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Are you a rum drinker? Or, maybe you just like a good cocktail. Here are some delicious recipes for using your favorite Bacardi rum to make a variety of drinks, from classic to exotic.

Bacardi & Cola

1-1/2 oz. Bacardi Light or Dark Rum

Cola

Pour Rum into tall glass filled with ice. Fill with your favorite Cola and garnish with a squeeze of a Lemon. Srves 4.

Bacardi Blossom

1-1/4 oz. Bacardi Light Rum

1 oz. Orange Juice

1/2 oz. Lemon Juice

1/2 tsp. Sugar

Blend with crushed ice and pour.

Bacardi Champagne Cocktail

1 oz. Bacardi Silver Rum

1 tsp. Sugar

Dash Bitters

Champagne

In a Champange flute, mix Rum, Sugar, and Bitters. Fill with Champagne.

Bacardi Cocktail

1-1/4 oz. Bacardi Light Rum

1 oz. Rose’s Lime Juice

1/2 tsp. Sugar

1/2 oz. Rose’s Grenadine

Mix in a shaker with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

The New York Supreme Court ruled in 1936 that a Bacardi Cocktail is not a Bacardi Cocktail unless it’s made with Bacardi Rum. You can also serve this one over ice in a rocks glass.

Bacardi Collins

1-1/2 to 2 oz. Bacardi Light Rum

2 tsp. Frozen Lemonade or Limeade Concentrate

1/2 tsp. Sugar

Club Soda

Combine first two ingredients in a tall glass with ice. Fill with Club Soda. Serves 4.

A Collins with rum instead of gin, whiskey, vodka, and so on.

Bacardi Daiquiri

1-1/4 oz. Bacardi Light Rum

1/2 oz. Lemon Juice

1/2 tsp. Sugar

Mix in shaker with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.

The original Daiquiri was made with Bacardi Rum in 1896. You can add bananas, orange juice, peaches, and any other fruit that you enjoy. You can also serve this one in a highball glass over ice.

Bacardi Dragon Berry Dragon Serum

2 oz. Bacardi Dragon Berry Flavored Rum

1-1/2 oz. Orange Juice

1-1/2 oz. Cranberry Juice

Pour ingredients over ice in a tall glass and garnish with an Orange Wedge. Serves 4.

Bacardi Dry Martini

2 oz. Bacardi Light Rum

1/2 oz. Martini & Rossi Dry Vermouth

Shake with ice and strain.

A new Caribbean classic. You can also serve this one over ice in a highball glass.

Bacardi Fizz

1-1/4 oz. Bacardi Light Rum

1/4 oz. Lemon Juice

1/4 oz. Rose’s Grenadine

Club Soda

Pour Rum and Lemon Juice in a highball glass filled with ice. Add the Grenadine and fill with Club Soda. Serves 2.

Bacardi Grand Melón & Cranberry

2 oz. Bacardi Grand Melón

4 oz. Cranberry Juice

Pour ingredients over ice. Garnish with fresh Watermelon. Serves 4.

Bacardi Hemingway

1-1/2 oz. Bacardi Light Rum

Juice of 1/2 Lime

1/4 oz. Grapefruit Juice

1/4 oz. Maraschino Liqueur

Mix with ice and serve. Serves 4.

Ernest would have written about this one.

Bacardi Limón Martini

2 oz. Bacardi Limón

Dash Martini & Rossi Extra Dry Vermouth

Splash Cranberry Juice

Stir in a cocktail glass. Garnish with Lemon.

It’s a new twist on an old classic. First invented at the Heart and Soul in San Francisco, California.

Bacardi Sunset

1-1/4 oz. Bacardi Light Rum

3 oz. Orange Juice

Squeeze of Lime

Combine in a tall glass with crushed ice. Add a squeeze of Lime. Garnish with an Orange Wheel. Serves 4.

What a way to end the day.

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Ray Foley is the founder and editor of BARTENDER Magazine. A consultant to some of the United States’ top distillers and importers, he is responsible for creating and naming new drinks for the liquor industry.

Ray Foley is the founder and editor of BARTENDER Magazine. A consultant to some of the United States’ top distillers and importers, he is responsible for creating and naming new drinks for the liquor industry.

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