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Allspice dram

Rum infused with allspice (pimento) berries and sweetened — Jamaica's pimento dram, intensely spiced, used by the barspoon.

allspice · clove · warm

If you can't find it

Specialist spirit shops, as pimento dram.

  1. 1Homemade allspice dram
    Crushed allspice steeped in dark rum for a few days, then sweetened
    You lose little.

Goes with

jamaican rumlime juicebourbonfalernum

Knowing it

Where to buy
Specialist spirit shops; one bottle lasts a long time.
Worth knowing
Make your own: crush allspice berries, steep them in overproof Jamaican rum for a week or two, strain, and cut with rich syrup. A barspoon in a bourbon old fashioned in winter.

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