Airmail Cocktail Recipe
A classic rum sour topped with sparkling wine, often described as a rum-based French 75 or a supercharged Daiquiri. It combines white or light gold rum, fresh lime juice, and honey syrup, finished with brut Champagne or sparkling wine for a refreshing, effervescent drink with origins in the 1930s Bacardi promotional materials.
Make This
- Base
- Rum
- Glass
- Highball glass
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Time
- 4 minutes
- Strength
- Medium
- Flavor
- Citrusy
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz Light Gold Rum
- 1/2 oz Lime Juice
- 1/2 oz Honey Syrup
- 1 2/3 oz Brut Sparkling Wine
Instructions
- Shake the rum, lime juice, and honey syrup with ice until well chilled.
- Strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
- Top with chilled brut sparkling wine and stir gently.