This Daiquiri-meet-Dark-and-Stormy refresher is a great kick-off for Memorial Day Weekend. (Photo courtesy of Bumbu Rum)
The thing about rum? It’s great if it’s sunny; it’s equally wonderful when it’s not. Where do you think the Dark and Stormy came from?
We can’t predict Mother Nature’s whims, but we can hedge our bets with a mash-up of rummy fun. Part Daiquiri, part Dark and Stormy, this sipper from Bumbu Rum, a lovely cane-sugar based spirit from Barbados, finds the happy place between sun and storm, wind-swept and weathered.
Head over to Bottle Hampton or Race Lane Liquors to grab a bottle, and find your weekend center in this strawberry-kissed, citrusy, gingery treat. Cheers, friends!
Bumbu Banger
- 2 oz Bumbu Original Rum
- 2 oz strawberry puree
- 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
- 3 oz ginger ale
- 1 lime wedge
Fill a shaker with ice. Add in the rum, strawberry puree and lime juice.
Shake until well-chilled, about 10 to 15 seconds.
Strain into a double rocks or highball glass filled with fresh ice.
Top with ginger ale and garnish with the lime wedge.
Amy Zavatto is the Editor-in-Chief for Southforker, Northforker and Long Island Wine Press. She's a wine, spirits and food journalist whose work has appeared in Wine Enthusiast, Food & Wine, MarthaStewart.com, the New York Post, Liquor.com, SevenFifty Daily, Imbibe, Men’s Journal and many others. She's the author of The Big Book of Bourbon Cocktails, Prosecco Made Me Do It: 60 Seriously Sparkling Cocktails, Forager’s Cocktails: Botanical Mixology with Fresh, Natural Ingredients, and The Architecture of the Cocktail. She has judged regional wine and spirits competitions, and has moderated numerous panels on the topics of wine, spirits, cocktails and regional foodways. She is the former Deputy Editor for the regional celebratory publications Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn, as well as the former Executive Director of the Long Island Merlot Alliance. She is a member of the New York chapter of the international organization of women leaders in food, wine, and spirits, Les Dames d’Escoffier. The proud daughter of a butcher, Amy is originally from Shelter Island, N.Y., where she developed a deep respect for the East End’s natural beauty and the importance of preserving and celebrating it and its people.
