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Airmail Cocktail

The airmail cocktail has stood the test of time for good reason. This well-balanced drink brilliantly combines sweet, sour, and refreshing flavors for a delightful cocktail you can’t help but enjoy.
Course Cocktail
Cuisine Cocktails
Keyword airmail, airmail cocktail
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 2 cocktails
Calories 266kcal
Author Elaine Benoit

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 4 ounces gold rum
  • 2 ounce honey syrup (combined 1 ounce honey and 1 ounce hot water)
  • 1 ounce lime juice (freshly squeezed)
  • brut champagne (to fill the glasses)

Garnish

  • 6 drops bitters (3 for each cocktail)

Instructions

  • Fill a cocktail shaker 1/2 way full with ice, crushed or cubed
  • Add 2 ounces gold rum
    4 ounces gold rum
  • Add 1 ounce honey syrup
    2 ounce honey syrup
  • Add fresh lime juice
    1 ounce lime juice
  • If you are going to have this airmail cocktail with ice, add to the glasses now.
    Cap shaker and shake for 15 seconds. Strain, pour, and divide the liquid between the two glasses pour between the two glasses. There will be a 1 - 2 inch gap between the liquid and rim of the glass.
  • Slowly pour the champagne in the glasses until it almost reaches the rims.
    brut champagne
  • Add 3 drops of bitters to each cocktail.
    6 drops bitters
  • Sip
  • Smile
  • Enjoy

Notes

Helpful tips
  • I've served this cocktail in a champagne flute (without ice), collins glass, and highball glass. I prefer it in a tall glass like the collins with ice.
  • Buy the small bottles of champagne. The reason I recommend this is that unless you're going to make a lot of these drinks, you will have a lot of champagne left over if you open a big bottle.
  • I like a 1:1 ratio of honey syrup - so equal parts honey to hot water.
  • I use unfiltered, raw honey, but you can use what you prefer.
  • Wash your lime before squeezing the juice out of it. I used to wash my lime with some unscented, natural hand soap, but have since started using this cloth. It is coarse on one side and smooth on the other. You scrub the fruit with the coarse side and shine the fruit with the smooth side.
  • Here's how to use the cloth: hold the lime under cool water and rub the skin of the citrus with the coarse side of the cloth. Rinse the lime again before using.
  • I'm using gold rum, but you can use white rum if you prefer. Don't use dark rum as it will change the color of the air mail cocktail.
  • Use an aromatic bitters. I use Angostura, but you can use Pernod bitters if you like.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cocktail | Calories: 266kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Sodium: 6mg | Potassium: 49mg | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin C: 8.5mg | Iron: 0.2mg