Tonight I thought I’d try a hot buttered rum recipe from a post on RumDood’s Blog.  The original recipe, as he mentions, was brought to him by Beachbum Berry (if you don’t know who he is, leave is site now… seriously) and came from a 1950′s recipe from Volcano House Hotel in Hawaii.  I didn’t have the exact ingredients, but I did have enough to make an interesting variation:

Note: I have a large volcano mug that fit a good 2 cups liquid. I figured the recipe was for a normal 8-10 oz mug, so I doubled his recipe.

3 oz Kraken Rum
1.5 oz lemon juice (1 lemon)
1.5 oz simple syrup (replace with brown sugar)
.5 oz Triple Sec
10 oz Earl Grey tea
butter
dash of ground cloves


Follow the directions from his recipe. My variation is a very citrus intense kick. I might try a little less lemon juice or more simple syrup (since the original is just straight sugar and the syrup would be padded with water and less sweet), but it is still VERY good.