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May 10, 2018July 30, 2021

Mango Hurricane

Always on the lookout for some new and delectable rum cocktail recipes, we ran across this one last week and decided to give it a try. The recipe was found on the Cruzan Rum website, and as we happened to have a bottle of Cruzan Mango Rum on hand, we put a couple of them together. Delicious! These will be great during the warm, long and lazy days this summer.

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Mango Hurricane

These will be great during the warm, long and lazy days this summer!

Servings:

Author: Rum Therapy

Ingredients

3 oz. Cruzan Mango Rum
3 oz. Cruzan Aged Dark Rum
6 oz. Orange Juice
Splash of Grenadine
1 c. Ice
Cherry and orange slice for garnish

Instructions

Combine all ingredients (except for the grenadine and garnishes) in a blender and blend until smooth.
Pour into hurricane glasses, add a splash of grenadine then garnish with a slice of orange and a cherry. Enjoy!

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March 5, 2017June 24, 2021

Rum Distillery Tours on the Island of St. Croix

St. Croix, the largest of the US Virgin Islands, not only has beautiful beaches, top-notch culinary experiences and a wide variety of great accommodations, it offers two distinctly different, yet interesting, rum distilleries tours for rum lovers – or those that would just like to learn more about rum.

Cruzan Rum and Captain Morgan are the two distilleries found on this, the largest US Virgin Island. Cruzan Rums have been crafted on St. Croix by the Nelthropp family for generations while Captain Morgan opened it’s St. Croix Distillery in 2011 and a visitor center on the site the following year. What does that mean for rum lovers like you and me? You’ve got two completely different tours to experience on St. Croix and you can easily do both in one afternoon!

We began our rum tour by getting a lift in Christiansted from Joseph, of Joseph’s VIP Taxi Tours (contact him at 340-277-6133). We knew we would be enjoying the rum drinks at the end of each tour and hiring a taxi is the way to go. Joseph was a great tour guide and was recently voted taxi driver of the year on St. Croix. He was warm and welcoming, and gave us some great info on St. Croix along the way.

First stop? The Captain Morgan Experience Center. Here we started the tour with a short and entertaining movie about Captain Morgan, then followed a tour guide through the Information Center, learning about the history and current Captain Morgan products.

Outside, we boarded a small tram to take a short tour through the distillery, learning about the distilling process along the way.

Once back at the facility, we were treated to two rum drinks of our choice and tastes of any the different types of rums, if desired.

At the end of the tour, you can peruse through the Captain Morgan shop and take home a souvenir of your visit.

Joseph was waiting for us outside and we boarded the van for our next rum experience. Just a short hop away, we entered the Cruzan Rum facility.

We were immediately taken by the Cruzan rum culture and our first view of a sugar mill surrounded by the flags of the seven nations that have ruled St. Croix – the most of any of the US Virgin Islands.

Walking up to the Visitors Center, we enjoyed the sights of a generations old facility.

Our tour guide took us through the actual distillery and we loved being so close to the process, smelling the molasses and watching it ferment.

In one of the storage rooms, filled with barrels and barrels of the delicious aging elixir, she explained the aging process and the color variations of different rums.

At the end of the tour, we were deposited in the Cruzan tasting room – not a bad place to be, where we enjoyed our choice of several different Cruzan Rum cocktails and again could sample the individual rums, if we wished (we did…).

After a few minutes of shopping, we headed back to find Joseph, who was waiting patiently for his, then, very happy crew, and we made our way back to our home for the night, Hotel Caravelle in Christiansted.

Have you taken the rum tours on St. Croix? Tell us about it!

Find out more about the rum tours here:

Captain Morgan

Cruzan Rum

A special thanks to USVI Tourism Board for arranging our rum distillery tours!

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February 28, 2014November 7, 2020

Cruzan OJ Dreamsicle

Are you ready for a taste of summertime? We are! We first tasted this yummy Cruzan concoction at the conclusion of our first tour of the Cruzan Rum Factory in St. Croix.

You see, at the end of the tour, you get to sample several rums or rum drinks and this is one of the ones we tried. Tasted JUST like the Creamsicle’s that we used to enjoy all summer long – with a bit of a kick!

