Beachbum

About the Beachbum

Beachbum is a tropical, tiki-style rum cocktail layering Timber Creek’s Florida Rum with Barrel Aged Florida Rum, pineapple juice, lime juice, orgeat, and apricot liqueur, served in a chilled tiki mug loaded with ice. It’s built to taste like a vacation: bright pineapple and lime up front, a nutty orgeat sweetness in the middle, and a warmer, oak-touched rum note underneath that keeps the whole thing from tasting like straight fruit punch. Using two different Timber Creek rums side by side is the point of this recipe. Florida Rum brings clean, grain-to-glass sugarcane character and a lighter body, while Barrel Aged Florida Rum, matured through Timber Creek’s PureBlend process, adds vanilla, caramel, and a touch of oak spice that gives the drink structure it wouldn’t have from a single light rum alone.

That combination is a classic tiki move: one rum for brightness, one for backbone, and here both come from the same Crestview distillery rather than being pieced together from unrelated brands. To build it, combine one ounce of Florida Rum, one ounce of Barrel Aged Florida Rum, one ounce of pineapple juice, three-quarters of an ounce of lime juice, half an ounce of orgeat, and half an ounce of apricot liqueur in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled tiki mug packed with ice. Garnish with an orange-cherry flag and, if you’re leaning into the presentation, a paper umbrella; tiki drinks are meant to look as playful as they taste.

Beachbum is a warm-weather, social cocktail through and through. It fits a beach day on the Emerald Coast, a backyard luau-themed gathering, or a weekend at the distillery when the goal is something fun and shareable rather than a serious sipping drink. It pairs naturally with coconut shrimp, fish tacos, pineapple salsa, jerk chicken, or mango salad, food with its own tropical, slightly spicy character that matches the drink’s profile instead of getting overwhelmed by the sweetness. Because it combines two full ounces of rum with a sweet, juice-forward build, it’s easy to drink Beachbum faster than its proof suggests.

Treat it like the full-strength cocktail it is, pace yourself, and keep water nearby, especially in Florida heat where dehydration compounds quickly. This drink, like all Timber Creek cocktails, is intended for adults 21 and older, and is meant to be enjoyed as part of a good afternoon, not the whole point of it. For a lower-sugar variation, cut the orgeat to a quarter ounce and add a splash of soda water after shaking to lighten the body while keeping the two-rum layering intact.

Beachbum is a tropical, tiki-style rum cocktail layering Timber Creek’s Florida Rum with Barrel Aged Florida Rum, pineapple juice, lime juice, orgeat, and apricot liqueur, served in a chilled tiki mug loaded with ice. It’s built to taste like a vacation: bright pineapple and lime up front, a nutty orgeat sweetness in the middle, and a warmer, oak-touched rum note underneath that keeps the whole thing from tasting like straight fruit punch. Using two different Timber Creek rums side by side is the point of this recipe. Florida Rum brings clean, grain-to-glass sugarcane character and a lighter body, while Barrel Aged Florida Rum, matured through Timber Creek’s PureBlend process, adds vanilla, caramel, and a touch of oak spice that gives the drink structure it wouldn’t have from a single light rum alone.

That combination is a classic tiki move: one rum for brightness, one for backbone, and here both come from the same Crestview distillery rather than being pieced together from unrelated brands. To build it, combine one ounce of Florida Rum, one ounce of Barrel Aged Florida Rum, one ounce of pineapple juice, three-quarters of an ounce of lime juice, half an ounce of orgeat, and half an ounce of apricot liqueur in a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled tiki mug packed with ice. Garnish with an orange-cherry flag and, if you’re leaning into the presentation, a paper umbrella; tiki drinks are meant to look as playful as they taste.

Beachbum is a warm-weather, social cocktail through and through. It fits a beach day on the Emerald Coast, a backyard luau-themed gathering, or a weekend at the distillery when the goal is something fun and shareable rather than a serious sipping drink. It pairs naturally with coconut shrimp, fish tacos, pineapple salsa, jerk chicken, or mango salad, food with its own tropical, slightly spicy character that matches the drink’s profile instead of getting overwhelmed by the sweetness. Because it combines two full ounces of rum with a sweet, juice-forward build, it’s easy to drink Beachbum faster than its proof suggests.

Treat it like the full-strength cocktail it is, pace yourself, and keep water nearby, especially in Florida heat where dehydration compounds quickly. This drink, like all Timber Creek cocktails, is intended for adults 21 and older, and is meant to be enjoyed as part of a good afternoon, not the whole point of it. For a lower-sugar variation, cut the orgeat to a quarter ounce and add a splash of soda water after shaking to lighten the body while keeping the two-rum layering intact.