Cocktails with Coconut rum liqueur
Coconut rum liqueur is a sweetened, coconut-flavoured liqueur built on a white rum base.
ABV21%
Taste profile
Pronounced coconut aroma over a distinctly sweet, medium body, with a light rum character underneath.
How it's used
Serving as a low-strength flavour-and-sweetness modifier, it carries coconut aroma into shaken tropical builds; because it is heavily sweetened, it is treated as a sugar source when balancing a drink and dosed accordingly rather than as a plain spirit.
Substitutes for Coconut rum liqueur
Another coconut-flavoured liqueur will stand in directly; where none is available, coconut cream plus a light dose of white rum can rebuild both the coconut aroma and the low strength, with the sweetness rebalanced using sugar syrup. No substitute works if it cannot supply the coconut aroma, which is the drink's defining note.
Often confused with
Coconut liqueur (non-rum / coconut cream liqueur)
Coconut rum liqueur is built on a clear rum base and is typically a clear-to-pale, non-dairy spirit; other coconut liqueurs may use a neutral spirit base or be cream-based, giving an opaque body and different mouthfeel.
