It just isn't the holidays without rum. Hot buttered rum to bring the feeling back after shoveling the driveway. Mom serving rum balls and rum cake for dessert. And a couple of stiff rum drinks to take the edge off after a week of dealing with shopping at the malls.

Here are a couple of unique holiday rum cocktails created by some well known mixologists for Ron Zacapa, one of the only rums to come from Guatemala. (Yup. Guatemala.) Add them to your wish list.

Mistletoe Tipple
By Ross Crowley - Avoce, New York, NY

1 ounce Zacapa Rum
1 ounce elderflower liqueur
1 ounce sparkling wine
1 ounce fresh lime juice
Dash of bitters

Combine Zacapa Rum, elderflower liqueur, sparkling wine, lime juice, and a dash of bitters to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a champagne glass.

Cinnamon Spice
By Brian Miller - Death & Company, New York, NY

1 1/2 ounces Zacapa Rum 23
3/4 ounce lime juice
1/2 ounce cinnamon bark
Sugar and cinnamon for Rim

In a cocktail shaker, combine Zacapa Rum 23, lime juice, and cinnamon bark.
Rim martini glass with sugar. Shake and strain into rimmed martini glass.

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