Christmas Spiced Rum Sour Recipe | co*cktail Society (2024)

By Timo Torner/ Last updated on March 20, 2023

This Christmas Rum Sour recipe is everything you want from a festive co*cktail. It's elegant, slightly boozy, and full of Christmas spices.

Our Christmas spiced Rum Sour is a combination of dark Rum, freshly squeezed lemon juice, homemade syrup, and one egg white.

And if you get the balance of the different ingredients right, I promise once you have tried this recipe, you will want to make it again and again.

Our favorite Christmas co*cktail

We've tasted various Christmas co*cktails during the last few years. None were as delicious as this one. It is boozy, full of flavor, sweet, sour, and tastes like Christmas in a glass.

So, if you are looking for a Christmas co*cktail for your next Christmas party or family gathering, you found it. Here it is, and it won't disappoint.

Rum for this Christmas Sour co*cktail

Perhaps you already know that Sour co*cktails are among the most popular kinds of mixed drinks. They consist of lemon juice, simple syrup, and a base spirit. - For theclassic Rum Sour,that's usually aged Rum. And the same goes for this Christmas version.

Havana Club Añejo Especial is our favorite and awesome value for money. Yet, if you have another favorite brand, that works just as well. -It should be an aged expression, though, and also no spiced Rum. After all, the flavors should not overpower the Christmas syrup.

Homemade Christmas syrup

Mulled wine is delicious and one of the best things about winter. And bringing the Christmasy taste of mulled wine into aChristmas syrupis fun and super easy.

All you need is red wine, sugar, oranges, cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise, a splash of Rum, and a few drops of Angostura bitters. Just follow the steps in ourmulled wine syrup recipe, and you get a great ingredient with minimal effort.

Should you prefer the taste ofGlögg, the Scandinavian version of mulled wine, you can also consider adding cardamom to the mix.

Egg white, yes or no?

If you've never tried a co*cktail with egg white foam, you might find the idea weird at first. But it's actually a common practice and doesn't change the taste, just the texture.

It is optional, but it really takes the co*cktail to the next level. It makes the texture much creamier, which is especially perfect for the Christmas Rum Sour.

Vegans can useaquafaba instead of egg white. It is also neutral in taste and works equally well.

Christmas Rum Sour Recipe

This Christmas Rum Sour relies on our homemade mulled wine syrup and on the warm flavors of dark Rum. Also, the lemon juice should be freshly squeezed and not a bottled version to make this co*cktail perfect.

For more festive drinks, check out this overview of our favorite Christmas co*cktails.