The Queen Elizabeth Recipe

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The Queen Elizabeth Recipe

Created by: Buddy Newby, Bartender, Tank House BBQ and Bar, Sacramento, CA.

Recipe:

  • 1 ounce Pusser’s Rum
  • 1 ounce Pusser’s Rum Gunpowder Proof
  • 1 ounce lime juice
  • 3 slices of ginger
  • 1/4 ounce honey syrup
  • 3/4 ounce grapefruit syrup
  • 5 drops Bittercube Blackstrap bitters
  • Fever-Tree club soda

Directions:

  1. Muddle ginger with honey and grapefruit syrups.
  2. Add rum and lime juice.
  3. Then, ice shake and double strain into a copper mug filled with crushed ice.
  4. Add Blackstrap bitters and top with club soda.
  5. Garnish with a lime twist and a thinly sliced stick of fresh ginger.

Inspiration:

The idea for this drink came from a take on naval grog. I used two types of British navy rum, and substituted the grapefruit juice for grapefruit syrup, to give it a sweeter taste. That sweetness also helps to balance out the higher proof rum. The name comes from an aircraft carrier that the British navy will be christening this year. It also occurred to me that a mule carries cargo — so the aircraft carrier was a fun play on that.

Buddy Newby

Buddy Newby

Buddy Newby is a 34 year-old who hails from Sacramento, California. He has been bartending for five years, after starting out at a local restaurant and working his way up from bus boy. He has been working at Tank House BBQ and Bar since its opening. As a rum and exotic cocktail enthusiast, he developed quite a following for his tiki drinks. So strong was this following, it inspired Buddy to join forces with the Tank House owners to open Jungle Bird in October 2016, a bar bringing tiki cocktails and island-inspired fare to midtown Sacramento.