Cocktails with Allspice dram liqueur
Allspice dram is a Jamaican rum-based liqueur made by steeping allspice (pimento) berries, giving it a warm, clove-and-cinnamon spice character.
ABV22–30%
Substitutes for Allspice dram liqueur
It rebuilds honestly, because the flavor is the pimento berry itself: steep dark rum with crushed allspice and a little sugar. For a dash-level accent, allspice bitters cover it. What the homemade version lacks is the smooth, integrated body of a bottled dram.
Often confused with
Unsweetened, high-proof and dosed in dashes rather than measures. The flavor carries over, but the drink loses the sugar and the body a dram was providing — put both back with syrup.
Falernum
Clove and allspice too, but with lime and almond over them and less alcohol. It covers the spice and adds a citrus line the recipe did not ask for — pull back the lime elsewhere in the build.
Description
The berry tastes of clove, cinnamon and nutmeg at once because its main aromatic is eugenol — the same oil that stands behind clove.
