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rum old fashioned on a cutting board with spices

Rum Old Fashioned - The Perfect Fall Cocktail

Picture of Heather Wibbels, Cocktail Contessa, pouring a cocktailHeather Wibbels
The rum old fashioned pairs a fall simple syrup with cinnamon bitters to create an aged rum cocktail that tastes like fall in a glass!
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Total Time 3 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine Rum Cocktail
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

  • 2 oz aged rum (I used Ron Viejo de Caldas 8 year old rum.)
  • ½ oz Fall simple syrup**
  • ¼ oz allspice dram
  • 10 drops of Woodford’s Sorghum and Sassafras bitters
  • 16 drops of Old Forester’s Smoked Cinnamon bitters
  • Garnish: cinnamon stick orange peel

Instructions
 

  • Combine rum, fall simple syrup, allspice dram and bitters in a mixing glass and fill with ice.
  • Stir until chilled, but don’t over dilute.
  • Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice or one large cube.
  • Garnish with a cinnamon stick and orange peel.

Notes

** Fall Simple Syrup
  • 8 oz sugar
  • ¼ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup honey
  • 8 oz water
  • ¼ cup chopped, peeled ginger
Combine water, sugar, honey, brown sugar and ginger in a small saucepan and let simmer for 15 minutes. Turn off the heat and let the ginger steep in the syrup for 60 minutes. Strain into a clean jar and store in the fridge. This will keep for at least 3 weeks in the fridge, longer if you add some vodka to the mix.
Keyword bitters, cinnamon, fall simple syrup, ginger, old fashioned, rum, sassafras
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