Ingredient

Rum

Aged or spiced rum brings molasses depth and warm-spice character to buttered rum, mulled cider and the entire Caribbean end of the winter canon.

Flavour profile

  • Molasses
  • Caramel
  • Vanilla
  • Spiced
  • Tropical-warm
A tumbler of dark aged rum on a wooden table

Rum carries winter unusually well for a spirit so associated with the tropics. A decent aged or dark rum gives drinks a round, almost dessert-like quality - vanilla, caramel, soft spice - which is why it works so unimprovably with hot buttered rum and in spiced punches. For warm cocktails reach for an aged rum (Demerara, Jamaican, or a decent Spanish style) rather than a light white rum, which has too little character to survive heating.

Recipes featuring rum

A mug of hot buttered rum topped with grated nutmeg and a cinnamon stick
Warm Cocktails

Hot Buttered Rum

A rich, old-fashioned warmer - dark rum and hot water enriched with a spiced butter batter that melts into something silky and comforting.

Total 10 minutes
Mugs of warm spiced rum punch with orange slices, cinnamon sticks and whole cloves.
Warm Cocktails

Spiced Rum Punch

A warming punch of spiced rum, apple and orange juice and citrus, mulled with cinnamon, clove and allspice - generous, fruity and made for sharing.

Total 17 minutes
Fish House Punch in a glass bowl with lemon slices over a large block of ice
Winter Punches

Fish House Punch

A heritage Philadelphia punch of dark rum, brandy and peach brandy stretched with strong black tea, lemon and sugar over a single block of ice.

Total 12 hours 30 minutes
A heatproof glass of warm golden bombardino topped with whipped cream and dusted with cocoa.
Warm Cocktails

Bombardino

The Italian après-ski favourite: warm advocaat enriched with brandy, crowned with softly whipped cream and a dusting of cocoa for a decadent slope-side treat.

Total 10 minutes

Every recipe with rum (23)