Brown Derby

This is a drink. I dreamed up two thirds and then googled the ingredients.

Individual drink:

• 1 shot lime juice
• 1/2 shot real maple syrup
• 2 shots dark rum
• some chunky ice

Pour in a jar, screw on lid, shake.

Pour from jar into an old fashioned glass and sip.

lime juice

A fresh squeezed lime is best. One lime produces about one shot of juice. An acceptable alternative is bottled pure lime juice. I recently used reconstituted key lime juice for an acceptable drink.

maple syrup

The real stuff, not fake maple flavored syrup

rum

Dark aged rum. I use Flor de Caña, because I learned to like it back in the day in Nicaragua. The 7 year stuff is great for sipping straight. The 5 year stuff also works well as a sipping rum. For a mixed drink like this, the 4 year stuff is adequate and cheaper.

ice

Regular ice cubes will do. I prefer a bit smaller.