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Our 14 Favorite Allspice Dram Cocktails

Mix up one of these fantastic drinks made with allspice dram for something a bit different.

Prepare to meet your new favorite cocktail ingredient. Allspice dram isn’t terribly well-known.

Winter warming bourbon old fashioned cocktail with oranges, cinnamon and rosemary

However, the flavorful liqueur adds a spicy warmth to every drink it touches.

Allspice dram is made from crushed allspice berries and rum. Jamaica created this delicious beverage. The dram is flavorful alone but even better in a cocktail.

Allspice dram cocktails pair the liqueur with complementary flavors. The refreshing drinks on this list range from bright and nautical to rich and wintery.

In this article, we’ll discuss these allspice dram cocktails.

Best Allspice Dram Cocktails

The Lion’s Tail

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Prohibition challenged bartenders. Outlawing liquor never stopped people from drinking. It just made them drink more creatively. The Prohibition era birthed many cocktails, including the Lion’s Tail.

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The Lion’s Tail has a complex, layered flavor profile. The disparate elements shouldn’t work together, but they do. Bourbon provides a smooth, rich foundation.

Allspice dram liquor adds to the abv and a pleasantly warm, spicy flavor. Lime juice contributes a tart citrus bite, and simple syrup sweetens the deal.


Rum Old Fashioned

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It’s hard to beat a perfect old-fashioned. The classic cocktail traces its roots back to 1806. Adapting a drink with such a long history seems dangerous. However, the rum old-fashioned makes a strong argument for change.

Rum Old Fashioned

This recipe is incredibly easy to execute. Simply mix rum, allspice dram, orange bitters, Angostura bitters, and demerara syrup.

The ingredients create a warm and delicious flavor certain to convert the most faithful old-fashioned loyalists.


The Last Dance

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The Last Dance cocktail makes a perfect nightcap. The Prohibition-era drink combines the autumnal warmth of allspice dram with a pleasant citrus kick from lemon juice.

The Last Dance
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This recipe guides bartenders through making their own allspice dram. This step adds extra time to your preparation period, so plan accordingly.

The drink calls for bourbon, Benedictine, lemon juice, allspice dram, and bitters.


Cradle to The Grave

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Drinkers asked to pick only one cocktail to enjoy for the rest of their lives could do worse than the cradle to the grave. This nutty, floral drink capitalizes on rum’s spicy flavor.

Cradle to The Grave
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The Cradle to the Grave captures Jamaica’s sunny warmth. Cynar adds herbal notes and depth. Oloroso sherry contributes a savory smokiness. Saline ensures all your taste buds are titillated, adding a pleasant hint of salt.

The delicious cocktail couldn’t be easier to make. Simply mix the ingredients, pour, and sip!


Modern Mariner

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The Modern Mariner entered the craft cocktail scene in 1994. The drink has poetic origins. Jeff Berry created the Modern Mariner based on the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.”

Modern Mariner
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This easy-breezy tiki cocktail has a tropical citrus base. Add bourbon, allspice dram, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, and simple syrup to your bar cart. Mix them together into a refreshing, slightly bitter, and complex sip.


The Seahorse

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The Seahorse cocktail is a truly nautical experience. The drink uses rum and allspice dram to replicate the taste of sailing on the seven seas.

The Seahorse
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Orange and lemon juices add bright citrus flavor while fighting scurvy. Between the rum and the allspice dram, the Seahorse teems with spice taste.

Beginner bartenders, don’t panic. This drink mixes up easily. Simply combine bourbon, allspice dram, orange juice, lemon juice, simple syrup, and orange bitters. Mix vigorously and imbibe.


King of Barbados

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True to its name, the King of Barbados is a cocktail fit for royalty. The drink is ideal for cool autumn evenings.

King of Barbados
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To attain the correct sweetness, you’ll need to prepare honey syrup before mixing your drinks. The process is quick and easy but does add a little time to your preparation.

Once your honey syrup is complete, mix it with rum, calvados, allspice dram, and lemon juice. Savor the sweet, spicy taste of fall in every sip.


