Cocktail Recipes

Corn and Oil

Classic | Cocktail | from Anders Erickson

The Corn ‘n’ Oil is a traditional Barbadian planters’ drink which, like the falernum liqueur it is sweetened and flavoured with, dates from the 1700s. Its ‘Corn and Oil’ name is derived from the Book of Deuteronomy, the fifth book of the Christian Old Testament. Chapters 1–30 are of sermons delivered to the Israelites by Moses on the plains of Moab, shortly before they enter the Promised Land. The salient verse being, “That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.”

Ingredients

Amount	Ingredient	Brand
2 oz / 50 ml 3 oz / 75 ml 4 oz / 100 ml 6 oz / 150 ml	Demerara rum	Real McCoy 12 Year
1⁄4 oz / 6 ml 1⁄2 oz / 9 ml 1⁄2 oz / 13 ml 3⁄4 oz / 19 ml	Falernum
2 dashes 3 dashes 4 dashes 6 dashes	Bitters	Angostura Aromatic Bitters

Notes

• Method: Stirred
• Pour: Julep Strain
• Glassware:
  • Low Ball
  • On the Rocks
• Garnish: Lime wedge
• Special Prep: None