Cocktails with Allspice dram liqueur
Allspice dram is a rum-based liqueur flavoured by steeping allspice (pimento) berries, giving it a warm, spicy character.
ABV25–30%
Taste profile
Warm and spicy, evoking cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg over a sweet, rum-inflected body.
How it's used
Poured in dashes or a barspoon, it works as an aromatic spice accent rather than a base; being syrupy, viscous and intensely flavoured, it is dosed in small amounts against the base spirit, though it can also carry a drink as a defining flavour measure.
Substitutes for Allspice dram liqueur
As a small aromatic accent, allspice bitters or a pinch of ground allspice with added sweetener approximates it; as a defining flavour measure it is effectively not substitutable, since only an allspice-derived source reproduces the pimento aroma. A clove-heavy mixed spice partly stands in through shared eugenol, but loses the nutmeg and cinnamon nuance.
Often confused with
Allspice dram is a sweetened, spirituous liqueur used in appreciable measure; allspice or aromatic bitters are high-strength, unsweetened, heavily concentrated preparations added only in dashes. Some producers make both a dram and a bitters, which adds to the confusion.
