The Ancient Mariner Recipe

By
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a longtime food and drink expert whose recipes and cocktail-making tips can be found on her newsletters What to Drink and The Dinner Plan. She is the author of  The One-Bottle Cocktail and Batch Cocktails, both published by Ten Speed Press.
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Updated August 30, 2018
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. Jessica Leibowitz

In Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, Ted Haigh shares this variation on Trader Vic's original Navy Grog. It calls for allspice dram (also known as pimento dram.) As Haigh writes:

Pimento Dram may bring to mind the flavorless, wadded-up thing beheld in many a martini olive, but trust me, this is a wholly different pimento...a peppercorn of sorts...The English christened it 'allspice.' The berry seemed to them to encapsulate the flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, and clove all in one little peppery wallop.

The allspice dram adds an excellent dose of warm spice to the drink—just be sure not to overpour. We like St. Elizabeth Allspice dram, imported by Haus Alpenz, which you can purchase online.

Recipe Details

The Ancient Mariner Recipe

Active 2 mins
Total 2 mins
Serves 1 serving

Ingredients

  • Crushed ice

  • 1 ounce Demerara Rum (not the 151-proof kind)

  • 1 ounce dark Jamaican rum, such as Coruba

  • 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice

  • 1/2 ounce fresh grapefruit juice

  • 1/2 ounce simple syrup

  • 1/4 ounce Allspice Dram

  • Garnish: lime wedge, mint sprig

Directions

  1. Fill a double old fashioned glass with crushed ice, then add both rums, lime, grapefruit juice, simple syrup, and allspice dram. Stir gently, then garnish with a lime wedge and mint sprig.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
386Calories
0gFat
12gCarbs
0gProtein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 1
Amount per serving
Calories386
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g0%
Saturated Fat 0g0%
Cholesterol 0mg0%
Sodium 4mg0%
Total Carbohydrate 12g5%
Dietary Fiber 0g1%
Total Sugars 9g
Protein 0g
Vitamin C 13mg65%
Calcium 9mg1%
Iron 0mg2%
Potassium 62mg1%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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