Name: The Personal Day Recipe
Total time: 2 min
Yield: Serves 1
Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces dark rum, preferably Goslings Black Seal; 1/2 ounce Jamaican rum, preferably Smith & Cross; 3/4 ounce pineapple juice; 1/2 ounce lime juice; 1/2 ounce tamarind syrup, preferably St. Vincent's; 4 to 5 drops bitters, preferably the Bitter End Mexican Mole; Lime wheel and pineapple leaf, garnish

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By Jessica Gelt

Jan. 31, 2014

Is the winter heat wave and accompanying drought making you thirsty? It’s time to take a Personal Day. A drink of one, that is. Created by the Corner Door’s mixologist Beau du Bois, the Personal Day was first rolled out last fall during L.A.’s typically balmy indian summer weather. Now that it seems that weather intends to stay with us all winter, this cocktail is its perfect complement. Dark rum makes the drink toasty enough for faux-winter, while tangy pineapple and lime juice co-mingle with rich mole bitters and slightly sour tamarind syrup to create a refreshing environment inside your mouth.

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1 ½ ounces dark rum, preferably Goslings Black Seal

½ ounce Jamaican rum, preferably Smith & Cross

¾ ounce pineapple juice

½ ounce lime juice

½ ounce tamarind syrup, preferably St. Vincent’s

4 to 5 drops bitters, preferably the Bitter End Mexican Mole

Lime wheel and pineapple leaf, garnish

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine the rums with the pineapple juice, lime juice, tamarind syrup and bitters. Shake well, then strain over an ice-filled Collins glass. Garnish with a lime wheel and pineapple leaf.

Adapted from Beau du Bois at the Corner Door.