Rum Shooters: Easy Cocktail Recipes

Every now and then a rum shooter is required rather than a mixed drink – think cheersing for a celebration. Here are 3 easy shooter recipes made with Gold Rum. You can use Bacardi, but I recommend Don Q Gold if you can get your hands on it. these recipes are courtesy of Drinks Mixer.

Angel Hair Rum Shooters recipe

Ingredients

• 3/4 oz gold rum
• 1/4 oz peach schnapps

Instructions

1. Chill both ingredients in the freezer for several hours.
2. Pour the gold rum into a shot glass until it is about three-quarters full.
3. Fill the remaining quarter with peach schnapps.
4. Hold the glass up to the light to see the fine strands that give the shooter its name.

Alcohol content: 35% ABV (70 proof), as listed in the original recipe.

Glass: Shot glass.

Bleeding Bacardi recipe

Ingredients

• 2/3 oz Bacardi® Superior rum
• 1/3 oz raspberry cordial

Instructions

1. Pour the rum into a shot glass.
2. Slowly add the raspberry cordial.
3. Serve when the two ingredients begin to separate, as described in the original recipe.

Alcohol content: 26% ABV (52 proof), as listed in the original recipe.

Glass: Shot glass.

Liplock Rum Shooters recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 oz Bacardi® gold rum
• 1/2 oz Malibu® coconut rum
• 3 drops grenadine syrup
• 1/2 tsp pineapple juice
• 1/2 tsp Sunny Delight® orange juice

Instructions

1. Pour the coconut rum and gold rum into a shot glass.
2. Carefully layer the pineapple juice, orange juice and grenadine on top.
3. Serve immediately.

Alcohol content: 27% ABV (54 proof), as listed in the original recipe.

Glass: Shot glass.

This article was written by Captain Tim and the Crew of Caribbean Trading Company.

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