The Betty White

Joseph Coté, The Mill At Seventh (Lynden, WA)

Ingredients:

• 3 oz Outfitters Rum
• 3 basil leaves
• 2 oz Orange juice

Preparation: 

1. Build drink in a cocktail shaker
2. Add 2 oz Outfitters Rum
3. Add 3 basil leaves
4. Muddle leaves into Rum
5. Add 2 oz Orange juice
6. Add 1 oz Outfitters Rum
7. Add ice
8. Shake and Strain into a Highball glass filled with ice
9. Top with soda water

“Well rum tends to be excessively over-sugared. Not the case here. Outfitters Rum doesn’t taste like they poured sugar in a bottle of vodka. It is crisp, has a pleasant mouth feel and allows the strength of the alcohol to come through.”