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Subject: Re: Request: Black drink for miners containing rum
From: Cheryl Charming
Posted: Sun Mar 18. 2012, 06:19 UTC
Followup to: "Request: Black drink for miners containing rum"  by Rean Hamilton  (Sat Mar 17. 2012, 21:45 UTC)
> I am hosting a gala for underground coal miners and the board has 
> requested a signature drink. They want something thats black in color 
> and contains rum. Does anyone have any ideas?

Here's the cool thing...you can make any clear spirit black with black food 
coloring. I have this in a coupla my books, but the basic recipe is (in your 
case) a bottle of light rum and 5 black food coloring drops. Since 2007 black 
food coloring has been available in the spice aisle of all grocery stores in 
America. Cool/simple things to do with it would be a Rum Screwdriver ( ice OJ 
then slowly layer the black rum on top...or you can just mix it all together 
to make the while drink black). You can also do cranberry juice. Want an all 
black drink? Then take some flavored rum, make it black then add a clear mixer 
like Sprite. These are very simple and cost effective ideas. 

If you want to get creative then think of "black" things. Black rose petals, 
black licorice, etc. You could make a clear drink with rum then cut the two 
end of a black licorice stick to use as a straw. Or use black licorice string 
to coil around inside a drink. 

You can also do a drink with coffee, chocolate, blackberries, black tea, etc. 
It all depends on how simple or complex you want to get. 

It sounds like coal miners aren't gonna be hip to cocktail trends so you can 
stay simple. Personally, it sounds like they would dig something like....this 
is off the top of my head...Bacardi Razz (made black with coloring), peach 
schnapps, and cranberry juice. I would imagine they would like this. Something 
fruity yet dry.

But I think the most dramatic presentation would be simply a flavored Bacardi 
rum and Sprite with black ice cubes (so they look like chunks of coal). Simply 
take ice cube trays, fill with water then add black food coloring. you'll have 
to stir. A clear drink with black coal-like ice cubes would be coal...oops I 
mean cool.

Just my 2 cents.

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