Best mixers you wouldn’t expect to work with rum!

How do you drink your rum? Neat, on the rocks? Well, we’re here to show you that rum with mixers are not only simple, but they’re bloody delicious and compliment rum beautifully. Mixing a drink doesn’t need to be a complex task with an endless list of ingredients.

A good quality coconut water with Husk Pure Cane makes a refreshing Summer drink, or crack open a fresh coconut and add a shot of rum and a squeeze of lime – does it get any better than that?

Pineapple juice is a match made in heaven with rum. You don’t need to over complicate this combo, just add your desired amount of rum to a glass with ice and pineapple juice. Not a bad thirst quencher.

While we’re on the juice train, fresh apple juice and Bam Bam (our spiced rum) is an incredible combo. Apple Bam’s are a favourite at the distillery.

For lighter mixers, tonic water goes superbly with Husk Botanic and is a fresh and vibrant alternative to a gin & tonic. A Botanic & tonic heroes the rum and its strawberry gum, lemon myrtle and grapefruit flavours. It goes down an absolute treat in warmer weather, and makes us dream of hot summer days by the beach.  Garnish with a fresh slice of grapefruit. *mmmm*

If you’re not completely sold on tonic, try a rum and ‘sonic,’ a 50/50 mix of soda and tonic.

Botanic & tonic with grapefruit - fresh, clean and packed with flavour.

Pure Cane mixed with soda water and a big squeeze of lime is dry and delicious. If you want it slightly sweeter, add a dash of simple syrup (~10ml will do).

An iconic companion to rum is ginger Beer. Slightly spicy and gently sweet. Give it a whirl with either Pure Cane for something fresh or Bam Bam for something warming. In a glass, throw in some ice, a big squeeze of half a lime and top it up with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wedge. Bobs your uncle.