# Overproof Jamaican rum

A high-strength Jamaican rum with concentrated ripe-fruit, spice, and ester-rich funk.

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

Alcohol: 57% ABV

## Types

- [Unaged overproof Jamaican rum](https://stirred.fyi/ingredients/unaged-overproof-jamaican-rum.md): 63% ABV. A clear, unaged Jamaican rum bottled at high strength, with intensely aromatic tropical fruit, cane, fermentation, and grassy spice.

## Cocktails

- [Angostura Colada](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/angostura-colada.md): Zac Overman's audacious colada makes aromatic bitters the base, rounded by coconut and pineapple and sharpened with lime and overproof Jamaican rum.
- [Flor de Jerez](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/flor-de-jerez.md): A sherry-led sour lifted by Jamaican rum, apricot liqueur, lemon, and aromatic bitters.
- [Formidable Dragon](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/formidable-dragon.md): Three rum styles, Amaro di Angostura, molasses, honey, and twin citrus make Martin Cate’s huge modern tropical drink dark, spicy, and surprisingly coherent.
- [Kingston Negroni](https://stirred.fyi/cocktails/kingston-negroni.md): A forceful Negroni variation pairing funky overproof Jamaican rum with Campari and sweet vermouth.

## References

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