Sometimes we don’t like to admit it but rum is a drink that is often stereotyped with beachy cocktails and university house parties but this rich, welcoming drink has so much to offer. From white and dark rum to spiced and fruity alternatives, alcohol free rum lends itself to a broad range of occasions, weathers and party crowds and Mai Tais are just the tip of the crushed iceberg.
So settle in and prepare your liqueur cupboard as Wise Bartender explores 5 fantastic ways to drink alcohol-free rum.
1. On the Rocks
Although alcohol free rum is super versatile and the varying flavours can be used in a wide variety of cocktails, it is also a spot on spirit to drink solo.
Quite like AF whisky, rum can be sampled both on the rocks or neat, depending on your preference. At Wise Bartender, we like to live it up a little and make sure our rum is fine and chilled with a few cubes of ice - refreshing!
Whether you choose to follow our lead or drink solo rum your way, we can only recommend the best flavours on the market, which is why we propose smoke and spice and all things nice.
Caleño Alcohol Dark & Spicy Alcohol Free Rum Spirit is bold and complex, rich with tropical flavours like pineapple, lime and coconut that are brought to life with a dash of spice and so perfect you won’t want to water it down with mixers.
In fact, we really wouldn’t blame you if you did want to drink this one neat.
2. Virgin Cuba Libre
Popular across generations and sometimes known simply as the ‘rum and coke’, the virgin Cuba Libre is a classic and incredibly easy to throw together. If you want to experience a little bit of Cuba without the complicated ingredients and recipes that come hand in hand with certain cocktails.
What does make a Cuba Libre so different to a regular rum and coke, we hear you ask. It’s simple: a little bit of lime juice. Can lime juice really make that much difference to a drink? Yes it can by bringing the sour twang.
Ingredients:
Recipe:
- Squeeze ¼ lime juice into a highball glass
- Fill the glass with ice cubes
- Pour 1 part rum and top up with 2 parts cola
- Stir to combine
3. Hot Buttered Rum
Exquisite for indulging on autumn evenings or as a warming winter treat, Hot Buttered Rum is a stark contrast to the cool, refreshing flavours experienced in AF rum on ice. Because why should such a special drink be reserved for one palette?
Hot, sweet and toasty, this delectable drink will leave your senses tingling.
Ingredients:
100ml Rebels Dark Spice Alcohol Free Rum Alternative
1 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp melted butter
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
Cinnamon sticks
Recipe:
Combine the sugar and spices in a bowl
Gradually add the melted butter and rum
Pour the mixture into 2 mugs
Top with boiling water and stir to combine
Garnish with a cinnamon stick or some froth
4. Bushwacker
The non-alcoholic Bushwacker cocktail is a grown up milkshake that people of all ages can enjoy. Laced with coffee liqueur and packed to the brim with creamy coconutty goodness, this tipsy tipple goes hand in hand with summer afternoons and rich chocolatey desserts.
And, all you really need to make it is a blender and a few glasses.
Ingredients:
1 part Lyre's Non-Alcoholic Dark Cane Spirit
1 part Lyre's Non-Alcoholic Coffee Liqueur
A squeeze of chocolate syrup
2 parts of coconut cream
2 parts milk
Plenty of crushed ice
Recipe:
Add the rum, coffee liqueur, chocolate syrup, coconut cream and milk to a blender
Blend until smooth and thicken with more ice as needed
Squeeze chocolate syrup into a large glass
Pour over the cocktail mix
Tip top tipple advice: Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream, caramel or even popcorn to the top of your cocktail for an added burst of freshness
5. Pina Colada
April showers are approaching which means the season for drinking pina coladas and getting caught in the rain is upon us. The virgin Pina Colada would be nothing without an excellent quality alcohol-free rum so it seemed only fitting to round off our 5 Ways to Drink Alcohol Free Rum list.
With summer approaching, it is always diligent to keep a tin of coconut milk in the cupboards in case you fancy a creamy, fruity wonderland of flavours that transport you to the sunny tiki beach bars of Puerto Rico, even on dreary work nights.
Ingredients:
- 1 part Myth White Cane Coconut Alcohol Free Spirit
- 1 part coconut milk
- 2 parts Pineapple juice
- A squeeze of lime juice
- Pineapple wedges
- Scoop of ice
Recipe:
- Add the Clean Co Rum, coconut milk, pineapple juice, lime juice and plenty of ice to a blender
- Blend until smooth
- Pour into a large cocktail glass
- Garnish with a pineapple wedge
At Wise Bartender, we stock a wide variety of rum alternatives for you to sample, no matter how you plan on drinking them.
