The Kessel Run

Ingredients

• 2 oz White Overproof Rum
• 1 oz Lime juice
• 0.5 oz Simple syrup
• 0.25 oz John D. Taylor’s Velvet Falernum

Instructions

1. Add rum, lime, simple syrup, and falernum into a shaker.
2. Fill with ice and shake hard for about 12 seconds.
3. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass.

History

This is a classic Daiquiri with a 'scoundrel’s' twist—the Velvet Falernum adds clove and lime peel notes that feel like high-stakes smuggling. It’s balanced but packs enough of a punch to get you through a blockade.