Rum Old Fashioned
Cocktail avec alcool
Catégorie : Alcoolisé
Ingrédients
- 1 trait(s) de angostura
- 5 cl de rhum blanc
- 2.50 cl de rhum brun
- 1 cuillère(s) à café de sucre en poudre
- 1 zeste de citrons vert
- 3 de glaçons
- 1 trait(s) de bitter lime
- 1 cuillère(e) à soupe de eau
Préparation
Pour one ice cube into an old-fashioned glass with the Angostura, lime bitter, sugar, and water Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved Pour in the white rum, stir, and add 2 ice cubes. Pour in the dark rum and stir again. Garnish with a lime twist
Histoire
The Rum Old-Fashioned is a modern variation on the Old Fashioned, one of the oldest and most influential cocktails in bar history. The original model appeared in the 19th century, at a time when the word cocktail still referred to a very simple drink made with spirits, sugar, water, and bitters. The Rum Old-Fashioned takes up this foundational structure, but replaces traditional whiskey with rum, making it a more exotic and more flexible interpretation of the classic.
Its exact origins are tied to the evolution of contemporary mixology rather than to a single date. The Old Fashioned, popularized in the United States in the 1880s, gave rise to countless variations depending on the spirits available. The use of white rum and dark rum in this version brings together freshness and aromatic depth, while lime and lime bitters add a brighter acidity than in the historical recipe. Angostura, meanwhile, remains a direct legacy of the earliest cocktails, as bitters were among the essential ingredients of 19th-century American tradition.
This adaptation is part of a broader trend of revisiting classic standards while respecting their original architecture: a spirit, a sweetening element, bitters, and a light dilution. Powdered sugar and water thus recall the classic formula, while the ice cubes help bind the flavors and soften the strength of the rum. The Rum Old-Fashioned is therefore not a historical cocktail in the strict sense, but a reinterpretation faithful to the spirit of the Old Fashioned, adapted to contemporary tastes and to the aromatic richness of rum.