Hot Buttered Rum Cocktail Recipes And Variations

If you’re looking for a comforting winter drink, it’s time to make a Hot Buttered Rum cocktail. This delicious drink is sweet, warm, and perfect to enjoy when you’re sitting by the fireplace on a cold winter night. Hot Buttered Rum has been around for ages now and has been keeping people warm ever since. If you want to share the warmth, just take a look at our list of Hot Buttered Rum Cocktail recipes and variations.

6 Hot Buttered Rum Cocktail Recipes And Variations

1. Classic Hot Buttered Rum
2. Hot Buttered Brandy
3. Hot Buttered Whiskey Cider
4. Hot Buttered Bourbon
5. Hot Buttered Wine
6. Creamy Coconut Hot Buttered Rum

1. Classic Hot Buttered Rum

Classic Hot Buttered Rum has been enjoyed by people around the world for its sweet, vanilla, and slightly spicy flavors. It’s a great cocktail for a holiday like a Christmas party. Now go hit that favorite song on your playlist, gather your bartending tools and get ready to make a delicious Classic Hot Buttered Rum at home!

Ingredients 

• 1 ½ ounces of spiced rum
• ¾ ounce of honey
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 5 ounces of hot water
• Grated nutmeg and a steep of cinnamon stick to garnish.

How To Make Classic Hot Buttered Rum Cocktail

1. Take a coffee mug and pour the spiced rum into it. Add a teaspoon of butter over the rum.
2. Add some honey to the rum and top it with hot water for the honey and butter to melt completely.
3. Garnish it with some grated nutmeg and a cinnamon stick.

Also Read: 7 Classic Rum Cocktails

2. Hot Buttered Brandy Cocktail

Another take on the Classic Hot Buttered Rum is Hot Buttered Brandy, a cocktail brandy lovers will absolutely enjoy! This drink has a smooth flavor and can be your go-to drink during a lazy winter afternoon. It’s one of the simplest and easiest variations of its classic version. Let’s take a look at its recipe!

Ingredients

• 1 ounce of brandy
• 1 ounce of water
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 2 drops of vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon salted butter
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 1 clove

How To Make Hot Buttered Brandy Cocktail

1. Take a saucepan and add the water, sugar, butter, and spices into it. Let the ingredients simmer over low heat.
2. Stir the mixture for the butter to dissolve completely. After that, simmer the mixture for 1 minute.
3. Turn off the heat and keep the saucepan aside. 
4. Now, add the vanilla extract and stir the mixture.
5. You can pour the mixture into two cocktails or brandy glasses. 
6. Lastly, top the cocktail with some brandy and garnish it with a clove and cinnamon stick.

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3. Hot Buttered Whiskey Cider

All cocktail lovers who have been ardent fans of Hot Buttered Rum will definitely enjoy this twist to the drink. Hot Buttered Whiskey Cider is a drink you can savor when you want to treat yourself to a comforting drink after a long day. This drink has the flavors of spices and maple syrup. Just a sip of this cocktail is enough to take away all your tiredness. Go take a shower, put on some clean clothes, go to your kitchen, and make this heavenly drink that’ll certainly soothe your soul.

Ingredients

• 4 ounces of whiskey
• 16 ounces of apple cider
• 4 ounces of water
• 1 ounce of lemon juice
• 1 ounce of maple syrup
• 2 small cinnamon sticks
• 3 cloves
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• Grated nutmeg to garnish

How To Make Hot Buttered Whiskey Cider

1. Take a medium-sized saucepan and add the apple cider, water, maple syrup, cloves, and cinnamon sticks to it. Simmer the mixture over medium heat and then keep the saucepan aside. Cover it and let the mixture steep for around 15 minutes.
2. Add 2 tablespoons of butter to a small frying pan and bring it to a simmer. Keep the pan aside and add the whiskey and lemon juice to it.
3. Add the butter-whiskey mixture into the saucepan with cider and other ingredients and mix it well. You can strain the mixture into a large pitcher.
4. Now, divide this mixture into 4 whiskey glasses or mugs.
5. Take 2 tablespoons of butter and divide it into 4 equal parts. Top each glass with one piece of butter.
6. The Buttered Whiskey Cider is ready, garnish it with some grated nutmeg and enjoy!

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4. Hot Buttered Bourbon

During those times when you’re in a dire need of a bourbon drink, a glass of Hot Buttered Bourbon will certainly satisfy your cravings. This drink has an amalgamation of spicy, cinnamony, creamy, and buttery flavors. So, during winters when it’s cold and drizzly outside, a glass of Hot Buttered Bourbon will keep you cozily warm on the inside.

Ingredients

• 2 ½ ounces of bourbon
• 5 ounces of apple cider
• 2 tablespoons butter
• Hot water for keeping the glass warm
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• Grated nutmeg to garnish

How To Make Hot Buttered Bourbon

1. Take two mugs and fill them with hot water. Set the mugs aside for 45 seconds.
2. Take a medium-sized saucepan and add the bourbon, apple cider, and cinnamon sticks to it. Keep the saucepan over low flame until the mixture comes to a simmer.
3. Add the butter to the mixture and keep stirring until it melts completely.
4. Now, take out the cinnamon sticks and dump the water out of the mugs. Divide the mixture into both warm mugs.
5. Garnish the cocktails with grated nutmeg and fresh cinnamon sticks before serving.

