Embrace the daring spirit of Maine’s Prohibition-era rum runners with the Rum Runner Negroni. During the 1920s, Maine’s extensive and rugged coastline served as a smuggler’s paradise, where illicit spirits, especially rum, were secretly brought ashore under the cloak of night. These bold, covert operations injected excitement and risk into the quiet coastal waters. The “Rum Runner Negroni” captures this thrilling history in a glass. It features spiced rum, nodding to the favored cargo of those stealthy maritime smugglers, and blends it with the deep, sweet notes of blood orange and the subtle earthiness of thyme. This cocktail not only offers a robust flavor experience but also serves as a salute to the adventurous and rebellious souls who once sailed Maine’s seas, their storied exploits now immortalized in this spirited concoction.
Makes
1 drinkIngredients
- 1 ounce spiced rum
- 1 ounce Campari
- 1 ounce sweet vermouth
- 1 ounce blood orange juice
- Sprig of thyme
Instructions
- Shake ingredients over ice, strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice, and garnish with thyme and a wedge of blood orange.
