{"id":15852,"date":"2018-08-13T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T15:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15852"},"modified":"2018-08-13T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-13T19:15:15","slug":"national-rum-day-august-16-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/13\/national-rum-day-august-16-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"National Rum Day, August 16, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every now and then, we venture away from wine to a cocktail. In honor of National Rum Day on Thursday August 16th, we were provided this recipe and photo from a Spirits Consulting Group.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15853\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cocktail39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15853\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15853\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cocktail39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cocktail39.jpg 222w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/cocktail39-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15853\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agave Uptown\u00a0in Oakland, California provided this recipe and photo. Enjoy National Rum Day.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Title: <strong>Puerto Escondido<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Ingredients<\/em><\/p>\n<p>1.5 oz. Gustoso Aguardiente\u2122 Rum<\/p>\n<p>1 oz. La Luna Mezcal<\/p>\n<p>2 oz. Pineapple Juice<\/p>\n<p>1 tsp Toasted Coconut<\/p>\n<p>Squeeze of Fresh Lime<\/p>\n<p>Garnish with Orange Twist &amp; Star Anise<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gustosorum.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gustoso Aguardiente\u2122 Rum<\/a> was produced entirely from locally grown sugar cane grown in the highlands of Michoacan, Mexico. This recipe and photo were provided by by <a href=\"http:\/\/agaveuptown.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agave Uptown<\/a>\u00a0in Oakland, California. The restaurant in the Uptown area of Oakland crafts Oaxacan cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>Rum is the third most popular distilled spirit in the United States, whisky and vodka hold the number 1 and 2 spots. If you enjoy rum, create a cocktail and toast this distilled spirit on Thursday, August 16th.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<br \/>\nTerry<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"National Rum Day, August 16, 2018\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15852\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this year&#8217;s National Rum Day, try this Puerto Escondido cocktail!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3270],"tags":[2456,3990,3358],"class_list":["post-15852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirits-whiskey","tag-cocktails","tag-national-rum-day","tag-rum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15856,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15852\/revisions\/15856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}