So, if you’re ready for summertime – or at least a taste of it, grab your Cruzan Flavored Rums, put on your sunglasses and enjoy!

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Cruzan OJ Dreamsicle

Remember the good ol' days of creamsicles? Here is the adult version...

Course: Drinks

Servings:

Ingredients

1 oz. Cruzan Orange Rum
1 oz. Cruzan Vanilla Rum
1 oz. Orange Liqueur
3 oz. Half and Half

Instructions

Shake all ingredients over ice and pour into a rocks glass.

Notes

For more Cruzan Recipes, check out their website: Cruzan Rum Recipes

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July 27, 2012November 9, 2020

Cruzan Beach Umbrella

Always on the lookout for new rum concoctions to try, we thought this recipe from Cruzan Rum would be worthy of a mix – not only because of the ingredients, but the beachy name! The citrus flavors are wonderful summertime quenchers and the Cruzan Orange Rum and orange juice compliment the bold flavor of the Cruzan Blackstrap float. So pour one up, head to the beach and enjoy a taste of summertime!!

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Cruzan Beach Umbrella

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Ingredients

1 oz Cruzan Orange Rum
1 - 1/2 oz Cruzan Aged Light Rum
1 oz Orange Juice
1/2 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
1/2 oz Cruzan Blackstrap Rum (optional, as a floater)
Cinnamon
Orange and Lime Wheel (as garnish)

Instructions

Combine Orange Rum, Light Aged Rum, orange juice, lime juice and simple syrup over ice in a shaker and shake for 20 seconds.
Pour into a rocks glass, add the Blackstrap float and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Garnish with an orange and/or lime slice.

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February 13, 2012June 24, 2021

Valentine’s Day Cocktails

Feeling “Rum”antic this Valentine’s Day? Here are a few rum cocktail recipes to spice up your “rum”antic celebration!

Caribbean Kiss
(makes two – of course!)

4 oz. Dark Rum
2 oz. Amaretto
2 oz. Kahlua
4 oz. Cream
Cinnamon
Raw Sugar

Dip the rim of a cocktail glass in Kahlùa, then in raw sugar. Shake the spirits and cream with ice, strain into the frosted glass and sprinkle cinnamon on top.

If dinner goes really well, perhaps this could be your after dinner drink?

Between the Sheets
(makes 2)

2 oz Brandy
2 oz Light Rum
2 oz Triple sec
2 oz Lemon juice

In a shaker half-filled with ice cubes, combine all of the ingredients. Shake well. Strain into cocktail glasses.

or:

Love Potion #9
(makes one)
Recipe from Cruzan Rum

1 1/2 parts Cruzan 9 Spiced Rum
3/4 part DeKuyper Coconut Amaretto
3 parts Pineapple Juice
1 part Cranberry Juice
Shake all ingredients with ice and pour into a Hurricane glass. Garnish with a pineapple/cherry stack on the rim.

Happy Valentines Day!

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November 18, 2011November 18, 2011

Cruzan Rum Desserts at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas

As if we hadn’t already had a week full of wonderful experiences and meeting lots of new folks, we got invited by William Anthony Torrillo, who had become a friend of ours on Facebook, to come to the Ritz-Carlton during our last night on St. Thomas to sample some amazing Cruzan Rum Desserts created by Pastry Chef Kunal Chakrabarti.

Many of you may know William through his amazing island photography that can be found on his website Old Mango – Guide to the Islands. William is also a fantastic chef and even though Chef Kunal was off the night we came, William prepared the Rum Desserts for us.

The Ritz-Carlton is a gorgeous property and we got there early just to look around. The grounds were beautiful and the staff extremely accommodating. At 8 p.m. we headed over to Great Bay Lounge to begin our Cruzan Rum Dessert experience.

