Beatitude and Butter

This cocktail is to accompany my lecture on the theological treatise on beatitude. Although this is not the season for cocktails, prior to Christmas, I am prepping a list of potential options for Christmastide celebrations. Here is a good option for a cold winter day: hot buttered rum! (This recipe is adapted from The Spruce Eats.)

Mix these together in an 8oz mug

1 tsp. dark brown sugar

1 Tbsp. softened butter

1 / 3 tsp. each: Ground Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Allspice

Add fluid:

2 oz. dark rum (I have used Myers Dark or Diplomatico Mantuano)

1 / 3 tsp. (to taste depending on rum used) vanilla extract

Top off with hot water and stir

If hosting, serve with a cinnamon stick

Can ya Canchánchara?

Well, after a bit of lofty discussion about De Deo ut Uno, my wife recommended a rum based drink. I’m not into the super-sweet stuff, but I found something that was interesting…. Canchánchara! My version is derived from this edition.

Mix the following in a shaker

1 tbsp. Honey

1 tbsp. Hot water

Stir together

Add ice

0.5 oz Lime juice

2.5 oz. Wray and Nephew Overproof White Rum

Shake and serve in a highball glass

1 oz. Ambrosia (An aperitif by the DC distillery, Don Ciccio & Figli; this replaces the Aperol called for by the Contessa)

1 oz. Dry Vermouth (I just used Martini and Rossi)

Garnish with a lemon twist in a rocks glass, with a single big ice cube if possible