A Spirited Weekend: Rum Cocktails

There are few alcohols that have the transformative power of rum.

On a frigid day, when the cold wind is unrelenting, a dram of an aged spirit, like the Guatemalan Zacapa 23 or the Dominican Atlantico Private Cask, will help you defrost. And that's not to mention the age-old remedy for chills: hot rum cocktails.

But rum also has the power to instantaneously transport you to a tropical locale. Whether dreamed up in an exotic bar or by a bartender with cabin fever, a few sips of a warm-weather rum tipple and you'll be reaching for the sunscreen. (It's no wonder that the liquor is the spirit of choice for the tiki crowd.)

So if you're trying to escape the winter's worst (or just craving a refreshing drink), mix up any one of these recipes, and the weather outside won't seem so important anymore.

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This steamy concoction will melt away the snow and ice and fill you up with a luxurious mix of alcohol, butter, spices and sugar. While it may be decadent, it's a fair reward for, say, shoveling the driveway. View recipe: Mount Gay Hot Buttered Rum

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This steamy concoction will melt away the snow and ice and fill you up with a luxurious mix of alcohol, butter, spices and sugar. While it may be decadent, it's a fair reward for, say, shoveling the driveway.

View recipe: Mount Gay Hot Buttered Rum

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[ZenCrusader]

02:13 PM on 02/20/2011

Flor de Cana is excellent rum, and their aged rums just get better.

[LetsTiki]

11:19 AM on 02/19/2011

There is nothing like a good old Mai Tai to escape from the cold of winter!

[dwill123]

10:19 AM on 02/19/2011

Want to defrost, then take the top off of a bottle of Wray & Nephew Overproof Rum and inhale the fumes. When you come to you'll be completed defrosted.

[Thisbeautifulplanet]

06:11 AM on 02/19/2011

Rum? Nice try, evocative pictures, but no, thanks. For I have a cocktail of my own for a spirited week end, a combination of love, elation and Champagne. I recommend it and all I can say is that the blissful effects are durable.

[signgrrl]

07:15 PM on 02/19/2011

my favorite winter drink - brandy alexander.. very tasty, very festive, easy to make & store.

[Thisbeautifulplanet]

06:48 AM on 02/20/2011

Thank you for this tip that is greatly appreciated by a hedonist.

[Liquor.com]

01:07 PM on 02/22/2011

We love the Brandy Alexander, too. Try drinks expert Gary Regan's recipe: http://liquor.com/liquor/behind-the-drink-the-brandy-alexander/

[c-tom]

03:12 AM on 02/19/2011

I've always used hard cider instead of water in a hot buttered rum. I don't bother with the sugar, nutmeg vanilla and allspice. Mulled cider with a cinnamon stick add to the rum and think of the butter as the vermouth in a very dry martini.

[Bogey907]

11:28 PM on 02/18/2011

Aye, matey! Arrrr!

[mendodnem]

09:11 PM on 02/18/2011

When I was a little kid and had a sore throat, my dad used to make a hot toddy, like
No.5 for me, and my brother, if he needed it. We thought it tasted good and was very soothing to the throat. It stopped us from coughing and put us to sleep.
Better than taking pills for a cough or for sleeping. Still works today. I recommend it.

[dresdengirl]

08:46 AM on 02/19/2011

Agreed. Growing up in Europe, we got the same thing as kids. Even though I am far from being a kid, I still have a hot toddy when I feel a cold coming on, or when I come in from shoveling the driveway.
As you said, better than taking pills.