Cover of Night Cocktail | Daufuskie Dark Rum Recipe

DAUFUSKIE DARK RUM

Cover of Night

2 oz Daufuskie Island Dark Rum

0.5 oz honey syrup

0.25 oz fresh lemon juice

2 dashes Angostura bitters

1 dash aromatic bitters

1 wide lemon peel

Combine dark rum, honey syrup, lemon juice and both bitters in a mixing glass filled with ice. Stir slowly and deliberately for 25–30 seconds until well chilled. Strain into a chilled rocks glass over a single large ice cube. Hold the lemon peel skin-side down over the glass and give it a firm twist to express the oils across the surface. Run the peel around the rim and drop it in.

Tasting Notes

Smooth, aromatic and slightly sweet with a long finish. The dark rum carries the honey beautifully without either overpowering the other.

Serve

Cold, in a rocks glass over a large ice cube.

Behind the Drink

A slow pour for the hours best left unspoken.

Cover of Night leans into the deeper side of Daufuskie Island Dark Rum, pairing its aged character with soft honey, fresh lemon and aromatic bitters. Stirred slowly and finished with expressed lemon oils, it is smooth, layered and quietly complex—the kind of drink made for dim rooms, late conversations and plans that never make it to daylight.

Best served after dark, with nowhere else to be.