Twisted Sling

Mount Gay XO Golden Rum

So I am going to post my recipe 'Twisted Sling' on here for you all to enjoy.
This cocktail was the very first recipe I conjured up whilst working at Mai Tai Lounge bar in Ashley Cross in Poole. This cocktail was designed over two years ago and has featured on their menu to this present day. Mai Tai was the first cocktail bar I worked at and was the starting block for my career in mixology. As young bartenders with little experience we were looked after and trained very well by mentors who were fully established mixologists. We as staff were heavily encouraged to play around with all types of products and encouraged to express our creativity in drink form, anything we could play around with we would hoping we could create a tasty, simple yet effective drink to be made and sold in the Mai Tai, this opportunity also gave us the chance to design a drink which would feature  on the menu as the bartenders own signature drinks.

Twisted Sling

Ingredients - 50ml Mount Gay XO golden Rum, 2 wedges of lime squeezed, 15ml Monin caramel syrup, 15ml creme de cassis (optional) Ginger Beer.

Method - This is a stirred drink which involves no shaking. In a Sling glass or a High ball glass add your squeezed lime wedges,caramel syrup and Mount Gay XO Rum. Once in stir the contents for about 30 seconds until the ingredients are married together. Add hard ice to the rim of the glass and top with ginger beer (preferably Fentimans) Now if you have a sweet tooth and like a fruity flavour to your cocktails you can drizzle about 15ml of creme de cassis over the top, this adds a nice fruity kick to the drink and also adds a lovely flavour and acts as a great option to variate the recipe.I have also found that a touch of mint added into the the drink adds a lovely fresh finish to the nose and taste, why not try it!!

Garnish - Lime wedge and blackberries.

Calorie count - Roughly 180Kcal

Creme de Cassis

Monin Caramel syrup