Beachcomber on the rocks : Casa Magdalena rum

It’s Friday… let’s have a tasty cocktail tonight !!! 

This week I received a huge box with new spirits to test and sample in the next weeks. Almost half of the bottles are rums. And what’s even more rare, a couple of white rums. I think they might be the first white rums I ever received for testing. We have tested lots of aged and spiced rums in the last years. 

Let’s try a few classic recipes that really benefit from a high quality white rum.

The first bottle I’m using is Casa Magdalena Ron Blanco from Guatemala, made from Magdalena sugar cane, harvested by hand. You can taste earthiness and grassy aromas born from the rich ashes of the three volcanos surrounding the distillery : Agua, Fuego and Acatenango. The light golden color reminds that the rum was aged on American whisky barrels and filtered to remove the color. 

Beachcomber on the rocks

Ingredients
60 ml Casa Magdalena Ron Blanco
20 ml Triple Sec
20 ml Fresh lime juice
2 dashes Maraschino liqueur
2 drops of simple syrup

Method
Shake with lots of ice. Serve in a tumbler with fresh ice. Garnish with a flower and pineapple leaves. 

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