Light Rum, shaken
Twelve Mile Limit
Barline 1,h,h,h,h,c
The code is the shorthand off my printed menu; the Key tab decodes every letter.
- 1 oz Light rum
- 1/2 oz Rye
- 1/2 oz Cognac
- 1/2 oz Grenadine
- 1/2 oz Lemon juice
Shake hard with ice, then strain.
Coupe.
Taste
One ounce of light rum, then half ounces of rye, cognac, grenadine, and lemon. Three spirits, rum first. The grenadine is pomegranate, the lemon the sour, the rye and cognac spice and grape under the cane. Shaken, coupe.
History
Ted Haigh, in Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails, credits the Twelve Mile Limit to Tommy Millard, a war correspondent, and the name to the Prohibition coastal limit: three miles, then twelve, the distance you had to sail to drink. Imbibe reprints Haigh's pour. The Three Mile Limit is the rum, brandy, lemon, and grenadine parent; this one adds rye. This menu is one ounce of light rum and half an ounce each of rye, cognac, grenadine, and lemon, shaken, coupe.
Same shape, other bottles
The Sour family, with the bottle that changed.
- Daiquirilime juice and simple syrup for lemon juice and grenadine
- Gimletgin and lime juice for light rum, rye, cognac, and lemon juice
- Santiagolime juice for lemon juice
- The Rum Drinklime juice and simple syrup for lemon juice and grenadine
- Vodka Gimletvodka and lime juice for light rum, rye, cognac, and lemon juice
- Bee's Kneesgin and honey syrup for light rum, rye, cognac, and grenadine
This is one drink on my home bar's menu. Tick the bottles you own and the menu lists which of all 185 drinks they pour.