Rum Sloe and Sour (cocktail)

A while back I published a review on my blog for the  Juan Santos Gran Reserva – 12 Year Old Rum .  With the review I published a cocktail I called Arctic Wolf’s Juan Santos Sloe and Sour. The creation of this particular cocktail was a progression of simple steps from a well known classic cocktail, The Whiskey Sour, to the Rum Sour, and then the final step to my cocktail.  I chose the starting point as a classic whiskey cocktail because I recognized a whiskey like flavour and  delivery in that particular rum.  Of course once I had the cocktail created, I have tried it with various rums and have found it to be remarkable well suited to almost any dark rum.

Rum Sloe and Sour
an original cocktail by Chip Dykstra (Aka Arctic Wolf)

2 oz of  Dark Rum
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
1/2 oz Lime Juice
Dash of simple syrup or Grenadine
Crushed ice
1 Tablespoon of Sloe Gin

Add the Dark Rum, the lemon and lime Juice, and the syrup or grenadine with the crushed ice in a Martini Shaker.
Shake gently to chill the mixture.
Pour the mixed ingredients into a cocktail glass adding the ice.
Float the sloe gin on top and serve. Enjoy!