Banana Rum Prosecco Cocktail

Getting a taste of the Tropics or the Caribbean, doesn’t require a plane ticket, it just requires a couple of quality ingredients. (Recipe at the end)

Paladin – Prosecco DOC Dry Tondo

Paladin Vigne e Vini is the first winery of the whole Casa Paladin group, it’s a family owned estate founded by our father in 1962, in Motta di Livenza, near Treviso.

“A dry (sweet) expression, well rounded and balanced, with fruity characters including juicy peaches, green and white pears, green grapes, honeydew melon and more.” – Glass of Bubbly

• Prosecco DOC
• Style: Dry
• ABV 12%
• Serving Temperature: 6-8°C
• Sugar: 21 (±1) gr/l
• €15.00 per bottle
• Silver Medal – Tropical Burst

Food Pairing: Dessert, Main dishes featuring meat, Second dishes featuring red meat.

Wester Distillery

‘Putting a modern twist on the traditional’ Wester Distillery have been bucking the trends and being bold in how they distill their rums since 2018 in Glasgow’s industrial heartland, although surrounded by history, doesn’t mean they do things the old-fashioned way, respecting the past but moving forward, making new rules, not following the old school.

They import the some of the finest authentic rums from the shores of Jamaica and Guyana, from there, they blend every drop with an array of plentiful flavours.

Wester also pride themselves on beeing a zero-waste business, all their waste is re-purposed, plus thier energy comes from 100% renewable sources and their packaging is 100% recyclable.

• Banana Rum
• ABV: 40%
• Available in 20cl (£16) and 50cl (£27)

“A warm and hearty caramelised banana experience, notes of vanilla and further baked caramel, with hints of cinnamon powder sprinkled on top. The aroma and the palate are evenly matched in style and are not dissapointed with either, it’s sweet in flavour but not sickly, the same aspect of sweetness you get from lightly roasted/cooked bananas, it’s smooth on the palate, you can taste that rum has been used as the structure of the drink and it helps give it it’s warmth and adds to the blend. Don’t expect to be drinking a standard spiced rum with promiant notes of banana, but don’t also expect to be tasting a rum-based banana liqueur, it’s found a very pleasent place inbetween, giving you something that provides quality for the on-the-rocks / by-the-glass experience and something that can be used in adding plentiful expressions of flavours to quality cocktails.” – Glass of Bubbly

The Cocktail

How To Make The Cocktail:

• 20mls Banana Rum
• Top up with Prosecco (125mls)
• 3 twists of Black Pepper