Has the Lockdown got You Down? Longing for Sandy Beach and Refreshing Cocktails: 10 White Rum Cocktail Recipes, Easy Summer Drinks You Can Make Right Now!

• Start with the basics. Don't start experimenting just yet, stick to the basics. Learn the simple cocktail mixes first and follow the steps before you try the harder ones.
• Always remember that alcohol is the base of a cocktail therefore at least 50 ml of the cocktail should be alcohol.
• Ice is another major component in a cocktail. People think that adding ice is a way to cheat them of a drink but unless your cocktail is chilled it won't be perfect. It also dilutes the alcohol properly, using dry ice is always better. When using ice cubes make sure they poke above the alcohol line, so fill up that glass with loads of ice before serving your cocktail.
• A cocktail should be well balanced. Think of how you want the taste to be, it could be sweet, sour, or bitter. Whatever you chose it should be the best from the first sip to the last. Make sure you taste the cocktail after adding each ingredient to serve a perfect glass.
• Presentation is the key. A cocktail glass should always look nice. Add garnish like lemon zest or fruit wedges, you can also try frosted glasses, etc to make it look more appealing.

Things you need to make a cocktail.

• Jigger is a small hourglass shape double cup which is made of metal and is used to measure the ingredients.
• A cocktail shaker is used to shake or mix the ingredients of a cocktail. You can find a Boston shaker with which you will have to buy a separate strainer or you can buy a standard shaker that comes with a built-in strainer.
• A muddler is used to mash the ingredients like mint leaves or to break the sugar cubes.
• A long handle metal bar spoon is needed to stir the cocktail.
• You also need a blender for frozen drinks like the daiquiris and margaritas or if you have to use crushed ice.

• 1 egg white
• 1 oz. white rum
• 1 oz. white wine
• 1⁄2 oz. simple syrup
• 1⁄2 oz. lemon juice
• 1 oz. fresh orange juice
• 2 oz. Champagne or sparkling wine
• Twist of orange peel, for garnish

• Take a cocktail shaker and fill it up with ice
• Add egg white, rum, wine, simple syrup, lemon, and orange juice
• Shake it vigorously until it becomes frothy
• Fill up a large couple glass with crushed ice and pour the drink
• Top it up with champagne and garnish with orange peel

• 2 ounces light rum
• 2 ounces pineapple juice
• 1 teaspoon grenadine
• Garnish: maraschino cherry

• Take a cocktail shaker and fill it up with ice cubes
• Add rum, pineapple juice and grenadine in it
• Shake well and strain it in a chilled cocktail glass
• Garnish it with a cherry and serve.

• 1/3 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
• 2 ounces coconut-flavored rum
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons superfine sugar
• club soda
• a wedge of lime

• Take a tall glass and put pineapple juice, rum, lime juice, and sugar in it
• Stir well to dissolve the sugar
• Add till the glass it three quarters filled and stir again
• Add a splash of soda
• Squeeze the lime wedge and serve immediately.

• 2 cups water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup fresh ginger cut into 1 inch chunks

• 2 oz rum
• 1 oz ginger syrup
• 4 oz club soda
• 1 tbsp lime juice or about 2 lime wedges squeezed
• fresh grated ginger for on top

• Take a pot and put sugar, water and ginger in it. Place it on medium heat
• Boil it once and lower the heat
• Let it cook on low flame for 30 minutes and let it cool
• Strain the ginger before using it
• Take a glass full of ice
• Pour rum, ginger syrup and lime in it and mix it well
• Add club soda and stir again
• Grate fresh ginger in it and serve

• 6-7 chunks of pineapple
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon coconut cream
• 50ml Bacardi Carta Blanco
• 50ml fresh pineapple juice
• Ice
• To garnish: A pineapple triangle

• Take all the ingredients and put them in a blender.
• Blend them till it is nice and smooth
• Pour it in a chilled glass and add the garnish.
• Serve immediately for a perfect taste

• 50ml Appleton Estate V/X
• 150ml ginger beer
• a squeeze of lime
• a lime wedge
• cubed ice

• Take the Appleton Estate V/X and pour it in a glass full of ice
• Squeeze lime juice in it
• Top it up with ginger beer and garnish with a lime wedge
• Serve chilled.

• 2 ounces white rum
• 3/4 ounce key lime juice
• 1/2 ounce grapefruit juice
• 1/2 ounce maraschino liqueur
• 2 tbsp simple syrup
• Garnish: lime wheel

• Take all the ingredients and throw them in a blender
• Add ice to it and blend until it gets slushy
• Pour it in a glass and garnish with a lime wheel
• Serve it on a hot and humid day

• 1 strawberry, quartered
• 1 1/2 ounces white rum
• 1/2 ounce campari
• 1/4 ounce allspice dram
• 1 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/2 ounce simple syrup
• garnish: orange wheel and a strawberry

• Take the quartered strawberry and put in a shaker, muddle properly.
• Take the other ingredients and add ice in it and shake well
• Double strain it and pour it in an ice-filled glass
• Garnish it with an orange wheel and strawberry and serve chilled.

• 3 ounces of pineapple juice
• 2 ounces of orange juice
• 1 ounce dark rum - plus 1/2 ounce to splash on top
• 1 ounce coconut rum
• splash of grenadine
• lime slice for garnish

• Take a glass and put pineapple juice, orange juice, 1 oz of dark rum and 1 oz of coconut rum. Stir well
• Add a splash of grenadine gradually, watch it as it sinks at the bottom and gives it its beautiful color
• Add 1/2 oz of dark rum to the top
• Garnish it with a slice of lime and take a sip of this heavenly drink

• Small handful fresh mint (about 10 leaves)
• 1 cup ice cubes
• Splash simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water, heated until sugar dissolves, cooled)
• 1/4 cup apple juice
• 1/3 cup vodka
• 2 red apple slices, for garnish
• 2 green apple slices, for garnish

• Take a tall glass
• Crush some mint leaves with the help of a muddler
• Put ice, simple syrup, apple juice and vodka in it
• Garnish it with red and green apple slices and watch it turn into a blessing