CHRISTMAS MORN with Black Seal

Now, we know it's not Christmas yet, but we always like to prepare early. Plus, this recipe is too good not to share! Enjoy!

CHRISTMAS MORN

2oz. Gosling's Black Seal Rum
1/4 cup Cocoa
1/2 cup Sugar
4 cups Half-and-half (one part milk and one part cream)
1/4 tsp Freshly ground nutmeg

Make a rich pot of hot chocolate using the cocoa, sugar, half-and-half and 1/3 cup of hot water. Add 2oz. Gosling's Black Seal Rum and 1/4 teaspoon of freshly ground nutmeg into a mug and top with hot chocolate. Mix and serve.

Great on Christmas morning after a long party on Christmas Eve!

— with Seretina Williams.

HURRICANE WARNING

HURRICANE WARNING

1 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum
½ oz Cointreau
½ oz Apricot Brandy
½ oz Simple Syrup
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice

Shake vigorously on ice and strain into a martini glass. Garnish with lime rind twist.

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

1½ oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum
2-3 ripe blackberries
juice of ½ lime
1 sugar cube
2 dashes of Peychaud bitters
2-3 oz soda water

Muddle the blackberries, sugar cube, bitters and lime juice. Add Gosling's Black Seal Rum and shake on ice. Strain onto fresh ice and top with soda water.

Storm the Beaches

Storm the Beaches

2 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum
1 oz Fresh lime juice
.75 oz Demerara syrup (one part Demerara sugar, one part water)
1.5 oz Gosling's Ginger beer
1 dash Angostura Bitters

Add all the ingredients except ginger beer and bitters to a shaker and fill with ice. Shake, and strain into a highball glass filled with fresh crushed ice. Top with the ginger beer and bitters, and garnish with a mint sprig. (adapted from Jackson Cannon via www.liquor.com)

LA SIGUA

 by Hal Brock. Enjoy & cheers!

LA SIGUA

1.5 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum
1 oz Ginger Beer
.5 oz simple syrup
medium-sized strawberry
orange peel

Muddle a medium strawberry with .5 oz simple syrup. Add 1.5 oz. Gosling's Black Seal and shake vigorously about 10 times. Strain over fresh rocks. Flame an orange peel over the glass and then top with about 1 oz ginger beer. Stir to spread the orange oil and serve without a straw.

BERMUDA COFFEE

BERMUDA COFFEE
Ingredients
1½ oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum
1 oz Irish Cream Liqueur
6 oz strongly brewed French roast coffee
freshly whipped heavy cream
cinnamon sugar for garnish (optional)


Method
Put first the Irish cream in a heat proof glass, or coffee mug, then add the Gosling's Black Seal Rum. Pour in the coffee and top with whipped cream and dust with cinnamon sugar. 

THE MOX

Discovered recently in Vancouver, BC - an awesome Gosling's Black Seal shot called..........
THE MOX
(Created by Andrew Moxham, at Smiley's Public House)
1 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum,
1 oz St. Germain Liqueur
Chilled and Strained.

Simple. Simply tasty.

THE PRESIDENT

Fatih Akerdem, master bartender from Germany created this fantastic cocktail made with Gosling's Black Seal Rum.
THE PRESIDENT
1 1/2 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum
1 oz Maraschino Liqueur
1 oz lemon juice
1 oz passion fruit liqueur or syrup
Shaken vigourosly over ice, and strain into a chilled martini glass.
Delicious!

Apricot Rum Fizz

Apricot Rum Fizz

2 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum
1 oz apricot nectar (available at finer grocery stores)
1/2 oz freshly squeezed lime juice
3 ounces Gosling's Ginger Beer

Add a few ice cubes to a serving glass. Pour in rum, apricot nectar, and lime juice, then top with ginger beer. Stir lightly and serve immediately. (adapted from Serious Eats)

Gosling’s Apple Spiced Cider

Gosling’s Apple Spiced Cider
1 qt good unfiltered apple cider
1 small orange, stuck with 3-4 cloves
1 stick cinnamon
3/4 cup apple brandy, or applejack
3/4 cup Gosling's Black Seal Rum
freshly grated nutmeg
Orange slices or cinammon sticks for garnish
Simmer together the cider, orange and cinnamon for 20 minutes. Add the apple brandy and Gosling's Gold Rum and heat through. Do not boil. Ladle into warm mugs garnished with an orange slice and a sprinkle of nutmeg

Hop Scotch Café

Hop Scotch Café -
1 oz Gosling’s Gold,
1 oz butterscotch liqueur,
1/2 oz coffee liqueur,
Freshly brewed coffee, Whipped cream (opt).
Put Gosling’s Gold Rum, butterscotch liqueur and Coffee liqueur in a coffee mug, or heat-proof glass, add dark roast hot coffee and top with whipped cream.

Gosling’s Pear Passion

Chef Ming Tsai's  Gosling’s Pear Passion
Makes 1 cocktail
3 ounces Gosling’s Gold Rum
3 ounces Mathilde Pear Liqueur
... Passion fruit purée in squeeze bottle
Granulated sugar for rim
Asian pear slice for garnish

• Rim a martini glass with sugar. In a cocktail shaker, combine rum and pear liqueur with ice. Shake well and strain into martini glass.
• Squirt a circle of passion fruit purée on top and garnish with Asian pear slice.

Copyright Ming Tsai 2006
Source: Ming Tsai of Blue Ginger (www.ming.com) 

Bella Donna

1 oz Gosling's Black Seal Rum
1 oz Amaretto di Saronno
2 tbs Fresh Sour Mix (combine 1tbs each: sugar, water, lemon & lime juices)

Rim a martini glass with cinnamon and sugar mix. Shake Gosling's Black Seal Rum, Amaretto and sour mix with ice and strain into the glass.

Seal of Approval Holiday Egg Nog

By Edward Bottone

Ever thought of making your own egg nog? Great recipe below. If the store made variety sounds more like it, we recommend adding a splash of Gosling's Black Seal Rum - it really makes a difference!
6 eggs separated
1/2 cup sugar & /4 cup sugar
1 pint of heavy cream
1 pint of whole milk
4 oz whiskey
6 oz Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
2 oz Amaretto, freshly ground nutmeg

Beat the yolks with 1/2 cup sugar until thickened. Beat the whites with 1/4 cup of sugar until standing in soft peaks. Beat the cream until thickened, but not whipped hard. Fold together the yolks and the whites, and then fold in the cream. Add the whiskey, Gosling's Black Seal Rum and Amaretto. Grate on lots of nutmeg. Chill thoroughly.

Stir once before serving with more freshly grated nutmeg on top.