# Overproof Demerara rum

A high-strength Demerara rum whose concentrated molasses, spice, smoke, and dried-fruit character gives classic tiki drinks their formidable backbone.

Parent category: [Demerara rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/demerara-rum.md)

Alcohol: 75.5% ABV

## Cocktails

- [151 Swizzle](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/151-swizzle.md): Donn Beach's formidable swizzle, driving overproof Demerara rum through lime, sugar, aromatic bitters, and a cool thread of anise.
- [Cobra's Fang](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/cobras-fang.md): Overproof Demerara rum drives orange, lime, passion fruit, falernum, bitters, and anise through crushed ice in a direct and unusually severe Donn Beach punch.
- [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.
- [Shrunken Skull](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/shrunken-skull.md): Equal measures of two forceful rums, fresh lime, and real grenadine form a stark, deep-red mid-century tiki sour.
- [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.

## References

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