• Yield: 1 (750-ml) bottle
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Total: 1 to 2 days 
  • Active: Under 5 mins 

Ingredients (7)

  • 1 750 ml bottle gold rum
  • 1 (3-inch) piece vanilla bean
  • 1 (1-inch) piece cinnamon stick
  • 1 point star anise
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 piece allspice
  • 1 (1-by-1/2-inch) piece orange zest

Fashioning your own spiced rum is so easy that there is really no reason to buy the artificially flavored slosh you find at the store. Just combine some high-quality gold rum with spices, and after a couple of days, you’ve concocted your own spirit!

This recipe was featured as part of our DIY Holiday Gifts Advent Calendar.

Instructions

  1. Add all the spices to a 750 ml bottle of golden rum, close, and let steep 24 hours. Use in your favorite rum-based cocktails.