Hot Buttered Rum
Hot Buttered Rum is one of those popular cocktail drinks made using rum. It is well known that rum is produced using molasses which is a by-product of making sugar using sugar cane as raw material. But, this cocktail drink is taken as a hot drink, unlike other cocktail drink which is served as cold drink.
As already stated, hot buttered rum is a hot alcoholic drink made using dark rum, butter, sugar and cloves mixed with hot water.
There are number of recipes available for this drink. These could be found by making a standard internet search. You will get innumerable results, if you search for this cocktail drink on the net. One such recipe is given below:
Ingredients
- 2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 sticks cinnamon
- 6 whole cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 cups rum
- heavy cream — whipped
- ground nutmeg — for topping
Preparation
All ingredients except rum, cream and nutmeg are to be put into a crockpot. 2 quarts of hot water is to be added to these ingredients and then to be stirred well. After covering the pot, it is to be put on low heat for cooking for five hours. After taking out the pot, rum is to be added and to be blended properly. For serving the drink, it should be poured in warm mugs with a scoop of whipped cream and nutmeg dusting.
Another recipe is given here for making hot buttered ram as a great hot drink to be enjoyed while sitting around a campfire with friends. The drink could also be caramelized by plunging a red hot poker into the glass for a minute. The rod chosen should be a thick, clean rod. Put it in the fire till it becomes red hot. Any ashes sticking to the rod should be shaken off. Care should be taken that the hot rod does not touch the bottom of the glass. In such an eventuality, the glass may break.
Ingredients
- 1 small slice soft butter
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- optional spices: ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg
Preparation
- Place the butter, sugar and spices at the bottom of an Irish coffee glass or mug.
- Mix well or muddle.
- Pour in the rum and boiling water.
- Stir.
The hot-poker method as stated above could also be used for caramelizing dark beers.
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