely more of a liqueur than a rum and I'm not the biggest fan of super sweet liqueurs on their own. It has some nice notes of Honey and brown sugar, vanilla, a hint of bitter cocoa. There's a slight floralness with the honey note One day it hit me, it's like a Rum version of Drambuie. So I had to try it in a Rum Rusty Nail. I chose an aged Bajan ru...

Ingredients

1.5 oz
Mount Gay XO Rum

0.5 oz
El Dorado 12 Rum

0.75 oz
Legendario Elixir De Cuba

Instructions

Garnish

Orange Twist

Build

Stir & Strain

Glass

Old Fashioned/Rocks

By Logan

Mixologist

A home enthusiast with a passion for all things tiki! Rum is my favourite poison, but I also love Whiskey, Brandy and just about every other spirit. I'm fairly new to cocktail making but I quickly fell in love with it and enjoy the pursuit of finding my new favourite libation. Cheers! ...

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Stir everything with ice and strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube. Express orange peel over top and garnish with an orange twist

Editor's Note

A clever Rusty Nail riff swapping Scotch for a split base of aged rums. The rare Legendario Elixir de Cuba stands in for Drambuie, lending a unique honey-and-raisin sweetness.

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