Rum

Bermuda Rum Swizzle

Name: Bermuda Rum Swizzle
Yield: 1 servings

Glass: Double Rocks

Bermuda's national drink, Black Seal rum churned with citrus, pineapple, and a dash of bitters.

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Ingredients

fresh orange juice (2 oz)
fresh pineapple juice (2 oz)
grenadine (1 dash)
Angostura bitters (1 dash)
Gosling's Black Seal rum (2 oz)
swizzle stick
half orange slice (1)
pineapple stick (1)
maraschino cherry (1)

Bermuda's national drink, popularized at the Swizzle Inn (Bailey's Bay, opened 1932), and built around Gosling's Black Seal, the dark molasses character of that rum is what differentiates it from a generic Caribbean swizzle.¹^,² (The Outerbridge family separately makes a commercial Bermuda Rum Swizzle Mix; the cited sources do not document them as Swizzle Inn codifiers.) Often scaled up and made in a pitcher with a swizzle stick for sharing.

Brand recommendations. Best: Gosling's Black Seal (canonical and non-negotiable, Bermuda is its home and the Outerbridge spec calls for it by name); Small Hand Foods or Liber & Co. grenadine; Angostura aromatic bitters. Economical: Gosling's Black Seal (already the value spec, there is no substitute that makes this drink); Rose's grenadine or homemade pomegranate grenadine; Angostura (the standard everywhere).

Instructions

In a pitcher or shaker filled with ice combine fresh orange juice, fresh pineapple juice, grenadine, Angostura bitters, and Gosling's Black Seal rum.
Churn with a swizzle stick (rolling it between the palms) until the drink is foamy and the outside of the pitcher is frosted.
Pour into a double old-fashioned glass filled with ice.
Garnish with a half orange slice, a pineapple stick, and a maraschino cherry.

Sources

Swizzle Inn, "Our History." https://www.swizzleinn.com (accessed 2026-05-03), the Bailey's Bay venue's own 1932 founding date and the Outerbridge-family Bermuda Rum Swizzle origin claim. ↩
Gosling's Rum, "Bermuda Rum Swizzle." https://goslings.com/recipes/bermuda-rum-swizzle/ (accessed 2026-05-03), the trademark holder's official recipe with Gosling's Black Seal as the canonical rum. ↩