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Rum Swizzle Cocktail

The rum swizzle cocktail is Bermuda’s national drink for a reason! This irresistible rum cocktail is a deliciously refreshing blend of rum, bitters, and fruit juices. Get ready to be transported to the tropics from the comfort of your kitchen.

vertical view of the shorter glass filled with the orange drink in front of the other glasses

If you’ve never tasted the rum swizzle before, you are in for a treat. If I were to describe what it tastes like, I would say it has the flavor of a Mai Tai.

It’s fruity, rummy and oh so yummy.

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During my research, I found out the rum swizzle is Bermuda’s national drink.

The swizzle sticks origin

Did you know that the swizzle stick originally made its appearance in the Caribbean? People used to break off little branches from the Quararibea turbinate tree. Then they would take these small branches, which have many little fingers of wood sticking out of them and stir their drinks with them. Those branches became known as swizzle sticks and the tree became known as the swizzle tree.

People used to place the wood between their palms and briskly rub, causing the stick to rotate in the drink. All those little fingers used to swirl around and do a great job mixing the cocktail. They called it swizzling.

It’s a fun word, isn’t it?

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Helpful tips

  • Use a dark and light rum for best results. The dark rum gives you the nice color and the white rum evens out the heaviness of the dark rum.
  • Gosling’s rum is the dark rum I use. It is robust, flavorful, and consistently delicious in any cocktail.
  • For best results, use orange juice without pulp.
  • If you make one rum swizzle cocktail, you can make it in a cocktail shaker instead of the big receptacle, but just know, that everyone would love one, so make more than one.
  • Use a few different shaped glasses as it shows the cocktail off in fun ways.
  • There are different ways to garnish this cocktail. I choose to use slices of an orange but you can also use a pineapple wedge.

How to make the Bermuda rum swizzle

Pre-step

Fill a glass mixing bowl with 2 cups of ice. Get a measuring glass, bar spoon, and glassware.

After measuring out the ingredients, add them to the mixing bowl.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – dark rum, light rum, orange juice, pineapple juice, grenadine and bitters. (A)

Step two

Measure 3 ounces of Goslings black seal rum. (B)

Left - dark rum, clear rum, orange juice, pineapple juice and grenadine. Right - dark rum measured out with the bottle, shaker and glasses in the back

Step three

Measure 3 ounces white rum. (C)

Step four

Measure 6 ounces of orange juice. (D)

Clear rum and orange juice measured out with the bottles, shaker and glassware in the background

Step five

Measure 6 ounces of pineapple juice. (E)

Step six

Measure 1/2 ounce of grenadine. (F)

Pineapple juice and grenadine measured out with the bottle and can in the background

Step seven

Stir the mixture with a cocktail spoon.

A hand stirring the cocktail in a big class bowl

Step eight

Add ice to the glasses and divide and pour the liquid between the three glasses.

Step nine

Shake 4 dashes of Angostura Bitters in each cocktail.

Angostura bitters being shaken in the cocktail

Step ten

Cut two thin orange wheels and cut them both in quarters and cut the rind off of one of them, (that’s the piece that will go in the drink.) Add the garnish to the drinks.

Instead of an authentic swizzle stick, I add the cocktail stirrers that I had.

Double old fashioned glass filled with the swizzle with a stirrer in it with two glasses in the back

Let’s look at the vertical view.

vertical view of the tulip glass filled with the rum drink with two glasses in the back

Yummy.

I hope you enjoyed this rum swizzle cocktail recipe.

Are there any rum drinks you’d love for me to make? Let me know by leaving me a comment.

Other rum cocktails

And as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish!

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The double old fashioned glass filled with the rum drink with the two glasses behind it

Rum Swizzle Cocktail

The rum swizzle cocktail is Bermuda’s national drink for a reason! This irresistible rum cocktail is a deliciously refreshing blend of rum, bitters, and fruit juices. Get ready to be transported to the tropics from the comfort of your kitchen.
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Course: Cocktails
Cuisine: Cocktails
Keyword: rum swizzle, rum swizzle cocktail
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 3 Cocktails
Calories: 206kcal

Ingredients

  • 3 ounces dark rum I used Goslings
  • 3 ounces white rum
  • 6 ounces orange juice
  • 6 ounces pineapple juice
  • 1/2 ounce Grenadine
  • 4 drops angostura bitters

Garnish

  • 2 thin orange wheels cut in quarters and one with the rind taken off

Instructions

  • Fill a large measuring cup with 2 cups of ice
  • Add dark rum, white rum, orange juice, pineapple juice and grenadine and stir until combined 
    3 ounces dark rum, 3 ounces white rum, 6 ounces orange juice, 6 ounces pineapple juice, 1/2 ounce Grenadine
  • Place some ice into glasses and pour rum swizzle into the glasses
  • Shake in 4 drops of bitters into each glass, also place orange slices on the rims and stick a swizzle stick in as well
    4 drops angostura bitters, 2 thin orange wheels
  • Sip
  • Smile
  • Enjoy
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Notes

Helpful tips
  • Use a dark and light rum for best results. The dark rum gives you the nice color and the white rum evens out the heaviness of the dark rum.
  • Gosling’s rum is the dark rum I use. It is robust, flavorful, and consistently delicious in any cocktail.
  • For best results, use orange juice without pulp.
  • If you make one rum swizzle cocktail, you can make it in a cocktail shaker instead of the big receptacle, but just know, that everyone would love one, so make more than one.
  • Use a few different shaped glasses as it shows the cocktail off in fun ways.
  • There are different ways to garnish this cocktail. I choose to use slices of an orange but you can also use a pineapple wedge.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cocktail | Calories: 206kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 187mg | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 115IU | Vitamin C: 34.6mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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Originally published in November of 2016.

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20 Comments

  1. Elaine…gorgeous shots, girl! And I love it that you used dark and light rum for this beauty. So yummm! It’s Thursday morning and I’m all “is it cocktail:30 yet?” Just pinned!

  2. Sounds delicious! And since it contains orange juice, it might even be appropriate for breakfast, right? Maybe? 🙂 Gorgeous color too!

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