RECIPE

Rhum Swizzle

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A swizzle is an icy drink named for the tool used to mix it, traditionally fashioned out of a woody stem. The base for this swizzle is rhum agricole, made from fresh cane juice in the French-speaking Caribbean islands.

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Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 7 large mint leaves
    2. Crushed ice
    3. 2 ounces amber rhum agricole
    4. 2 ounces fresh grapefruit juice
    5. 1/2 ounce brown sugar simple syrup (brown sugar dissolved in equal part simmering water and cooled)
    6. 1/8 ounce grenadine

Directions

  1. In a Collins glass, muddle the mint. Add the remaining ingredients. Mix by spinning a swizzle or long bar spoon between your palms while moving it up and down in the drink. Top with crushed ice.