Aged rum meets Jamaican gold rum, fresh fruit and ginger in this summer refresher devised with more than a passing nod to our chef/patron Henry Omereye’s love for the West Indies.
Caribbean storm
Serves 1
20ml Zacapa 23 rum
20ml Appleton Kingston gold rum
15ml fresh lime juice
10ml standard sugar syrup
30ml watermelon juice, fresh ideally
Ginger beer, to top
To garnish
1 mint sprig
1 dehydrated citrus wheel
Measure all the liquids bar the ginger beer into a shaker, add a good handful of ice and shake hard for five to 10 seconds. Double strain into a highball glass, top with ginger beer, garnish and serve.