10 cocktail recipes that you can enjoy with the Hercules Mulligan Rum & Rye

Ready-made Hercules Mulligan Rum & Rye is a 50:50 blend of Caribbean aged rum and home-grown American rye whiskey. This fresh, organic, ginger root is macerated in the rum & rye blend, and a splash of bitters is added, ensuring this liberating libation can be enjoyed on the rocks as a ready-made Irish Old Fashioned. Simple in its nature, yet utterly complex and delightful, this never-before-tasted composition tickles the nose and loosens the lips. 

Below are 10 cocktail recipes that you can enjoy with the Hercules Mulligan Rum & Rye

Irish American Coffee

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

4 oz. Fresh Brewed Coffee

0.25 Simple Syrup

Heavy Cream, lightly whipped

METHOD: Fill a glass with hot water and let stand to warm.  Discard the water and add Hercules Mulligan, simply syrup, and coffee.  Stir to combine and top with a layer of heavy cream.  Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

Mulligan Sour

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

0.75 oz. Lemon Juice

0.5 oz. Honey Syrup

(1 part honey: 1 part water)

1 egg white

Combine all ingredients in a shaker and shake without ice.  Add ice and shake vigorously.  Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with aromatic bitters.

Truth Serum

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

5 oz. Ginger Ale

Pour Hercules Mulligan into a highball glass with ice.  Top with ginger ale and garnish with a lime wedge

Undercover

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

5 oz. Cola (we suggest Fever Tree or Fentimans)

Pour Hercules Mulligan into a highball glass with ice.  Top with cola and garnish with a lemon wedge.

Mulligan Mule

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

5 oz. Ginger Beer

0.5 oz. Fresh Lime Juice

Combine Hercules Mulligan and lime juice in a Moscow Mule mug (or other glass) with ice.  Top with Ginger Beer.  Garnish with a lime wheel & fresh ginger root.

A Tailor’s Highball

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

5 oz. Tonic Water

Pour Hercules Mulligan into a highball glass with ice.  Top with tonic water and garnish with a lime wheel.

Colonial Courage

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

5 oz. Hard Apple Cider

Combine in a rocks glass over ice and gently stir together.  Garnish with an apple fan.

Double Agent

INGREDIENTS

1 oz. Hercules Mulligan

12 oz. Stout Beer

Either pour (or drop) the shot of Hercules Mulligan into your beer and enjoy it, or bottoms up with HM and chase it by sipping on the brewski.

Queen Street Highball

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

5 oz. Seltzer

Pour Hercules Mulligan into a highball glass with ice.  Top with seltzer and garnish with an orange crescent.

Hercules Hot Toddy

INGREDIENTS

2 oz. Hercules Mulligan

4-5 oz. Hot Water

0.25 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice

Add Hercules Mulligan and lemon juice to a mug.  Top with boiled water.  Garnish with a clove-studded lemon wheel.