Summer is full of reasons to celebrate with great food and delicious cocktails, and we thought that #NationalRumDay, August 16, was the perfect holiday for sharing some of our favorite rum-based #liquidart creations. Our food and beverage teams are always busy mixing up new recipes to surprise and delight our guests; we hope you’ll visit soon or try the below recipes at home and share your photos with us on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore 

Jungle Bird, $10
1 ½ oz Myers Rum
1 ½ oz Pineapple Juice
¾ oz Campari
½ oz Simple Sugar
½ oz Lime Juice

Mix together, shake.
Serve in glass with ice, garnish with pineapple.

Sonesta Gwinnett Place Atlanta

Blood Orange Citrus Fizz, $9
1 oz Bumbu Spiced Rum
Slice Blood Orange
Slice Lemon
Slice Lime
1 oz Orange Juice
½ oz grenadine
2 oz Soda
Simple Syrup

Sonesta Fort Lauderdale Beach

Coco Loco
Mount Gay Rum
Cream of Coconut
Pineapple juice
Orange juice

Add all ingredients in a mixing jar. Stir. Pour into a highball glass. Garnish with a an orange wheel and a maraschino cherry.

The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel

The Hemingway
2 oz Mt Gay Black Barrel Rum
1 oz Luxardo Maraschino Liqueur
1 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice

Shake vigorously over ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass Garnish with luxardo maraschino cherries.

Royal Sonesta Boston

Kombucha Mojito, $13

1 ¾ oz rum
2 oz kombucha
½ oz lime juice
½ oz simple syrup
6 each blueberries
5 each mint leaves

Mint sprigs muddled with sugar, blueberries and lemon juice in a 12oz Collins glass. Add rum and fill with ice, top with kombucha. Garnished with sprig of mint leaves.

If you’re staying at Sonesta ES Suites for National Rum Day, stop by The Pour to enjoy $1 off daiquiris!