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White rum is the foundation for a host of refreshing fruit-forward cocktails. Enjoy it in a classic mojito with lime and mint, blended with fresh, ripe strawberries for a daiquiri, or paired with pureed pineapple and coconut in the quintessential piña colada. Or try something a little different with a Banana-Rum Old-Fashioned or White Rum Aperol Spritz. Whatever you choose, it's bound to transport you to the breezes of a tropical beach, if only until your glass is empty. Read on for our favorite white rum cocktail recipes.
Pineapple Mojitos
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Chef Jose Enrique's family comes from Cuba, where they were famous for their pineapple soda — it was once the country's most popular soft drink after Coke. Enrique makes a mojito version of it, using a rich brown sugar–pineapple syrup, rum, mint, and club soda.
Watermelon Daiquiri
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Preparing fresh watermelon juice gives this blend-and-sip cocktail a burst of cool melon flavor, though fresh, high quality store-bought juice will work here, too. It's a rum drink for margarita lovers, with a salted rim that balances tart lime juice with sweet agave syrup.
Hemingway Daiquiri
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In his 2001 book Straight Up or On the Rocks, William Grimes claims that Ernest Hemingway "often worked his way through about a dozen of these lime slurpees, sometimes ordering doubles, which became known as Papa Dobles."
Banana-Rum Old-Fashioned
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A bold, strong cocktail with both high-proof bourbon and light rum gets a hit of floral sweetness from mellow crème de banane.
Coconut Mojito
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Homemade coconut-mint syrup lends cool, quenching freshness to this lime-kissed, delightfully effervescent mojito. Blanching and shocking the mint leaves before infusing them into the syrup preserves their bright color.
Cajun Lemonade
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A salute to the flavors of New Orleans, this cocktail spices up Napoleon House's Pimm's Cup (Pimm's No. 1, lemonade, and 7-Up) with a splash of Tabasco and a generous dose of rum.
White Rum and Aperol Spritz
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Mildly spicy poblano liqueur and tangy passion fruit liqueur add delicious complexity to this white rum–spiked Aperol spritz. Boozy heat from white rum gives a pleasant bite to a bubbly summer staple. Choose your fizz: Use sparkling water to let the spirits and liqueurs shine through, or use a splash of sparkling wine to tame the tart piquancy of the drink for a mellower sip.
Coquito
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Coquito, or "little coconut," is a traditional creamy rum punch served in Puerto Rico for Christmas and throughout the winter holidays. It's so good you might be tempted to serve the drink year-round.
Strawberry-Rum Coolers
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Ripe strawberries are cooked with lime, ginger, and agave until fragrant and tender, then get blended with both white and dark rum and topped with a float of ginger beer.
Rum Negroni
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Ten to One distillery CEO/founder Marc Farrell's Rum Negroni takes the classic bitter drink in a refreshingly fruity direction. Teetering between sweet and bitter, Gran Classico Bitter's 25 aromatics add warmth and depth to this citrusy drink, and a twist of fresh grapefruit peel perfumes each sip, highlighting the floral, clean finish of white rum.
Fresh and Easy Piña Coladas
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Coconut milk provides richness that rounds out sweet-tart chunks of frozen pineapple, adding a creamy texture to this lighter take on classic piña coladas that uses both white and dark rum. Be sure to vigorously shake the can of coconut milk before opening to recombine the coconut liquids and coconut cream.
Frozen Hula Hoop
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A sweet-tart blend of pineapple, raspberry, and lemon adds fresh fruit flavor to this slushy frozen drink from mixologist Erick Castro spiked with white rum, Aperol, and dry red wine. With plenty of heat from the trio of alcohols, those fresh summer fruits keep the drink well balanced.
Aruba Ariba
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Fresh pineapple and orange juices paired with sweet, syrupy grenadine tint this vibrant Aruban cocktail a stunning deep orange-red. Despite a blend of vodka, white rum, and crème de banana, this drink does not have a strongly alcoholic bite but rather stays fruity and mellow.
Strawberry Daiquiri
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The best strawberry daiquiri is bright and full-flavored but never too sweet, balancing juicy berries and tart lime. This recipe ups the aromatic with a no-cook syrup made from mashed strawberries and fragrant lime peel.
Fog Cutter
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For this refresher, white rum, gin, and brandy are combined with citrus and orgeat, then topped with an Amontillado sherry float.
Mojito
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Although there have been versions of this rum-mint cocktail in Cuba since the late 1800s, it became an international sensation when Ernest Hemingway endorsed the mojitos at La Bodeguita del Medio in Havana. Still, the drink didn't make its way into American bars until the 1960s, when it was served at New York's legendary La Fonda del Sol.
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