How To Make Cocktails with Sorghum Rum + 5 Sorghum Rum Drink Recipes You’ll Love
Sorghum rum, like no other rum you’ve had before
The ultimate combination of history and flavor profile. Sorghum rum brings out the best in your favorite cocktails.
Try something none of your friends have in their bar cart. The history of Blairsville is spiced, sweet, and a bit crazy - just like this spirit.
There Are 3 Rums To Note - Dark Rum, Light Rum and Sorghum
So, what is rum? Plain and simple - rum is a spirit distilled from sugar and is 80 proof or above.
Dark Rum - aged before filtering and bottling, the longer it’s aged the darker it becomes.
White Rum - packaged right after the fermentation process is complete. It’s the same strength as dark rum and is not stored before being bottled.
Sorghum Rum uses sorghum grain and molasses rather than sugar to produce a spirit most similar to dark rum with a unique flavor profile.
At the GDM bar, we love to use sorghum rum to create tasty and one-of-a-kind cocktails. Our rum is vanilla-forward with the perfect balance of sweetness and spice.
Back in the bootlegging days, anyone acquiring mass amounts of sugar was seen as suspicious to the authorities, so they turned to the local sorghum grains to keep makin’ liquor without causing too much attention.
The sorghum used in GDM’s Sorghum Rum comes from a local sorghum farm in North GA, so you know you’re getting a true Georgia local product and a piece of Blairsville’s history.
Blairsville has a history of sorghum and bootlegging and Sorghum rum combines our roots better than anything else.
If you’re lucky enough to get your hands on Sorghum Rum here are 5 cocktails to make
Rum & Coke
Obviously we had to start here.
- 2 oz Sorghum Rum
- 4 oz Coca Cola
- Squeeze of Fresh Lime (if you know what’s good for ya)
Wanna see how the pros do it? Watch Quinn & Heather make a GDM Rum & Coke here.
The Harvest Smash
This popular fall cocktail is so good we just might have to keep it around all year.
- 2 oz Sorghum Rum
- 4 oz Apple Cider
- 2 oz Ginger Beer
- 1 oz Grenadine
- Squeeze of Lemon
- Dash of Cinnamon
Mule Whip
A bootlegger’s take on the beloved Dole Whip, except this one’s adults only!
- 1.5 oz Sorgum Rum
- 1.5 oz GA Cream Moonshine
- 4 oz Pineapple Juice
- .5 oz Simple Syrup
- Optional Whipped Cream & Cherry
Banana Split
This one’s for those of you who love dessert any time of day!
- 1.5 oz Sorghum Rum
- 1.5 oz GA Cream Moonshine
- 1 oz Banana Creme Syrup
- 1 oz Chocolate Syrup
- 2 oz Pineapple Juice
- Whipped Cream, Chocolate Drizzle, & a Cherry
Creamy Root Beer Rum
Mom and dad’s version of a root beer float…can I get an amen?
- 2 oz Sorghum Rum
- 6 oz Root Beer
- 2 oz Vanilla Cream
Say bye-bye to boring rum.
You get the picture now, right? Sorghum rum can be used in so many ways! It’s great for those creamy, tropical drinks or just splashed in some soda.
Stop by the ‘still all spring to try one of our seasonal sorghum rum cocktails, or make one of these drinks at home and show us on Facebook.
Watch our bartenders whip up a GDM Rum & Coke in this month’s drink of the month video.
