Fresh Blueberry Summer Rum Cocktail with Lime
A delicious and refreshing muddled bluberry cocktail made with light rum.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Fresh lime zest
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Coarse sea salt
- 1/4 cup Fresh blueberries
- 1 Lime Wedge - for squeezing in
- 1 oz Simple Syrup
- 1 1/2 oz Light Rum - such as Bacardi
- 1 can Sparkling Water / Soda Water - for topping off
Instructions
- Using a lime zester, gently zest the skin of a fresh lime collecting about 1 tsp of it. Add this to a small bowl. Add coarse sea salt and sugar to the same bowl and stir with a small spoon until combined. Mixture will be slightly moist from the fresh zest. Spread this in an even layer on a small plate.
- Grab a rocks glass and rub the rim with a lime wedge then dip it in the lime zest rimming mixture. Move the glass around so the entirety of the rim is coated.
- Drop about half the blueberries in your glass and muddle them until skins are broken and crushed. Add in the juice of one lime wedge, simple syrup, and rum. Top with ice and stir well with a bar spoon until chilled and combined.
- Add a few more cubes of fresh ice if desired and top off with sparkling water. Give it a gently stir with the spoon once more to stir in the fizz. Skewer the rest of the bluberries on a pick and garnish with lime wheels.
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