Airmail
A rum cocktail topped with champagne.
CitrusEffervescentHoney
Ingredients
- White Rum1.5 oz (45 ml)
- Lime Juice0.75 oz (22.5 ml)
- Honey Syrup0.5 oz (15 ml)
- Champagne2 oz (60 ml)
How to make it
- Shake rum, lime, and honey with ice.
- Strain into a flute.
- Top with champagne.
Glass: Flute
May contain: Sulfites. Always check your own bottles.
History
The Airmail dates to the late 1920s and celebrates the dawn of international airmail service. A rum sour sweetened with honey and lengthened with Champagne, it appeared in a 1930 Bacardi promotional booklet and later in Esquire's 1949 Handbook for Hosts, which cemented its festive, effervescent reputation.
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