Winter Waltz

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Dance your way through the colder weather with a Winter Waltz cocktail in hand. The drink contains plenty of alcohol to speed up your blood and warm you from the inside. 

Winter Waltz
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The Winter Waltz packs lots of spice flavor in every sip. Cinnamon and nutmeg infuse the drink, lending it a pleasant holiday warmth. 

The cocktail is perfect for winter party. It mixes up so quickly you won’t miss all the fun with your guests.

As long as you have rye whiskey, Averna, allspice dram, and allspice bitters, you’ve got everything you need for this delightful drink. 


Winter Old Fashioned

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Give your old-fashioned a cold-weather makeover with this Winter Old Fashioned recipe. Allspice dram and port do much of the heavy lifting in this cocktail.

Winter Old Fashioned
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The two alcohols add a richer, spicier component to the classic drink.

The Winter Old Fashioned requires no skill or technique at all. Simply mix the ingredients and serve. The recipe calls for whiskey, port, allspice dram, and orange bitters. 


All Spice and Everything Nice

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The All Spice and Everything Nice remixes the Lion’s Tail cocktail previously mentioned on this list. The Allspice and Everything Nice swaps lime out for lemon, creating a milder drinking experience.

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Combine bourbon, allspice dram, lemon juice, honey syrup, and orange bitters to make this delicious, sweet, and spicy cocktail.


Alexander Hamilton Cocktail

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Who knew a Founding Father could be so delicious? The Alexander Hamilton cocktail recipe honors A. Ham’s Caribbean and New York roots. The drink is spicy, layered, and very boozy, so sip responsibly.

Alexander Hamilton Cocktail
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Pour rum, whiskey, Drambuie, Allspice dram, and bitters into a shaker. Mix them up really well and serve.


The Tiki Rita Margarita

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The Tiki Rita Margarita proves that there are limitless variations on one of the world’s favorite drinks. This recipe tikis up the beloved beverage, adding a little more sunshine and tropical flavor.

The Tiki Rita Margarita
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Every bartender possesses the skills necessary for the Tiki Rita Margarita. Simply shake the ingredients and enjoy.

The recipe calls for tequila, simple syrup, orange liqueur, grapefruit juice, allspice dram, and lemon juice. Each sip contains a burst of bright citrus and island spices.


Winter Rye Sour

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The Winter Rye Sour is the perfect drink to settle in with as you prepare to hibernate through the cold months.

Winter Rye Sour
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This decadent drink requires more ability and preparation than many of the cocktails on this list. Egg whites lend the cocktail a rich, creamy foam.

Attaining the right egg white consistency requires a lot of shaking and patience.

Additionally, the Winter Rye Sour owes much of its indulgent flavor to buttered brown sugar syrup. Therefore, bartenders must prepare this ingredient before mixing the drink.

Each single-serving calls for rye whiskey, lemon juice, buttered brown sugar syrup, Cynar, allspice dram, bitters, and an egg white.


Agricole Rhum Punch

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Agricole Rhum Punch transports drinkers back to a Victorian Christmas. The cocktail combines sweet, sour, and spicy elements into each sip.

Agricole Rhum Punch
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The four-ingredient cocktail whips up quickly. Combine rhum agricole, Martinique cane syrup, lime juice, and allspice dram, and enjoy.

The punch is warm and sweet, with plenty of alcohol to warm you up on a cold evening.


Cheers!

Now that you have some allspice dram cocktail recipes in your arsenal, get mixing!

These drinks take full advantage of the distinctive liqueur’s broad, spicy flavor profile.

Ready to try allspice dram? Leave us a comment telling us how you like to use the liqueur!

Winter warming bourbon old fashioned cocktail with oranges, cinnamon and rosemary

14 Allspice Dram Cocktail Recipes

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    Written by Paul Kushner

    I have always had a deep interest in the restaurant and bar industry. My restaurant experience began in 1997 at the age of 14 as a bus boy. By the time I turned 17 I was serving tables, and by 19 I was bartending/bar managing 6-7 nights a week.

    In 2012, after a decade and a half of learning all facets of the industry, I opened my first restaurant/bar. In 2015, a second location followed, the latter being featured on The Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.

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