Description
Familiar bottle carved with an Old Monk's face. Emitting intense sweet vanilla/caramel aromas, a rum with overwhelming share loved from the Indian army to the masses.
Restaurants serving Old Monk (National Dark Rum)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Dark rum
- Cola
- Ice
- Lemon
- Chaat Masala
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 120ml Old Monk (dark rum), 300ml well-chilled Cola, massive ice,
- lemon wedges, Chaat Masala (optional) a pinch.
- On a muggy Indian night, pack tall sturdy glasses to the brim with rock-hard ice.
- Stroking the Old Monk's face on the bottle, pour 60ml (double peg) of pitch-black rich 'Old Monk' into each glass. The moment poured, choking sweet vanilla/brown sugar aromas rise.
- Pour ice-cold Cola brimmingly over it, stirring gently once from bottom to top with a muddler.
- Finish squeezing fresh lemon tight, lightly sprinkling 'Chaat Masala' as a stall-style accent. Bringing it to the mouth with the 'clink' of ice hitting the glass completes the supreme evening drink washing down intense rum richness, Cola stimulation, and spice dish heat all at once.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Myers's Rum (as sub for rich dark rum vanilla aroma)
Pairing
Tandoori Chicken、Mutton Seekh Kebab
Trivia
[Hardcore] A monster brand that kept dominating India's domestic liquor sales for years solely via word-of-mouth without any advertising. Very cheap in high-liquor-tax India; 'Rum & Coke (Old Monk & Thums Up etc.)' is the gateway where Indian youths first learn the taste of alcohol.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Drinking] Not just Cola, mix with a little hot water, honey, cloves into 'Hot Monk', burning the body directly from the stomach on freezing Delhi winter nights!
Allergen
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