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Hot Buttered Rum

Butter, sugar and spice stirred into dark rum and hot water. It sounds wrong until it is cold outside.

GlassIrish coffee glass
GarnishCinnamon stick and a lemon slice
9ozIrish Coffee holds 9 oz of liquidHot drinks, no ice, so it fills closer to the brim.

Build

Butter1 teaspoon5 ml
Brown sugar1–2 teaspoons
Ground cinnamon1 pinch
Grated nutmeg1 pinch
Dark rum1 ¾ oz50 ml1 oz30 ml1 ½ oz45 ml2 oz60 ml2 ½ oz75 ml3 oz90 ml
Hot water5 ⅛ oz150 ml3 oz90 ml4 ⅝ oz135 ml5 ⅞ oz175 ml7 ½ oz220 ml9 oz265 ml

Rescaled to your 1 oz30 ml pour. Written around 1 ¾ oz50 ml.

Rescaled to your 1 ½ oz45 ml pour. Written around 1 ¾ oz50 ml.

Rescaled to your 2 oz60 ml pour. Written around 1 ¾ oz50 ml.

Rescaled to your 2 ½ oz75 ml pour. Written around 1 ¾ oz50 ml.

Rescaled to your 3 oz90 ml pour. Written around 1 ¾ oz50 ml.

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Method

  1. Put the butter, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg in a warmed toddy glass.
  2. Add the rum and top with hot — not boiling — water.
  3. Stir until the butter and sugar have gone. Warm cider in place of the water is the other way people make it.
  4. Grate a little more nutmeg over the top and add the cinnamon stick and lemon.

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