3 flirty rum cocktails to try this Valentine’s Day.

I’m keeping it dry this February, but that doesn’t mean you have to! Here are 4 rum cocktails to shake up this Valentine’s Day!

For a stiff and gorgeous pre-dinner drink at home, try a mini mai tai:

only a little bitter mai tai

• Serve: Small old-fashioned glass

• Garnish: Big bunch of fresh mint

• Ingredients:

  • 0.5oz smith & cross rum

  • 0.5oz campari

  • 0.25oz liber & co orgeat

  • 0.25oz pierre ferrand dry curaçao

  • 0.5oz fresh lime juice

• Make: Add ingredients to shaker with ice and spent lime shell. Strain into chilled glass with fresh ice. Garnish with fresh mint.

For a spirit-forward sip alongside your holiday entree, try this old fashioned riff:

quiet storm

• Serve: Chilled lowball glass

• Garnish: Large orange peel

• Ingredients:

  • 1oz ten to one / uncle nearest bourbon cask finish dark rum

  • 1oz plantation 5yr rum

  • 1/4oz hibiscus thyme syrup

  • 2 dashes angostura bitters

• Make: Add ingredients to mixing glass and stir for 30 revolutions. Double-strain into chilled lowball glass with large block of clear ice. Express lemon peel over cocktail and add to glass.

And last but certainly not least, for dessert, try a lip-smacking daiquiri:

chocolate-covered cherry daiquiri

• Serve: Nick & nora glass

• Garnish: Luxardo cherry

• Ingredients:

  • 1oz diplomático mantuano dark rum

  • 1oz appleton estate signature dark rum

  • 1/2oz luxardo cherry syrup (from the jar)

  • 1/4oz semi-rich (.75 parts water:1 part sugar) demerara syrup

  • 1oz fresh lime juice

  • 1-2 dashes chocolate bitters

• Make: Add all ingredients to shaker with ice. Place one Luxardo cherry at the bottle of chilled glass. Double-strain ingredients into glass.