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Cocktails that taste like Maycation

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Rum Swizzle

Rum Swizzle

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Into a shaker full of crushed ice add Gosling’s Black Seal Rum, Gosling’s Gold Rum, pineapple juice, orange juice, Grenadine or Bermuda Falernum, and Angostura bitters.
2. Churn vigorously until a frothing appears or mix in a cocktail shaker.
3. Strain into a rocks glass and garnish with an orange slice and cherry

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

Trader Vic's Mai Tai

Ingredients:

Directions:

Shake with ice and strain over crushed ice. Garnish with mint sprig.

*For Rich Demerara Syrup:
Heat 2 cup demerara (or any other raw sugar, such as turbinado sugar) and 1 cup water in a saucepan. Let cool and bottle.

Tahitian Tiki

Tahitian Tiki

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Fill serving glass with ice. 2. Fill mixing glass 2/3 full with ice and pour first five ingredients into mixing glass in order listed. 3. Cap with mixing tin and shake and strain into serving glass with ice. 4. Top with bitters and Fireball. 5. Add pineapple flag, soda straw, and smile.