You may associate “rum” with beach drinks and college kids—and while that might be true, rum is much more than that. It’s actually an excellent spirit for making cocktails at high-end bars or at home. The truth is, if you’ve found yourself not enjoying rum in the past, you probably need to get a better rum or a better cocktail. With all three types of rum (white, dark and spiced), there are numerous concoctions you can make that will wet your whistle very nicely.
In the gallery below we’ve rounded up a number of cocktails—both of the tiki variety and others—in honor of National Rum Day. Click through to see recipes from mixologists around the U.S.
View the recipes from mixologists around the U.S. on groknation.com.