Jamaican rum
Alcoholic
Molasses-based rum from Jamaica, often including pot-still distillate. Typically bold and fruity, with the high-ester 'funk' many tiki recipes rely on.
Browse drinks using Jamaican rum
- Historical term:
- Jamaica rum (Spelling commonly found in older drink books.)
- Also called:
- Jamaican-style rum
- Belongs to
- Rum
- Origin
- Jamaica
- Flavor notes
- funky, ripe fruit, heavy
Kinds of Jamaican rum
Drinks with Jamaican rum
Angolada
Tiki · 5 ingredients
Historical Wording Test Punch
Punch · 3 ingredients
Mai Tai
Tiki · c. 1944 · 6 ingredients
Navy Grog
Tiki · 1940s · 7 ingredients
Planter's Punch
Punch · 4 ingredients
Drinks calling for a specific kind
If you don't have it
Dark rum (label term) Emergency only
A colour label says nothing about origin or still; results vary widely.
It can stand in for
Demerara rum Workable
Trades dark sugar and smoke for Jamaican fruit and funk; noticeably different.
Rhum agricole Workable
Loses the grassy cane-juice character; the drink becomes heavier and funkier.
Supplies the body and depth most recipes using the label term expect.
In Dark & Tropical Stormy, HippopotoMai-Tai, Jungle Bird, Lapu Lapu, Lost Safari, Painkiller, Test Pilot, Uh-Oa!
Bottles that count as this
- Appleton Estate SignatureJamaica, 40% ABV
- Smith & Cross Traditional Jamaica RumJamaica, 57% ABV
- Wray & Nephew White Overproof RumJamaica, Unaged, 63% ABV