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Ancient Mariner in a rocks glass, drawn with its ingredient layers

Ancient Mariner

The Ancient Mariner is a shaken rum cocktail, fresh and citrusy. It is made with demerara rum, jamaican rum, lime juice and more, served in a rocks glass over crushed ice.

Strength: about 17% ABV in the glass, roughly 21 g of alcohol per drink (an estimate; brands and dilution vary).

Jeff "Beachbum" Berry, 1994, his own tribute to the lost tiki recipes he spent decades recovering.

Ingredients

Demerara rum30 ml (1 oz)
Jamaican rum30 ml (1 oz)
Lime juice22.5 ml (¾ oz)
Grapefruit juice15 ml (½ oz)
Simple syrup15 ml (½ oz)
Allspice dram7.5 ml (¼ oz)

Measures for one serve. Open the drink in Bar Bible to scale it to a batch or switch to ounces.

Method

  1. Add everything to a shaker and fill with ice.
  2. Shake hard for 10 to 12 seconds.
  3. Strain over fresh ice in a rocks glass.
  4. Garnish with lime wedge and mint.
Glass
Rocks glass
Ice
Crushed
Garnish
Lime wedge and mint
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