Rum Runner Cocktail Recipe - Difford's Guide

Glass:

Serve in a Hurricane glass

Ingredients: [edit]

30 ml	Jamaican-style aged blended rum with funk
30 ml	Havana Club Original Añejo 3 Años Cuban rum
30 ml	Giffard Banane du Brésil liqueur
15 ml	Giffard Crème de Mûre liqueur
60 ml	Pineapple juice
30 ml	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
10 ml	Grenadine/pomegranate syrup

ml × 1 1 serving Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

1. Select and pre-chill a HURRICANE GLASS.
2. Prepare garnish of pineapple wedge & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.
3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
4. STRAIN into glass filled with crushed ice.

Strength & taste guide:

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Review:

Fruity and rounded with a touch of rum funk, rich banana and blackberry.

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History:

The Holiday Isle Tiki Bar in Islamorada, Florida Keys, USA, claims to be the "home of the Run Runner." Originally named The Hapi Hula Hut, the bar opened in 1969 and was renamed in 1971. As the Holiday Isle's own website says, "Legend has it [so evidence is perhaps sketchy] over 40 years ago the Tiki Bar manager John Elber (Tiki John) had to get rid of an excess of rum and other liqueurs before the arrival of new inventory. Tiki John was challenged to concoct a cocktail that would help use the surplus inventory. So he mixed banana liquor, Meyers rum, brandy and grenadine and named it the Rum Runner" after the liquor smugglers who used the Florida Keys as their base in the early 1900s.

Nutrition:

One serving of Rum Runner contains 323 calories

Alcohol content:

• 1.7 standard drinks
• 11.89% alc./vol. (23.78° proof)
• 24.4 grams of pure alcohol

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