Ryan Lotz’s Rum-Old Fashioned

Ryan Lotz | Boston, MA

Honorable mention at our blind rum Old-Fashioned tasting went to Ryan Lotz of Shore Leave in Boston, whose recipe one panelist called “zippy” with a “bracing quality,” a key attribute to the Old-Fashioned format. It was considered by the judges to represent the ideal rum Old-Fashioned for rye drinkers. As bar owner Paul McGee observed, “this is how you convert whiskey drinkers.”

Ingredients

Serving: 1

  • 1 1/2 ounces unces Jamaican rum, preferably Appleton Estate Signature Blend
  • 1 1/2 ounces unces Jamaican rum, preferably Appleton Estate Signature Blend
  • 1/2 ounce agricole rhum, preferably Rhum J.M VSOP
  • 1/2 ounce agricole rhum, preferably Rhum J.M VSOP
  • Scant ¼ ounce Demerara syrup (1:1, Demerara sugar: water)
  • Scant ¼ ounce Demerara syrup (1:1, Demerara sugar: water)
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  • 1 dash Fee Brothers orange bitters
  • 1 dash Fee Brothers orange bitters
  • 1 dash Regans’ orange bitters
  • 1 dash Regans’ orange bitters

Garnish: lemon and orange twists

Directions
  1. Combine all ingredients in a rocks glass with one large ice cube and stir briefly.
  2. Garnish with an orange and a lemon twist.

Tagged: jamaican rum, Old Fashioned

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