National Rum Day Is Your Sign to Stock Up on These Rums & Cocktails

On The Rocks Blue Hawaiian lets you enjoy rum without the mixing. Made with Cruzan rum and vibrant blue curaçao, the Blue Hawaiian delivers a refreshing, island-inspired cocktail.

Flamingo Freeze is the perfect way to cool off while feeling like you’re on a tropical vacation, made with Malibu Pink.

Flamingo Freeze

• Ingredients:
• 1 part Malibu Pink
• 0.5 part lemon juice
• 0.5 part simple syrup
• 3 parts Owen’s Strawberry Lemonade
• 3 parts water
• Method:
• Blend/Freeze ingredients in a rocks glass 

If you like a little kick in your drink, the Spicy Lemonade made with Captain Morgan Sweet Chili Lime is the one for you. This is one of Captain Morgan’s easiest recipes.

Spicy Lemonade

• Ingredients:
• 1.5 fl oz of Captain Morgan Sweet Chili Lime
• 4 fl oz of Lemonade
• Tajín Rim
• Preparation:
• Rim your glass with juice from a fresh lemon and sprinkle Tajín generously on that rim.
• Add ice to a glass, add lemonade and Captain Morgan Sweet Chili Lime.

This cocktail might be called Hurricane, but the flavors aren’t disastrous, and they will have you feeling like you’re on a Caribbean vacation with every sip.

Hurricane

• Ingredients:
• 0.75 fl oz of Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
• 0.75 fl oz of Captain Morgan White Rum
• 2 fl oz of Passionfruit Juice
• 1 fl oz of Orange Juice
• 0.5 fl oz of Fresh Lime Juice
• 1 tsp of Simple Syrup
• 1 tsp of Grenadine
• 1 Cherry
• 1 Orange Slice
• 1 Glassful of Cubed Ice
• Preparation: 
• Add Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum, and Captain Morgan White Rum, passion fruit juice, orange juice, lime juice, simple syrup and grenadine in a shaker with the ice.
• Shake!
• Strain into a large hurricane glass filled with fresh ice.
• Garnish with a slice of orange, a cherry and enjoy.

You could never go wrong with the classic rum and coke with Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum recipe of Captain and Cola is the right one for you.

Captain and Cola

• Ingredients:
• 1.5 fl oz of Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum
• 3 fl oz of Cola or Diet Cola
• 1 wedge of lime
• Preparation: 
• Fill a glass with ice.
• Add 1.5 fl oz of Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum.
• Fill the glass to the top with cola. Squeeze in a wedge of lime!
• Spice it Up: Add cherry or vanilla syrup to add a sweet twist on this classic!

If dark liquor isn’t your thing, Captain Morgan White Rum is also available for you to enjoy on the rocks or neat.

ZACAPA DAIQUIRI combines the classic cocktail with the taste of Zacapa, a craft rum from Guatemala.

ZACAPA DAIQUIRI

• INGREDIENTS:
• 1.5 oz Zacapa No. 23 Rum
• 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
• Lime Wheel
• PREPARATION:
• Combine all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.
• Shake well and strain into a coupe glass.
• Garnish with a lime wheel.

Even martini lovers can enjoy National Rum Day with the ZACAPA ESPRESSO MARTINI. Stay up to celebrate all Sunday long.

ZACAPA ESPRESSO MARTINI

• INGREDIENTS:
• 1.5 oz Zacapa No. 23 Rum
• 1 oz Espresso
• 0.25 oz Simple Syrup
• 3 Espresso Beans, for garnish
• Cacao Powder, for garnish (optional)
• Wafer Stick, for garnish (optional)
• PREPARATION:
• 1. (Optional) Dust a coupe glass with cacao powder.
• 2. Add Zacapa, espresso and simple syrup into a shaker filled with ice.
• 3. Shake well and strain into coupe glass.
• 4. Garnish with 3 espresso beans and a wafer stick.

In celebration of Zacapa’s 50^th anniversary, the Zacapin was created as a new celebratory ritual serving, garnished with a traditional Quitapena peg, which is a small, handcrafted figurine to pop on your cocktail glass. According to Guatemalan folklore, people would share their worries with the Quitapena before bed and keep it under their pillow as a small nighttime ritual of comfort.

Zacapin

• INGREDIENTS:
• 1.5 oz of Ron Zacapa 23
• 0.75 oz of lemon juice
• 0.75 oz of simple syrup
• 1.5 oz of club soda
• 2 dashes of orange bitters
• PREPARATION:
• Combine Ron Zacapa, simple syrup, lime juice and add orange bitters in a shaker.
• Shake vigorously.
• Strain and pour in a glass with ice.
• Top with club soda and mix with a bar spoon.
• Garnish with a Quitapena peg.

