Homemade Allspice Dram is an essential ingredient in the best Fall cocktails, and now you can make it yourself, right at home!
St Elizabeth’s Allspice Dram can be hard to find. After looking in my local stores, I hit the mega liquor store BevMo. They didn’t have any either, and it’s out of stock on their website. Turns out this is somewhat of an elusive liqueur, sometimes available, sometimes not, so many bars make their own. If you like the flavor of spiced rum, you will love this.
This recipe is slightly adapted from Serious Eats. It’s simple to put together, and the hardest part is going to be waiting for it to ‘stew’. In the meantime I put together a fun list of fall cocktails and drinks that use Allspice Dram, below. If you love the idea of making your own liqueur, try my HOMEMADE PUMPKIN LIQUEUR, or my HOMEMADE IRISH CREAM.
Ingredients
- 1/8 cup whole allspice berries
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 cup Rum (you can use light or dark, I used dark)
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Crush the allspice berries in a spice grinder, or with a mortar and pestle. You want them roughly cracked and crushed, don't grind them into a powder.
- Put the allspice in a sealable glass jar, a mason jar is perfect.
- Pour the rum in the jar, put the lid on, and give it a shake.
- Let the rum sit for a day, then break up the the cinnamon stick and add it to the jar.
- After 2 days, strain out the rum with a fine mesh strainer. Then put it through a coffee filter to filter out the smaller particles.
- Meanwhile, bring the water and sugar to a boil in a small saucepan. Boil for 5 minutes. Let cool, then mix into the infused rum. Pour into your final bottle* and let rest for 2 days before using.
notes:
- This is a potent liqueur, and a little goes a long way. You won’t be guzzling this down on its own. The allspice gives it a powerful spicy kick, and the holiday-like flavors linger on your tongue.
- Recycle bottles in your kitchen, (my ‘infusing jar’ is a Classico spaghetti sauce jar) or find lots of interesting bottles here.
Fall Cocktails made with Allspice Dram:
Northern Spy
The Soothsayer
The Pumpkin Flip
Black Wednesday
Fall Ginger Smash
Winter Waltz
The Lion’s Tail
Jalisco Pear
The Tackler
Hot Buttered Rum
Lizzie’s Pippin
Solstice
Cheers!
19 Comments
Darryl Jandro
November 15, 2018 at 8:05 amSue….I’ve made my Dram…..how do I store it??
Thanks
Kasif Morkel
March 11, 2016 at 6:41 amThanks for the post. I love spiced rum! I used Infinity Jars to keep everything fresh. They’re absolutely gorgeous and give the bottle a premium touch.
http://infinityjars.com/collections/liquor-bottles
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December 22, 2015 at 2:41 amHmm looks so yummy
Dorothy at Shockingly Delicious
December 1, 2015 at 3:00 pmTotally going to make this! Have you tried that spiced rum called Kraken? It is so good! Maybe I’ll start with that and work from there…. :)
Sue
December 1, 2015 at 3:25 pmNo I haven’t Dorothy, but I love spiced rum, so I’ll check it out!
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Mary
October 16, 2012 at 6:22 pmI made hot buttered rum for the first time this season a couple weeks ago while I was visiting my sister in a much cooler area. I can hardly wait until I have an excuse to make another batch!
This dram looks very cool. I hadn’t heard of it before. Merchant looks like a very cool restaurant as well. I’m certain I would love it!
Anonymous
October 14, 2012 at 3:28 pmGood Pictures!
Eileen
October 13, 2012 at 7:37 pmI’ve never heard of allspice dram! But I do like spiced rum (who doesn’t?), especially with ginger beer (again, who doesn’t?). Must try!
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October 12, 2012 at 3:48 pmCute! Beautiful pictures!
The Slow Roasted Italian
October 12, 2012 at 5:00 pmLove the infusion Sue. I have not heard of this liqueur before but it sounds right up my alley, we love Captain Morgans Spiced Rum. So, I am sure this would be fabulous!
Sue/the view from great island
October 12, 2012 at 6:15 pmI’ve become a total convert to spiced cocktails. I didn’t expect to like them until I had my first spiced rum Dark and Stormy, and then I was hooked.
Averie @ Averie Cooks
October 12, 2012 at 4:19 pmAllspice, cinnamon sticks, rum, oh I want to stick my nose in that jar and just inhale! I bet the smell is intoxicating. Pun intended :) Gorgeous!
Sue/the view from great island
October 12, 2012 at 6:12 pmIf you put your nose in there while the allspice infusing you’ll be amazed at how peppery and intense the aroma is.
Tabitha
October 12, 2012 at 3:43 pmOh I love Gluhwein and hot butterered rum so I’d love to try this, I wonder if we have it, must go sniff it out.
Sue/the view from great island
October 12, 2012 at 6:10 pmI’ve never tried Gluhwein, but I love hot buttered rum!