# Corn ’n’ Oil

Richard Seale's modern Barbadian build lets aged island rum lead, with falernum supplying just enough lime, almond, ginger, clove, and sweetness.

Strength: 34% ABV before dilution

## Ingredients

- 60 ml [Barbados rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/barbados-rum.md) — Use an aged Barbados rum.
- 15 ml [Falernum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/falernum.md)

## Glassware

Old fashioned glass

## Garnish

- Lime wheel

## Method

1. Add the rum and falernum to an old fashioned glass filled with cubed ice.
2. Stir until chilled and lightly diluted.

## Related drinks

- [Royal Bermuda Yacht Club](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/royal-bermuda-yacht-club.md): A poised Barbados-rum sour in which lime is deepened by orange curaçao and the almond, clove, and ginger spice of falernum.
- [Test Pilot](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/test-pilot.md): Donn Beach's compact rum drink layers Jamaican and light rum with lime, falernum, orange, bitters, and a trace of anise.
- [Barbados Rum Punch](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/barbados-rum-punch.md): The old Barbadian rhyme becomes a measured drink of lime, sugar, island rum, water, bitters, and nutmeg over crushed ice.
- [Zombie](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/zombie.md): Donn Beach's formidable 1934 rum rhapsody, layered with citrus, cinnamon, spice, anise, and enough overproof depth to justify its legendary two-drink limit.
- [Jet Pilot](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/jet-pilot.md): Three rums, two citrus juices, cinnamon, falernum, anise, and bitters form a compact Luau-era tropical drink with uncommon power and precision.
- [Bywater](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/bywater.md): Chris Hannah’s current New Orleans rum-Brooklyn branch joins aged rum to Averna, green alpine herbs, falernum, and two aromatic bitters.
- [100-Year-Old Cigar](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/100-year-old-cigar.md): Aged rum becomes a dark after-dinner drink under Cynar, Bénédictine, peat, bitters, and the lingering aroma of an absinthe-rinsed glass.
- [Beachcomber](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/beachcomber.md): A compact white-rum sour where lime and dry orange liqueur meet enough maraschino to turn a Daiquiri outline floral, nutty, and faintly bitter.

## References

- Canonical page: https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/corn-n-oil
- Photograph: https://stirred.fyi/assets/cocktails/corn-n-oil-9f75c402.webp
- Recipe source: https://www.thesugarcanepress.com/falernum-files-a-qa-with-richard-seale/