Demerara rum
Alcoholic
Molasses rum from Guyana, named for the Demerara river region. Rich, dark-sugar flavored and sometimes smoky; a backbone of many mid-century tiki drinks.
Browse drinks using Demerara rum
- Also called:
- Demerara, Guyanese rum
- Belongs to
- Rum
- Origin
- Guyana
- Flavor notes
- dark sugar, smoke, dried fruit
Kinds of Demerara rum
Drinks with Demerara rum
Navy Grog
Tiki · 1940s · 7 ingredients
Queen's Park Swizzle
Swizzle · Early 20th century · 5 ingredients
Three Dots and a Dash
Tiki · 1940s · 8 ingredients
Drinks calling for a specific kind
Named in another version
A recorded formulation other than the one on the drink page uses this ingredient.
If you don't have it
Jamaican rum Workable
Trades dark sugar and smoke for Jamaican fruit and funk; noticeably different.
It can stand in for
Dark sugar richness; often closer to what older 'dark rum' specs had in mind.
In Dark & Tropical Stormy, HippopotoMai-Tai, Jungle Bird, Lapu Lapu, Lost Safari, Painkiller, Test Pilot, Uh-Oa!
Bottles that count as this
- El Dorado 12 YearGuyana, 12 years, 40% ABV