High Color Buck Cocktail

Name: High Color Buck Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 whole strawberry (muddled); .75 oz lime juice; .5 oz ginger; 1.5 oz rum; .5 oz cruzan black strap rum (float); whole strawberry and a mint sprig, for garnish

The Daily Meal Staff|Aug. 10, 2016 3:04 pm EST

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A play on a buck (a ginger-based cocktail) and a Dark & Stormy. The addition of the strawberry is absolutely pandering to what the guests want, while remaining seasonal. Recipe courtesy of mixologist Nicholas Bennett of Porchlight in NYC

Servings

1

Ingredients

1 whole strawberry (muddled)
.75 oz lime juice
.5 oz ginger
1.5 oz rum
.5 oz cruzan black strap rum (float)
whole strawberry and a mint sprig, for garnish

Directions

In a shaker tin, muddle one whole strawberry. Add the remaining ingredients (except the Cruzan Black Strap) and shake with ice. Fine strain into a Collins glass with fresh ice and top with soda. Float the remaining Cruzan Rum on the cocktail and garnish with whole strawberry and a mint sprig.