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XO Manhattan | Mount Gay Rum | Taste and Tipple

XO Manhattan

Mount Gay XO makes the perfect gift for the rum lover in your life. This rum is aged 8 to 15 years in a combination of American whiskey, bourbon, and cognac casks. Best enjoyed in spirit-forward sippers.

Course Drinks
Cuisine Caribbean
Keyword Let's Get Blitzen, Manhattan, Mount Gay Rum, Rum
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Servings 1
Author Yvonne Langen

Ingredients

  • 2 oz Mount Gay XO
  • 1 oz Benedictine
  • 1 tsp spiced demerara syrup
  • 2 dashes Aztec chocolate bitters
  • Garnish: orange twist

Spiced Demerara Syrup

  • 2 cups demerara sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 star anise
  • 1 whole vanilla bean
  • 6 whole cloves
  • 2 cinnamon sticks

Instructions

  1. Add all ingredients to a mixing glass and stir over ice until well-chilled.
  2. Strain into a rocks glass over one large ice cube.
  3. Express citrus oils from orange peel onto the surface of the drink. Fashion into a twist and drop into the glass.

Spiced Demerara Syrup

  1. Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a low boil, stirring frequently.
  2. Reduce heat to medium low and let simmer for about 15 minutes until syrup is slightly thickened.
  3. Cool to room temperature.
  4. Carefully strain the whole ingredients out of the syrup. Once cool enough to handle, store the gingerbread syrup in a swing top bottle or mason jar and keep in the fridge. Syrup will keep for about a month.