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5. Hot Buttered Wine

Looking for a tasty yet easy-to-make Hot Buttered Rum cocktail recipe? How about adding a twist to this cocktail by using wine? We have an absolutely delightful variation of this classic cocktail – the Hot Buttered Wine. The recipe might look simple to you but its taste is truly surprising! We encourage you to use our recipe for making a Hot Buttered Wine cocktail for your Christmas or New Year’s party this year. Try it once and we wouldn’t be surprised if it makes it to your list of favorite cocktails.

Ingredients

• 6 ounces of  sweet wine
• 6 ounces of hot water
• 1 ounce of maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
• Grated nutmeg to garnish

How To Make Hot Buttered Wine

1. Preheat two Irish coffee mugs and add water and wine to them.
2. Add the butter and maple syrup to the mugs and stir until they melt completely.
3. Garnish the cocktail with some freshly grated nutmeg. Your Hot Buttered Wine is ready to be served!

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6. Creamy Coconut Hot Buttered Rum

For all those who’re fans of sweet cocktails, Creamy Coconut Hot Buttered Rum is a must-try drink. It has a sweet flavor that comes from ingredients like vanilla, coconut milk, and whipped cream. Along with that, the cinnamon used to garnish this cocktail adds to its taste and gives it a subtle spicy flavor. Don’t go on the size of this recipe because though it might look daunting, the outcome will be worth it. Don’t believe us? Maybe it’s time to try it out and find out for yourself!

Ingredients

• 2 ounces of Agave In The Raw 
• 2 tablespoons softened salted butter
• 2 ounces of heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon ginger
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 tablespoon  grated nutmeg 
• 8 ounces of coconut milk
• 8 ounces of heavy cream
• 1 ½ ounce of dark rum
• Hot water (to fill an 8-ounce mug)
• 1 tablespoon whipped cream
• Ground cinnamon to garnish

How To Make Creamy Coconut Hot Buttered Rum

1. The first step to make a Creamy Coconut Hot Buttered Rum is making the batter. For this, take a medium-sized bowl and beat the Agave In The Raw along with butter until you get a smooth batter. After that, beat in other ingredients like cream, cinnamon, ginger, vanilla, and nutmeg until they become smooth and blend together.
2. Beat in some coconut milk after which you can use the mixture immediately or choose to refrigerate it for 2 weeks. In case you’re using the mixture immediately, make sure that you let it come to room temperature. Once that happens, you’ll need to beat it again for blending the ingredients.
3. To make the whipped cream, beat the cream in a medium-sized bowl over medium heat until it gets softened.
4. Take an 8-ounce mug and add 1 ½ tablespoons of the batter you prepared earlier. Add some rum and hot water, enough to fill the glass. Stir it well and top the cocktail with some whipped cream. 
5. Your Creamy Coconut Hot Buttered Rum is ready, you can sprinkle the cocktail with some cinnamon for garnishing it.

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Summing Up

This coming winter season, you don’t have to worry about wasting the season by simply lying on your couch. All alcohol enthusiasts will agree to the fact that a good enough reason to not lazily lie down is making a delicious cocktail to get the day started! You can make any of your favorite drinks from our list of Hot Buttered Rum cocktail recipes and variations. Try these cocktail recipes and thank us later. Happy drinking!

FAQs

What Alcohol Goes In Hot Buttered Rum?

Spiced rum or dark rum is a key ingredient for Hot Buttered Rum. Other ingredients along with this alcohol are honey, butter, and hot water.

Does Hot Buttered Rum Need To Be Refrigerated?

Hot Buttered Rum is a drink that can be enjoyed when served immediately. This drink can be refrigerated in a safe container. Along with that, the butter mixture used to make the cocktail can also be refrigerated for future use.

How Long Can You Keep Hot Buttered Rum?

You can keep Hot Buttered Rum in the refrigerator for a month or more if you’ve stored it in a safe container.

What Is The Difference Between Hot Buttered Rum And A Hot Toddy?

Hot Buttered Rum is made with spiced or dark rum, honey, butter, and hot water. Hot Toddy on the other hand is made with whiskey instead of rum and other ingredients like lemon, honey, and cloves. So, both these drinks are different when it comes to their taste and the kind of ingredients used. However, both can be enjoyed especially during winter.

What Soda Goes With Rum?

Mixers like coke, ginger ale, club soda, etc mix well with rum.

What Can I Mix With Rum Besides Coke?

You can use ingredients like ginger beer, club soda, cranberry juice, tonic water, etc to mix with rum.

What Flavor Is Butter Rum?

Butter-Rum or Hot Buttered Rum is generally made using spiced or dark rum. It has sweet caramel-like, creamy, and buttery flavors.

Is Dark Rum The Same As Spiced Rum?

Dark rum is made by using ingredients like molasses during its distillation process. It can have additional flavoring as well. Spiced rum on the other hand is made using additional botanicals like ginger, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, etc.