Rum Cocktail Recipes From Zaya Rum

Who's ready to celebrate National Rum Day? Here's some awesome rum cocktail recipes from Zaya Rum!

Zaya Rum is one of the finest sipping rums out there but it also makes for a great rum to use in some premium cocktails. Here's some of our favorite ...

Pineapple Vacay

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Zaya Rum
• ¾ ounce of lime juice  
• ½ ounce of coconut simple syrup 
• ½ ounce of pineapple juice 

Method

Add all ingredients into shaker 

Shake then strain into coupe glass 

Garnish and Enjoy

Sip and Sail 

Ingredients: 

• 1 ⅕ oz. Zaya Rum 
• 1 ⅕ oz. White Rum 
• 2 oz. Lime Juice 
• Muddled Blackberries and Raspberries 
• 3 Dashes Allspice Dram 
• 1 Egg White 

Method:

In a cocktail shaker, add berries and muddle. Then add all other ingredients and dry shake vigorously with no ice. Add ice and shake well again. Double strain with both a Hawthorne and fine mesh strainer into a coupe, then dust with cinnamon and garnish with a raspberry and blackberry on a cocktail pick and a torched lime round.

Tropic Trade Winds

Ingredients: 

• 1 ¼ oz. Zaya Rum
• 1 ¼ oz. White Rum 
• ½ - 1 oz. Apricot Liqueur 
• 1 oz. Coconut Cream 
• 2 oz. Lemon Juice 
• Ice for Shaking
• Crushed Ice for Serving
• Dash of Nutmeg 
• Cinnamon Stick Burned 

Method:

Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker.

Zaya Ginger Tropic

Ingredients:

• 2 ounces Zaya Rum
• ¾ ounce of lime juice  
• 4 ounces of ginger beer

Method

Fill highball glass with ice 

Add lime juice then ginger beer then rum

Eye of the Storm

Ingredients: 

• 1 ⅕ oz. Zaya Rum 
• 1 oz. Lemongrass Infused 
• Bourbon 
• 2 oz. Lime Juice 
• Fill with Ginger Beer 
• 2 Dashes of Angostura Bitters

Method:

In a copper mug, add ice,  Rum, lemongrass bourbon (or bourbon w/ lemongrass bitters), lime juice, then fill with ginger beer. Top with Angostura bitters. Garnish with lime twist and tropical flower and serve.

 Mojito 

Ingredients:

• 4-5 Mint Leaves
• ½ oz. Simple Syrup 
• ¾ oz. Lime Juice 
• 1 ¼ oz. Zaya Rum 
• Soda Water
• Ice

Method:

In a Collins glass, add mint leaves, lime juice, and a dash of soda water and gently muddle for several seconds. Then add simple syrup, rum, and ice and top with soda water. Give the drink a gentle stir and garnish with a sprig of mint and lime.

 Lapu Lapu 

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ oz. Zaya Rum 
• 1 ¼ oz. White Rum 
• ¾ oz. Passion Fruit Syrup 
• ¼ oz. Simple Syrup 
• 1 oz. Lemon Juice 
• 2 oz. Orange Juice
• Ice for Shaking
• Crushed Ice for Serving 

Method:

Combine all ingredients except the  rum in a cocktail shaker. Shake well with ice, and strain into your Tulip glass. Fill with crushed ice and add a float of  rum on top. Garnish with lemon half-moons and an orange twist.

 Mai Tai 

Ingredients:

• 1 oz.  Zaya Rum 
• ½ oz. White Rum 
• 1/2 oz. 151 Rum 
• 1 oz. Lime Juice 
• ¾ oz. Orange Curacao or Triple Sec
• ¾ oz. Orgeat
• 2-3 Dashes of Angostura Bitters
• Splash of Pineapple Juice 
• Ice for Shaking
• Crushed Ice for Serving

Method:

Combine all ingredients except the Rum in a cocktail shaker. Shake well with ice, and strain into your Tiki glass. Fill with crushed ice and add a float of  rum on top. Garnish with a sprig of mint, lime and an umbrella.