Favorite rum cocktails (i.e. not long drinks)

There's loads of recipes for rum long drinks (including Mai Tai sized drinks) but not so many for smaller cocktails (i.e. serves without ice in cocktail glass). There are some good ones in Berry's books like "The Reef" (although this one actually contains one ice cube) but I wanted more to choose from so I started experimenting and came up with something that I think turned out quite nice:

*The Surfite

3 cl (1 ounce) El Dorado Demerara rum
2 cl (2/3 ounce) Orange Curacao
4 cl (1 1/3 ounce) unsweetened grapefruit juice

Shake with ice cubes. Strain into a chilled sugar coated rim champagne saucer.*

Anyone else have rum cocktail recipes to share? Doesn't have to be self composed.

The Surfites

[ Edited by: Klas on 2004-01-04 04:42 ]

I don't have any originals but I like the following from the Playboy Bar Guide. All are shaken and strained into a cocktail glass.

The Dacquiri of course, preferably with Havana Club Blanco.
2 oz. light rum
0.5 oz. lime juice
1/2 tsp. superfine sugar

Bacardi Cocktail
1.5 oz. light rum
0.5 oz. lime juice
1 tsp. Grenadine

Beachcomber
1.5 oz. rum
0.5 oz. lime juice
0.5 oz. Triple Sec
1/4 tsp. maraschino liqueur
Use sugar-rimmed cocktail glass.

Derby Dacquiri
1.5 oz. light rum
0.5 oz. lime juice
1 oz. OJ
0.5 oz. simple syrup

El Presidente
1.5 oz. gold rum
0.5 oz. dry vermouth
1 tsp. dark Jamaican rum
1 tsp. curacao
2 tsp. lime juice
1/4 tsp. grenadine

Fort Lauderdale
1.5 oz. gold rum
0.5 oz. sweet vermouth
1/4 oz. OJ
1/4 oz. lime juice

Jade
1 3/4 oz. gold rum
1/2 tsp. green creme de menthe
1/2 tsp curacao
1 and 1/2 tsp. lime juice
1 tsp. sugar

Stratosphere
1 oz. rum
0.5 oz. California brandy
1/4 oz. tart cherry liqueur
0.5 oz. lemon juice
Playboy Bar Guide says "pleasant to drink around a cheese fondue."

Your invention is somewhat similar to a St. Augustine (from Playboy book)
1.5 oz light rum
1 oz. grapefruit juice
1 tsp. Cointreau
Serve in sugar-rimmed glass with lemon peel garnish.

Jab - you've always got the ref. material handy. Thanks. I'll print that post out and set it in my collection of drink manuals and napkin scratchings and print-outs.

Klas - I'm going to go mix a Surfite right now. If all goes well, expect a rambling post at about 3am EST after 14 more Surfites.

Oh heck - I just remembered tomorrow's Monday. So, make that 1am EST after 9 more Surfites.

Hey Klas...
Really nice. I expected something a little bit more harsh but it was terrific. May have been that FRESH squeezed ruby red grapefruit juice I used. Ahhhh, Florida... it was 85 today.

The Amber Love Goddess liked it, had two and then got creative and mixed up:

1.5 shots of Cruzan
1.5 shots of Cruzan coconut
1.5 orange juice
1.5 grapefruit juice
dash of orgeat
dash of grenadine

Shaken on ice and strained into a sugar rimmed champagne flute.

She calls it "Reef Rendezvous."
I told her it may already be named and the verdict was "You're right - it's named Reef Rendezvous." What a girl.

The Surfite is a success though, in my book. And that's a thick book.

It's January and it's time for the
EAST COAST TIKI REVIVAL!!

Pablus, nice to see that you survived the spell of the Surfite :D The Reef Rendezvous recipe looks like a sure bet although I'll have to find a substitute for Cruzan as it isn't available here.

Jab, thanks for those recipes, some really interesting. I think I'll try a Fort Lauderdale next drinking time. Also funny with the similarities between my drink and the St. Augustine although the differences of the proportions will probably make it a bit different in flavour.

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