Hot Buttered Rum

Hot Buttered Rum is a cozy beverage that is guaranteed to keep you warm throughout the winter season.  Simply consisting of dark rum, a spiced butter mixture, and hot water, it’s definitely one of the easier cocktails to make.  Although a dark rum is common, this happens to be one of the few cocktails where you won’t go wrong with spiced rum as a substitute.  Regardless of your rum preference, this cocktail would merely be “hot rum” without its other main component.  Even without a prescriptive recipe, Hot Buttered Rum mixtures (or “batter”) tend to incorporate many of the same spices and flavors.  Plenty of premade Hot Buttered Run “batter” is out there, but I highly encourage you to make the spiced butter mixture on your own.  My go-to recipe is the one found in the Smuggler’s Cove cocktail book; it is both extremely flavorful and easy to make as it calls for household ingredients and spices you may already have on-hand.  When it comes to preparation and presentation, simply combine all of your ingredients directly in your mug and garnished with a cinnamon stick — it can also serve as a stir-stick if it is long enough.  But don’t take my word for it, make one and try it yourself!

Hot Buttered Rum

In your mug, combine the spice butter mixture and dark rum.

• 4 tsp of Spiced Butter Mixture

• 2 oz of Dark Rum

• 7 oz of Hot Water (to top)

Add hot water to your mug and stir for a few seconds until the spiced butter mixture is dissolved.  Garnish with a cinnamon stick.