Meet Rumba’s House Rum Blend for 2023

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Again in 2021, Jennifer Akin, the then-general supervisor of Seattle’s Rumba, graciously agreed to share the recipe for Rumba’s home rum mix. Just lately, Rumba’s present bar supervisor, Josh Ibañez, shared Rumba’s revised mix and has graciously consented to let me reshare it on Cocktail Wonk.

Under, Josh offers the brand new mix recipe and describes the considering behind it.

Rumba Daiquiri (Cuban type) mix

3L Brugal Anejo

2L Don Q Gold

1L Bounty White

1L Plantation 3 Star

750ml Ten to One White

375ml Smith and Cross

375ml Wray and Nephew White Overproof

For these of you not making eight-liter batches, right here’s the recipe in ratio type:

12 elements Brugal Anejo

8 elements Don Q Gold

4 Components Bounty White

4 elements Plantation 3 Star

3 elements Ten to One White

1.5 elements Smith and Cross

1.5 elements Wray and Nephew White Overproof

You’ll have heard that Rumba has determined to now not carry Bacardi merchandise because of the firm’s involvement in Russia. A dialog that’s nonetheless ongoing.

When this occurred, I knew we would want to make a serious change to our Daiquiri mix, primarily as a result of Bacardi 4 and Gold have been integral to it.

With that in thoughts, I got down to regulate and create a Cuban-style mix that is still sharp and crisp but additionally has a little bit of physique and edge. The mix should be cost-effective, versatile, and enchantment to rattling close to anybody. That’s the great thing about a daiquiri — It will possibly flip heads and lift the eyebrows of even probably the most pessimistic non-rum drinker.

Switching the Bacardi Gold for Don Q Gold was a fast and painless adjustment that retains the heavy Puerto Rican spine. Mild, impartial, and a contact extra rounded.

The tougher half was the Bacardi 4 (Cuatro). After attempting half a dozen totally different rums, recreating the mix again and again in small portions, I landed on Brugal Añejo. This rum is estimated to be 2-5yrs previous, is column distilled, and barrel-focused with a softer profile than Bacardi 4. It offers a full physique to the mix whereas maintaining the whole lot mild and refined.

The ultimate adjustment was splitting our pure Jamaican rum element into two rums. I retained the Smith & Cross and added Wray and Nephew White Overproof. Only a small quantity of unaged Jamaican offers the mix with a little bit of edge, funk, and a long-lasting impression on the palate.

Having finalized the mix, I had one final change to make. The revised mix tastes nice by itself whereas working nice in all our home cocktails that use it. All apart from our Daiquiri #1 — probably the most essential. My resolution to the Daiquiri #1 drawback was rising the lime juice from 0.75 ozto 1 oz. That did the trick! The daiquiri was now crisp, juicy, nuanced, and really drinkable. For me, that’s what a daiquiri ought to in the end be. Making a single DTO is a lot simpler now!