Brugal, the ultra-premium Dominican rum brand, launched the final iteration of its Colección Visionaria series. Crafted by Brugal Maestra Ronera Jassil Villanueva Quintana, Edición 03 showcases her vision of celebrating the Dominican Republic through innovation, with coconut selected as the defining ingredient for this final expression. COCONUT HIGHBALL is one of the recipes in the new drop.

COCONUT HIGHBALL

• Ingredients:
• 50ml Brugal Colección Visionaria 03
• 100ml Sparkling Coconut Water
• 2 Dashes Orange Bitters
• Directions:
• Add CV03 to a highball glass with a clear ice column, add 2 dashes of Orange Bitters and top with Sparkling Coconut Water. 
• Stir gently to combine and garnish with a mint sprig.

The classic cocktail, the Old Fashioned, is usually made with whiskey, but the COCONUT OLD-FASHIONED is made with Brugal’s latest launch, the Edición 03, with fewer than 35,000 bottles available worldwide, the rum’s signature Aromatic Cask Toasting process, fresh Dominican coconut inside new French oak casks, and toasting it before being removed. It is then aged in these specially prepared casks, allowing it to develop a refined and unexpected character. A tribute to the culture, heritage, and landscape that have shaped the brand and its rum mastery for more than 135 years.

COCONUT OLD-FASHIONED

• Ingredients:
• 60ml Brugal Colección Visionaria 03
• Coconut Water Ice Ball
• 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
• Directions:
• Add rum and bitters to a chilled rocks glass, add a frozen coconut water ice ball and stir gently for 5 seconds

For 90 years, BACARDÍ Rum has been produced in Puerto Rico; generations of the island’s craftmanship and cocktail culture have been shaped, and to celebrate the success as well as National Rum Day, the classic Daiquiri is the perfect cocktail to toast to.

Daiquiri (Shaken)

• Ingredients:
• 2 oz BACARDÍ Superior Rum
• 1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
• 2 tsp Caster Sugar
• Cubed & Crushed Ice
• Recipe:
• Add fresh lime juice and sugar to a cocktail shaker, then stir until the sugar completely dissolves. 
• Pour in BACARDÍ Superior Rum, then fill the shaker with half-crushed, half-cubed ice.
• Shake vigorously until the shaker becomes cold to the touch.
• Strain through a fine strainer into a chilled cocktail glass.

The Tortuga Rum Punch is Grand Cayman’s signature cocktail, distilling the island’s flavors, history, and spirit into a single glass. Founded by a local Caymanian family, it has become a part of the island’s culture. “Rum’s significance in Caymanian culture traces back to the island’s deep roots in pirate and seafaring history, and the punch pays homage to that legacy, ” says Cristian Coro, food & beverage manager at The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa. “The cocktail is topped with a float of dark rum, a visual and symbolic tribute to the pirates and sailors who once frequented Grand Cayman’s shores,” Coro adds.

Tortuga Rum Punch

• Ingredients:
• 1 oz blackberry liqueur
• 1.5 oz coconut rum
• 3–4 oz pineapple juice
• 0.5 oz Myers’s Rum (for the float)
• Ice
• Glass:
• Highball glass or rocks glass
• Step-by-step:
• Fill the glass with ice
• Add the spirits
• Pour in:
• 1 oz blackberry liqueur
• 1.5 oz coconut rum
• Add pineapple juice
• Top with 3–4 oz pineapple juice depending on how strong or sweet you want it.
• Stir gently
• Float the dark rum – (Slowly pour 0.5 oz of Myers’s Rum over the back of a spoon so it
  rests on top.)

Bon Vivants brings a tropical twist to the classic Rum Old Fashioned with El Chapo, which is made with Coconut Cartel Rum, Giffard Orgeat, and Scrappy’s Orange Bitters, while the house-made passion-fruit caviar garnish adds a bright, tropical pop with each sip. The drink is served over a sphere of frozen coconut water that slowly melts, transforming the cocktail as it goes. According to Kyle Jones, co-founder and managing director of Bon Vivants, “We wanted to showcase the rum in a spirit-forward way while still giving the cocktail a sense of evolution.”

El Capo

• Ingredients:
•  2 ½ Coconut Cartel Rum,
• barspoon of Giffard Orgeat,
• 3 dashes of Scrappy’s Orange Bitters
• Directions:
• Stirred with a spoon of passionfruit caviar for garnish, all served in an old-fashioned glass with a coconut ice sphere.

There’s no better place to celebrate National Rum Day than the spirit’s birthplace in the newly opened Royalton Vessence Barbados. The Bajan Spiced Margarita is a bold twist on a classic with Barbadian Mount Gay Rum with vibrant citrus and a touch of heat, resulting in a refreshing cocktail.

Bajan Spiced Margarita

• Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum, red wine, fresh lime juice, dash of tabasco, tajin and lime for seasoning.

Rosewood Bermuda has its own blend by Goslings Rum, and it recently opened Mirador, a new waterfront bar developed in partnership with Patrón Tequila exclusively for resort guests and members, serving signature tequila-forward cocktails and rum creations.