Rum Babalu Cocktail Recipe

What better way to celebrate Spring than with a rum cocktails? The Rum Babalu from Midtown Manhattan’s Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar combines the sweet flavor of maple syrup with rum, ginger beer, lime juice and bitters. Round up your friends and break out the bongo drums in your own rite of spring with this mouth-watering, signature cocktail.

Recipe courtesy Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar TommyBahama.com

Tommy Bahama Rum Babalu

2 parts Kirk and Sweeney 12-Year Rum (or your favorite variety of rum)

Use a double rocks glass to get the full effect of this rum cocktail.

¾ part fresh lime juice

½ part maple syrup

1 part ginger beer

1 dash of Angostura bitters

Glassware: Double Rocks

Ice: Cubes

Garnish: Orange peel

Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass except the ginger beer. Add ice and shake with a Boston shaker. Strain over fresh ice. Top with ginger beer and garnish with an orange peel.

Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar
551 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10176
212.537.0960

Categories: Drinks | Real Food & Drink | Real Recipes | Wine, Brews & Spirits

by Bobbie Hasselbring | Apr 13, 2016 | cocktail recipes cocktails rum cocktail recipes spring cocktail recipes Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar

Author: <a href="https://www.realfoodtraveler.com/author/bobbie/" target="_self">Bobbie Hasselbring</a>

Author: Bobbie Hasselbring

RFT founder and the website's former editor-in-chief, Bobbie Hasselbring has been a travel junkie her entire life. She's been an award-winning writer and editor for more than 25 years and author of the regional food-travel bestsellers, The Chocolate Lover’s Guide to the Pacific Northwest and The Chocolate Lover’s Guide Cookbook.