During my last trip down South, I picked up a bottle of Bayou Distillery’s Spiced Rum. Bayou started up out in Lacassine (between Lake Charles & Lafayette, my old digs) last year. And I mean, you know how much I love all things local—even if “local” means “someplace near where I USED to live”. Rum, made from sugarcane, has always been closely associated with Louisiana; Kansas has their amber waves of grain, Louisiana has emerald tidal surges of sugarcane, which contribute $2 billion annually to the State’s economy. The Jesuits began making rum in Louisiana back in 1751 and it’s been a strong tradition since that time.
I love spiced rum for fall drinks, but on this particular day I was craving something a little lighter, since it hasn’t really cooled off here much. Our leaves have only just started to change, and it’s 70 degrees right now.
Our neighborhood market was running a sale on Jamaican style ginger beer, so this of course made me think of one of my favorites: the Dark ‘n Stormy. Of course, a true Dark & Stormy has to be made with Gosling’s Black Seal rum & ginger beer…but this is our Bayou version…with a bit of a minty twist (because I planted mint this summer, and I have a RIDONKULOUS amount of it to use up.
INGREDIENTS:
2 oz Bayou spiced rum
4 oz ginger beer
juice of 1 lime
4-5 mint leaves
DIRECTIONS:
Muddle mint with the ice at the bottom of a glass. Add rum & ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wedge.
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