Smith & Cross

Bottle · Rum

What it does

Smith & Cross is the loud swap. Put it where the gin was and the drink turns fruity, funky, and forceful, with Campari just about holding the bitter frame around it. Cocchi keeps a Kingston tight; Antica makes it broader and richer. The danger isn't losing the rum, it's the rum bulldozing a softer vermouth.

In the family

Jamaican rum

The loud base swap. Jamaican rum drives fruit, funk, and force into the frame, and it needs a bitter and a vermouth with the weight to stand up to it.

What it opens up

Kingston Negroni
Jamaican rum for gin. Louder, fruitier, a lot more funk.

Mixes using this bottle (2)

Smith & Cross + Campari + Carpano Antica
Kingston Negroni
Smith & Cross + Campari + Cocchi
Kingston Negroni

Also called

Jamaican pot-still rum
Smith & Cross rum
Smith and Cross
Smith Cross

Bottle details

Brand: Smith & Cross