Night Watch: A Rum and Coffee Cocktail for Full-Bodied Cigars
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From the Ready Room at Bravo Cigar Company. A spirited recipe for adults 21 and older who already enjoy cigars. Enjoy responsibly and never drink and drive.
Aged rum, bourbon and coffee liqueur, stirred. A full-strength drink for a full-strength cigar, made to see you through to the last third. It's one of ten original pairing drinks in the Ready Room, built to sit alongside the Righteous Hunter.
At a Glance
- Type: Spirited cocktail
- Pairs with: Righteous Hunter (Habano and maduro)
- Method: Stirred
- Time: about 3 minutes
- Glass: Rocks glass, one large cube
- Makes: 1 drink
Why Night Watch Pairs With the Righteous Hunter
In our tasting notes, the Righteous Hunter has pronounced pepper that mellows into leather, light wood, dark chocolate and toasted coffee bean, then mocha and toffee sweetness before a peppery finale.
Aged rum's toffee and molasses meet the Righteous Hunter's mocha and toffee sweetness, coffee liqueur matches the toasted coffee bean, and bourbon gives it enough weight to stay even with a full-bodied cigar.
Ingredients
- 1½ oz aged dark rum
- ¾ oz bourbon
- ½ oz coffee liqueur
- 1 tsp demerara syrup (2:1)
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- Garnish: orange peel and three coffee beans
Syrup note: Demerara syrup (2:1): Stir 2 parts demerara sugar into 1 part hot water until dissolved. Keeps 1 month refrigerated.
How to Make Night Watch
- Add everything to a mixing glass with ice.
- Stir about 30 seconds.
- Strain over one large cube.
- Express an orange peel over the top.
Pairing Tips
- The Righteous Hunter's mocha and toffee arrive after the opening pepper. That's the moment this drink is built for.
- Choose a coffee liqueur that tastes of real coffee rather than syrup. Too much sweetness flattens the pairing.
- This is a strong, spirit-forward drink. One is plenty for one cigar.
Smoke It With the Righteous Hunter
Dual Habano and maduro wrapper with an undisclosed binder and filler blend. 6x52 Toro. Full strength and body. Shop the Righteous Hunter.
Mixing one tonight? Log the pairing in the free Bravo Cigar Journal. It opens with the cigar and the drink already filled in.
More From the Ready Room
- Skipping the alcohol? Try Last Light Shakerato, the zero-proof pairing for the same cigar.
- See all ten recipes in the Ready Room.
- For coffee, whiskey, beer and food ideas, read the Bravo Cigar Pairing Guide.
Tobacco notice: Cigars contain nicotine and pose health risks even without inhalation. See the National Cancer Institute.
