Hot Buttered Rum

About the Hot Buttered Rum

Warm, spiced, and comforting, Hot Buttered Rum stirs a spiced butter mix into Timber Creek Florida Rum and tops it with hot water for a cold-weather drink meant to be sipped slowly from a mug. It’s less a cocktail in the classic shaken-or-stirred sense and more a warm, spiced ritual for cool evenings. The spiced butter mix, usually a blend of softened butter, brown sugar, and warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, melts into the hot water and rum to create a drink with real body and richness, closer to a dessert in a mug than a typical mixed drink.

The rum needs enough depth to stand up to all that butter and spice without disappearing, and Timber Creek’s Florida Rum, distilled through the distillery’s grain-to-glass PureBlend process of separate component distillation and aging, carries a natural caramel and molasses warmth that plays directly into the same spiced, cozy territory as the butter mix itself. To build it, spoon the spiced butter mix into a warmed mug, add the rum, and top with hot water, stirring until the butter mixture has fully melted and combined. Because hot water is used to top rather than measured precisely, adjust the ratio to taste, more water for a lighter drink, less for something richer and more concentrated.

This is a fireside or holiday-gathering drink through and through. Apple pie or warm cinnamon rolls both echo the same spiced, buttery sweetness running through the cocktail, making them a natural pairing for an evening spent indoors during colder months. Homemade spiced butter mix, softened butter blended with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pinch of clove, keeps well refrigerated for weeks, making this an easy drink to prep ahead of a holiday gathering and simply assemble to order as guests arrive.

A cinnamon stick stirred in at the end adds a nice aromatic finish alongside the mug. Hot drinks like this one can taste deceptively mild since the heat masks some of the alcohol’s usual bite, so give it time to cool slightly and pace yourself accordingly. Please enjoy responsibly, and only if you are 21 or older.

Warm, spiced, and comforting, Hot Buttered Rum stirs a spiced butter mix into Timber Creek Florida Rum and tops it with hot water for a cold-weather drink meant to be sipped slowly from a mug. It’s less a cocktail in the classic shaken-or-stirred sense and more a warm, spiced ritual for cool evenings. The spiced butter mix, usually a blend of softened butter, brown sugar, and warm spices like cinnamon and nutmeg, melts into the hot water and rum to create a drink with real body and richness, closer to a dessert in a mug than a typical mixed drink.

The rum needs enough depth to stand up to all that butter and spice without disappearing, and Timber Creek’s Florida Rum, distilled through the distillery’s grain-to-glass PureBlend process of separate component distillation and aging, carries a natural caramel and molasses warmth that plays directly into the same spiced, cozy territory as the butter mix itself. To build it, spoon the spiced butter mix into a warmed mug, add the rum, and top with hot water, stirring until the butter mixture has fully melted and combined. Because hot water is used to top rather than measured precisely, adjust the ratio to taste, more water for a lighter drink, less for something richer and more concentrated.

This is a fireside or holiday-gathering drink through and through. Apple pie or warm cinnamon rolls both echo the same spiced, buttery sweetness running through the cocktail, making them a natural pairing for an evening spent indoors during colder months. Homemade spiced butter mix, softened butter blended with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pinch of clove, keeps well refrigerated for weeks, making this an easy drink to prep ahead of a holiday gathering and simply assemble to order as guests arrive.

A cinnamon stick stirred in at the end adds a nice aromatic finish alongside the mug. Hot drinks like this one can taste deceptively mild since the heat masks some of the alcohol’s usual bite, so give it time to cool slightly and pace yourself accordingly. Please enjoy responsibly, and only if you are 21 or older.