William met us in the lounge with a beautiful welcome platter that included chocolate covered strawberries, a french meringue cookie and Cruzan Single Barrel Rum…

The second course was a Cruzan Rum Crème Brûlée tasting and included three different Brûlée’s. We were instructed to eat them left to right as the last one had the strongest taste. The three Brûlée’s were:

1. Cruzan Vanilla Rum with Coconut Macaroon

2. Cruzan Mango Rum with Strawberry

3. Cruzan Black Strap Rum with chocolate cake crumble and homemade Chocolate Ice Cream

Well, the Brûlée’s were so tasty that if we weren’t in such a fine establishment, we may have been tempted to pick up the plates and lick them clean, but we remained on our best behavior. After allowing us to let the Brûlée’s settle in, William brought out one last delectable plate. This one was entitled the Cruzan Rum Beignet Plate and consisted of three Coconut filled Beignets with Cruzan Coconut Rum Sauce and a Frappe Shooter made with coffee, espresso, half and half, and dash of Kahlua.

We enjoyed every moment and taste of the evening and thank William, The Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas, Chef Kunal and of course Cruzan Rum for such a wonderful experience. If you are staying on St. Thomas, I’d highly recommend going to the Ritz-Carlton to sample the delicious Cruzan Rum Desserts for yourself!!

October 19, 2011November 8, 2020

The Sunset Cruz

As the leaves begin to fall and the temps drop, I get the urge to try some of the heavier or warmer rum drinks that I’ve run across over the summer. One such drink, The Sunset Cruz, created by Carlton Grooms, was shown being prepared on a video posted on Coastlines & Tanlines. It makes use of rum cream – which is actually quite enjoyable and decadent by itself over ice. This recipe, however, adds coconut water and coconut rum. So, as I turned on the heater in the Rum Therapy kitchen for the first time this season, I assembled the ingredients for this rich and creamy rum drink.

Unfortunately, I was not able to find the Aztec Chocolate Bitters that were used in the video and so just substituted a sprinkling of unsweetened chocolate. I’ll have to compare the taste to the chocolate bitters when I can find them.

The recipe is rich and creamy, yet with just a touch of the tropics. I liked it so much that I might even substitute it for a glass of spiked eggnog during the holiday season. Cheers!~

The Sunset Cruz

2 oz. rum cream
1 oz. Cruzan Coconut Rum
2 oz. coconut water
fresh shredded coconut
Aztec chocolate bitters

Vigorously shake the rum cream, coconut rum, coconut water and ice until frothy. Strain into a glass. Sprinkle with shredded coconut and Aztec chocolate bitters. Enjoy!

September 15, 2011April 11, 2020

Rum Glazed Spare Ribs

BBQ – Holiday Weekend – our house. We were in charge of the grub and drinks and started looking for something a little different. Cruzan Rum had posted a delicious looking Planter’s Punch recipe from St. Croix mixologist Jesse Card so we had the drink – what should we BBQ? We settled on a delectable looking rib recipe that called for rum and even though the recipe calls for the ribs to be cooked in the oven instead of on the grill, we finished them off with a few minutes on the grill for that good BBQ taste. We used Cruzan Black Strap in the rib recipe and well, it was a hit with the guests filling the house with an incredible deep rum aroma. Enjoy!

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Rum Glazed Spare Ribs

Ingredients

1 rack Spare ribs (3-4 pounds)
2 tbsp Vegetable oil
1 tbsp Dark brown sugar
2 tsp Paprika
1 tbsp Cumin
2 tsp Pepper
1 tbsp Salt
1 cup Dark rum
1/4 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Tomato Paste
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
Barbecue sauce (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Trim excess fat off ribs and brush both sides with vegetable oil.
In a bowl, mix brown sugar, paprika, cumin, pepper and salt.
Rub mixture evenly over ribs. Place ribs in a large roasting pan and pour in 1 cup water.
Cover with aluminum foil and bake until tender, 1 1/2 hours.
In a small pan, mix rum, sugar, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove foil from roasting pan, pour off all but 1/2 cup of liquid in pan and pour rum mixture over ribs. Return pan to oven and continue baking, uncovered, turning ribs several times and basting with liquid in pan, until meat starts to pull away from bones and is very tender, about 1 hour. Add a little water as necessary to prevent scorching.
If desired, place them on the grill for a few minutes, basting with the liquid from the pan or BBQ sauce.
Let ribs rest on a cutting board for 5 minutes. Slice into individual portions and serve hot with barbecue sauce on the side, if desired.

adapted from www.myrecipes.com

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June 17, 2011November 9, 2020

Cruzan Cucumber Crush

One of the things I like best about the Cruzan Rum Facebook page is that not only do they post some great rum recipes, their Facebook friends do too. So, I was delighted to see several new recipes by Cruzan Facebook friend John P. a few days ago. So far we’ve only tried “Cruzan Cucumber Crush”, but will certainly give “The Hip Replacement” a try when we gather all of the ingredients! With a name like that – how could we not!

