National Rum Day is fast approaching on August 16th. If you are either a fan of the brown spirit or a novice sipper wanted to learn more, here are some of our favorite locations in New York City to grab a drink or create one on your own:

The Time New York – Berries Mojito
Created by Yaliza Burgos, Beverage Director, LeGrande
- Ingredients:
- Muddle lime, mint, blueberry, raspberry
- 2 scoops of sugar
- 2 oz Silver Rum
- Method: Shake all ingredients into highball glass. Add a splash of Sprite.
- Glass: Highball
The Rum House – Tortuga
Created by Kenneth McCoy, Public House Collective Chief Creative Officer
- Ingredients:
- 2 oz Rum
- Dash of cinnamon powder
- Dash orange juice
- Dash lemon juice
- .5 oz simple syrup
- Method: Shake ingredients with ice; strain over fresh ice
- Garnish: Candied ginger on a skewer
- Glass: Rocks
Arlo SoHo – Bright Lights Big City
Created by Gary Wallach, Director of Food & Beverage
- Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Rum
- .75 oz. toasted coconut syrup
- .5 oz lime juice
- 3 dashes bay leaf tincture
- 1 dash angostura bitters
- Method: Add all ingredients to a small tin. Add ice and shake for 10 seconds. Double strain into the glass.
- Glassware: Nick & Nora
Gold Bear – Daiquiri
This upscale sports bar on Park Ave. South will be celebrating with $10.00 handcrafted daiquiris all day.
- Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Mount Gay Black Barrel
- .5 oz lime juice
- 1/4 oz simple syrup
- Method: Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake for 10 seconds. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.
Sea Wolf – Painkiller
- Ingredients:
- 2oz Rum
- 4 oz fresh pineapple juice
- 1 oz Coco Lopez
- 1oz fresh OJ
- Method: Shake well and serve over ice, or blend with 5-6 cubes until smooth for the frozen version. Sprinkle with nutmeg and garnish with a slice of pineapple.
Nobody Told Me – Guilty of Everything
Created by Alberto Miranda, Co-Owner
- Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz rum
- .75 oz Bianco Vermouth
- 1 orange, ango, Peychaud’s
- .5 oz banana du Brazil
- Method: Stirred served in a rocks glass with large format ice garnish with an orange twist
- Glassware: Rocks Glass
Añejo – Oaxacan Caipirinha
Created by Angel Meja, Bartender
- Ingredients:
- 1.5 oz Rum
- Club soda
- .5 oz lime juice
- .75 oz simple syrup
- 2-3 lime wedges
- 5-6 raspberries
- Method: Shake
- Garnish: Skewered raspberries:
W New York – Times Square – The A-Z Cocktail
Created by Harry Parr, Co-Founder of Bompas & Parr
The cocktail, served at W New York – Times Square – features eight different rums and 26 different ingredients beginning with a different letter of the alphabet from A-Z. The hotel tapped London’s culinary mad-hatters Bompas & Parr to conduct hours of R&D to balance the cocktail, on-menu at the hotel bar and available complimentary in the hotel suites.
- Ingredients:
- 1 dash A – Angostura Bitters (Trinidad)
- 0.2 oz B – Botrano Rum (Guatamala)
- 0.1 oz C – Cointreau Liqueur (France)
- 0.2 oz D – Diplomatico Rum (Venezuela)
- 0.2 oz E – El Dorado 12 Year Old Rum (Guyana)
- 0.2 oz F – Frapin Cognac (France)
- 0.1 oz G – Grand Marnier Liqueur (France)
- 0.2 oz H – Havana Club Añejo Rum (Puerto Rico)
- 0.2 oz I – Ilegal Mezcal (Guatemala)
- 0.2 oz J – J.M. Rhum (Martinique)
- 0.1 oz K – Kamm & Sons Apertif (UK)
- 0.2 oz L- Louis Royer VSOP Cognac (France)
- 0.2 oz M – Martell VS Cognac (France)
- 0.2 oz N – Nine Leaves Rum (Japan)
- 0.2 oz O – Old Vatted Demerara Rum (Guyana)
- 1/2 teaspoon P – Pimento Dram Liqueur (Germany)
- 0.2 oz Q – Quagli Berto Rosso Vermouth (Italy)
- 1 dash R – Regan’s Orange Bitters (USA)
- 0.1 oz S – Sipsmith Sloe Gin (UK)
- 0.1 oz T – Tipples British Fruit Liqueurs (UK)
- 1 dash U – Underberg Herbal Tonic (Germany)
- 0.1 oz V – Velvet Falernum
- 0.2 oz W – Wray & Nephew Rum (Jamaica)
- 0.1 oz X – Xante Pear Liqueur (France)
- 0.2 oz Y – Yagurara Cachaça (Brazil)
- 1/2 teaspoon Z – Zoco Patcheran Liqueur (Spain)
- Method: Combine all ingredients and stir. Serve neat or over cubed or crushed ice. Garnish with a lime wedge, pineapple leaves, or mint & flaming sugar cubes. Enjoy!
The Leroy House – Love & Legal Tender
This downtown charmer is the perfect place for date night.
- Ingredients:
- .5 oz. Demerara
- .5 oz ginger Juice
- .5 Lime
- 1.5 oz Rum
- 3 oz Prosecco
- 2 lime wedges squeezed in