What is National Hot Buttered Rum Day?
National Hot Buttered Rum Day, January 17th, warms us up during mid-January.
It may be hot, chilly, crisp, or frigid, depending on where you are on this January day. If you're in one of the latter three states, enjoying a hot buttered rum drink would certainly be a good way to warm up.
Traditionally, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, a mixed drink containing rum, butter, hot water or cider, sweetener, and spices (typically cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves), hot buttered rum is particularly popular during the fall and winter months and is often associated with the holiday season.
Hot buttered rum's history in the United States goes back to colonial times. Jamaica began exporting molasses to Colonial America in the 1650s. In New England, distilleries were opened where the colonists later added distilled rum to hot beverages such as toddies and nogs, as well as making hot buttered rum, eggnog, and others.
A buttered rum batter is often made by blending a buttered rum batter with dark rum. Dark rum has been barrel-aged for a long time to develop a more pronounced molasses flavor.. Those that like a milder or spicier taste may prefer the option of using light rum or spiced rum mixed with the batter.
