Slumdog Millionaire Mojito

– 1-1/2 ounces rum
– 1/2 ounce simple syrup
– 1 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice
– 8 to 10 mint leaves
– Splash of Champagne or other sparkling wine
– Garnish with mint sprig

Revolutionary Road Rum

– 1 ounce rum
– 3/4 ounce blood orange puree
– 1/2 ounce citrus-infused simple syrup
– Garnish with lime-mint foam, or sprig of mint and lime wheel

Directions: Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Top with lime-mint foam. Created by Anna Kimball, Rum Socialite, Chicago .

Benjamin Button’s Age Reverser

– 2 ounces rum
– 1 ounce pomegranate juice (see our favorite pomegranate juices)
– 3/4 ounce fresh-squeezed lemon juice
– Dash simple syrup
– Garnish with pomegranate seeds or lemon peel twist

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass, combine. Add ice and shake vigorously. Strain into martini glass. Garnish with pomegranate seeds or lemon twist.

Harvey’s Rum & Milk

– 1-1/4 ounces rum
– 2 ounces pineapple juice
– 1 ounce coconut milk
– 1/2 ounce orange juice
– 1/2 ounce dark rum

Directions: Combine rum, pineapple juice, coconut milk and orange juice into a mixing glass. Add ice and shake vigorously. Pour all contents into a highball glass. Top with a float of dark rum.

Best Cocktail in a Supporting Role

– 2 ounces rum
– 1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
– 2 tablespoons honey

Directions: Combine all ingredients into a mixing glass. Stir until honey has dissolved completely. Pour into a rocks glass filled with ice.

Ash-covered goat cheese from Coeur Du Berry.

Or make the classic French cheese dessert, coeur a la crème. It’s made in a heart-shaped mold from mascarpone, heavy cream and a touch of Chambord (or other raspberry liqueur). It inspires feelings of love.

– Make the Valentine soup.

– Read our review of Woodhouse Chocolate.

For your Valentine quaffing pleasure, mixologists combined O’Hara’s with Früli Strawberry Beer, a gold medal winner at the International Beer Competition in 2004. Made with high quality Belgian white beer and natural strawberry juice, Früli Strawberry Beer is a new, easy-drinking style of premium fruit beer,  more “accessible” than traditional lambic fruit beers. It has sweet, rather than sour, beer characteristics.

Preparation

Combine 3 Parts O’Hara’s Irish Stout and 1 Part Früli Strawberry Beer in a handsome glass.
Garnish with a fresh strawberry.
Serve with a kiss.
Optional side dish: chocolate-covered strawberries.

– Learn more about the different types of beers in our Beer Glossary.

– Check out our Beer & Cheese Pairings.