Allspice Dram

June 2024 attempt – Sous vide

2022 attempt

June 2024 attempt – Sous vide

1/2 cup allspice

1 cup Wray & Nephew Overproof

1 tsp cassia

1/3 vanilla bean

1.5 cups water

2/3 cup demerara sugar

Sous vide the allspice, rum, cassia, and vanilla bean for 2 hours at 140F. Strain. Make a syrup with the sugar and water. Mix together.

2022 attempt

1/2 cup allspice berries

2 1/2 cups navy-strength rum

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 vanilla bean

1 cinnamon stick

Toast and crush allspice berries, then soak in rum for two weeks. Mix with simple syrup (1:1) made with brown sugar, vanilla bean, and cinnamon.

Original source: Alton Brown. I’ve modified the recipe.