Johns recipe for the Cruzan Cucumber Crush was as follows:

To make: Slice fresh cucumbers into 4 thin slices (3 for the drink and 1 for the garnish). Put the 3 slices of cucumber into blender, add 6 count of Cruzan Mango Rum, add coco lopez to consistency of a pina colada. Then blend till cucumbers are blended in equally. Pour into hurricane glass and garnish with the fourth cucumber slice on the rim of glass. To mix it up muddle to rum, cucumber, and coco lopez in rocks glass, shake, and serve on rocks with cucumber garnish.

Well, we had the ingredients, but being the incredibly remedial bartenders that we are, and not knowing what 6 count of Cruzan Mango Rum would equate to and exactly how much cream of coconut would be needed to make it the consistency of a Pina Colada, we set out to experiment.We had to make several batches before we ended up with a very refreshing and not too sweet concoction. Here is the version we ended up with:

Cruzan Cucumber Crush (makes 1)

1.5 oz. Cruzan Mango Rum
1.5 oz. Cruzan Aged Rum
1 oz. cream of coconut
4 cucumber slices

In a blender, add 3 cucumber slices (we left the peel on which gave it a nice light green color. Remove the peel for less green color!) the rum and the cream of coconut. Blend until cucumber is pulverized. Add ice and blend again. We continued to add ice until it was fairly thick in consistency. Pour into a glass and garnish with the remaining cucumber slice.

photo: Pamela Ott

The Cruzan Cucumber Crush has a very unique but refreshing taste. Both of us were unsure of it at first, but by the end of the glass we were making plans to mix up another! Thanks John P. for posting the recipe!

February 21, 2011March 11, 2022

The Cruzan Confusion

While spending a week in St Croix, we were introduced to a rum drink called the Cruzan Confusion. Our wonderful bartender, Dave, at the Divi Carina Resort in St Croix gave us his secret recipe for this wonderful and oh-so-powerful concoction, but we thought we’d check the internet to see if there was another recipe posted. We found a number of sites with the following Cruzan Confusion recipe, and I’ve included Dave’s, for comparison at the end. Let the confusion commence!!

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Cruzan Confusion

Servings:

Ingredients

2 oz Cruzan Mango Rum
2 oz Cruzan Coconut Rum
2 oz Pineapple Juice

Instructions

Stir together in a chilled cocktail glass and serve.

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Dave's Cruzan Confusion

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Ingredients

1/2 oz Your choice of mix of Cruzan Rums up to about 4 oz. (current Cruzan flavors: banana, black cherry, citrus, strawberry, coconut, guava, mango, pineapple, raspberry, and vanilla)
2 oz Pineapple Juice
Splash Grenadine
Cherry and Lime for Garnish
1/4 Cruzan Black Strap Rum

Instructions

Blend the flavored rum, pineapple juice and grenadine together and pour over ice.
Fill a biodegradable straw with Cruzan Black Strap, add garnish and enjoy.

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Mango Hurricane

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Cruzan OJ Dreamsicle

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Notes

Cruzan Beach Umbrella

Ingredients

Instructions

Happy Valentines Day!

The Sunset Cruz

Rum Glazed Spare Ribs

Ingredients

Instructions

Johns recipe for the Cruzan Cucumber Crush was as follows:

Cruzan Cucumber Crush (makes 1)

1.5 oz. Cruzan Mango Rum 1.5 oz. Cruzan Aged Rum 1 oz. cream of coconut 4 cucumber slices

The Cruzan Cucumber Crush has a very unique but refreshing taste. Both of us were unsure of it at first, but by the end of the glass we were making plans to mix up another! Thanks John P. for posting the recipe!

Cruzan Confusion

Ingredients

Instructions

Dave's Cruzan Confusion

Ingredients

Instructions

1.5 oz. Cruzan Mango Rum
1.5 oz. Cruzan Aged Rum
1 oz. cream of coconut
4 cucumber slices