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Rum Runner

4.7 / 5

Built from Banana liqueur, Blackberry liqueur, Dark rum, Grenadine, Lime juice, Maraschino cherries, Orange, Orange juice, Pineapple juice and White rum, shaken, poured and rated by hand.

🍸  10 ingredients 📝  6 steps 📅  Added Jul 2026
Rum Runner

The method

How to make it

  1. Into the shaker: white rum, banana liqueur, blackberry liqueur, pineapple juice, orange juice and lime juice.

  2. Fill with ice and shake hard for 12 seconds.

  3. Strain into a tall glass packed with crushed ice.

  4. Pour the grenadine down the inside of the glass so it sinks into a sunset at the bottom.

  5. Float the dark rum on top over a spoon. Bottom red, top amber, this drink has a horizon line.

  6. Garnish with an orange wheel and a cherry.

The serve

How to present it

Layers are the whole pitch: grenadine dawn at the bottom, dark rum dusk on top. Serve it with a straw and instruct the drinker not to stir until they have admired it. It is a vacation you can hold.

Make it yours

Swaps & variations

Swap the blackberry liqueur for more banana and it goes full Caribbean breakfast. A scoop of ice and thirty seconds in the blender makes the Florida Keys frozen version. If your bar is missing both liqueurs, honestly, make the Jamaican Rum Punch instead and circle back payday.