After a late night stake­out it’s not uncom­mon for a dame to let her hair down and knock back a prop­er cock­tail before end­ing the night at the down­town flop house. It’s no mys­tery that rum pairs well with coconut, gin­ger, lime and mint. If you weren’t aware, well I guess the jig is up now.

Recipe

• 2 oz El Dora­do 12 year rum
• 3/4 oz fresh lime juice
• 1 oz gin­ger syrup (1:1)
• 6 to 8 mint leaves
• Top with coconut foam & Bit­ter­cube Boli­var Bitters

Add the rum to your shak­er tin and light­ly mud­dle 6–8 mint leaves. Add the lime juice, gin­ger syrup and shake with ice. Dou­ble strain into a chilled cock­tail glass. Top the cock­tail with a thin lay­er of coconut foam. Add four drops of Bit­ter­cube Boli­var Bit­ters in a cir­clu­lar pat­tern and then drag a tooth­pick through the drops to cre­ate a nice design.