Charbay Rum Write-up & Cocktail Recipes

We just got a lovely write-up from therumdaddy.com, check it out!

"These rums are made in Mendocino, Northern California by the Karakasevic family, distillers for over twelve generations. Produced by pot stills, these rums elicit the immediate response of hand-crafted quality spirits. The cane syrups used for fermentation, as opposed to molasses, are a proprietary blend from the Caribbean and Hawaii.

The TROPICAL ISLANDS CANE RUM is a wonderful white rum with unique and desirable clarity and depth. The nose of this rum initially presents leafy cane and botanical notes. If you think you’re picking up agave, you’re not alone! Initial taste releases gently toasted sugar and cacao notes, with a soft molasses palate coat and cacao finish. Very crisp and sophisticated.

The TAHITIAN VANILLA RUM is triple-distilled and infused with whole Tahitian vanilla beans. Not sickly sweet, but rather sophisticated and complex. Vanilla bean pods and leafy notes greet the nose with a gentle bathing of scents. The initial taste presents a marriage of vanilla with botanical and leafy flavors, finishing cleanly with molasses and cacao.

I played with these rums for two solid weeks. Their flexibility in mixology was outstanding! Martinis with a quality fruit juice/nectar base were superb. Gimlets were great; cocktails and Collins using sparkling soda or tonic water were equally pleasurable. The Tropical Islands Cane Rum was wonderful with tonic and lime, or seltzer, lime, and agave syrup. These rums cry out for their qualities to shine through thoughtful applications, not just buried in a sugary concoction.

Go to Charbay.com and have a grand time with your e-tour of their family business. It’s worth it!"

So on that note, I'd like to share a couple of delicious summer rum recipes with you :-)

CHARBAY Sweet Heat
2 slices Serrano
4-5 peel slices cucumber
2 lime quarters
splash of simple syrup
** Muddle **

Add:
2 oz CHARBAY Cane Rum
½ oz simple syrup
ice

Shake and strain over fresh ice
Garnish with Serrano slice & lime wheel

Also VERY REFRESHING:

CHARBAY LAVENDER MOJITO
1 oz. fresh lime
1 oz. fresh simple syrup
2-3 lavender sprigs and 5 mint leaves
2.5 oz. Charbay Tahitian Vanilla Bean Rum
2.5 oz. Club soda

In a mixing glass, muddle mint & lavender, lime and sugar with vigor; add ice, rum, club soda and stir well. (Contributed by David Nepove)

Happy summer everyone!