Swizzle Stick Cocktails
Originally from the Caribbean, swizzle sticks were used by bartenders to mix rum cocktails. It’s a stick made from the wood of a tropical tree called the Quararibea turbinate. Its branches naturally grow outward like the spokes on a wheel. You rub it quickly between your hands and it works something like a whisk.
You can get one here – Cocktail Kingdom
If you don’t have a swizzle stick, use a long handled bar spoon.
Classic Frozen Daiquiri
Three simple ingredients and one of them should be Cuban rum but…
Swizzle with shaved ice and pour into a cocktail glass.
Meyers’s Swizzle
This is one my father taught me.
Swizzle 1st 4 ingredients with shaved ice. Pour into a cocktail glass. Add more ice and Angostura. Serve with a short straw.
Simple syrup – 1 part water / 2 parts sugar Mix in a small pot, heat and stir until it’s clear.
Improvise – serve in a tall glass topped with some club soda.
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