Queen’s Park Remix
Queen’s Park Remix is Cordial Craft’s Queen’s Park Swizzle riff, worked cold in the glass. Mojito drinkers will recognize the rum, mint, lime, and tall refreshing shape, while dark rum, crushed ice, and an Angostura float take the drink in a deeper, more aromatic direction.
Classic lineage: Queen’s Park Swizzle riff · Mojito-adjacent rum-and-mint swizzle
- Total time
- About 6 minutes
- Yield
- 1 cocktail
- Glassware
- Collins or highball
- Technique
- Build and swizzle
How to make the Queen’s Park Remix.
Handle the mint gently, use enough crushed ice to work the drink cold, and leave the bitters on top long enough to meet the drinker before the rum does.
Ingredients
- 2 oz dark rum, preferably Demerara rum
- 1 oz Cordial Craft Zero-Sugar Lime Cordial
- About 10 fresh mint leaves
- Crushed ice
- Angostura bitters for the float
- Mint bouquet for garnish
Method
- Start with the mint. Add mint and Cordial Craft to a Collins or highball glass.
- Release the aroma. Gently press or stir the mint without shredding it.
- Add rum and ice. Pour in the dark rum and fill the glass with crushed ice.
- Swizzle. Work the drink in the glass until the outside becomes cold and frosty.
- Crown the glass. Add more crushed ice to restore the full shape.
- Finish. Float Angostura bitters over the top and garnish with a mint bouquet.
The mint should perfume the drink, not disappear into it.
The recipe uses mint three ways: it is pressed into the cordial, moved through the glass during the swizzle, and returned above the rim as the garnish. Crushed ice gives the drink the dilution and temperature it needs while the bitters remain concentrated at the top.
Press it. Do not shred it.
Gentle pressure opens the leaves and lets the cordial carry the aroma without loading the glass with green fragments.
Let the swizzle provide the dilution.
Crushed ice chills quickly and creates the gradual dilution expected from a tall rum cooler.
Keep the aromatic cap on top.
The first impression is spice and aroma; the darker rum-and-mint body follows as the drink is pulled through the straw or sipped from the rim.
Swizzle until the glass tells you it is ready.
The frost on the glass is useful information. It tells you that the base, crushed ice, and dilution have come together.
Keep the leaves mostly intact.
Mint: Press just enough to release aroma. Aggressive muddling makes the drink look muddy and can pull out harsher vegetal notes.
Refill the crown after swizzling.
Ice: The ice settles as the drink is worked. Add a final mound so the glass looks complete and the bitters have a surface to rest on.
Treat the bitters as a finish.
Float: The source spec calls for an Angostura float rather than an exact dash count. Apply a restrained aromatic layer and adjust to the bottle you use.
Batch the rum and cordial. Finish every glass fresh.
The base scales cleanly, but the mint, crushed ice, swizzle, and bitters float belong in the final serve.
Check the current rum and bitters labels.
The written recipe does not intentionally add a major food allergen, but rum and bitters formulations can vary by brand and market. For a guest with a diagnosed allergy or dietary restriction, review the current labels and manufacturer guidance.
Questions before you swizzle.
The practical choices that affect mint, dilution, rum character, and the bitters float.
Do I need Demerara rum?
No. Demerara rum is preferred because its depth stands up well to mint, lime, and bitters, but another flavorful dark rum can work.
Is the Queen’s Park Remix similar to a mojito?
Yes, in a useful way. Mojito drinkers will recognize the rum, mint, lime, crushed ice, and tall refreshing format. The Queen’s Park lineage moves darker and more aromatic through full-flavored rum, swizzle-style dilution, and an Angostura bitters float.
Can I muddle the mint?
Use gentle pressure rather than aggressive muddling. The goal is to open the leaves and release aroma without turning them into debris.
Why use crushed ice?
Crushed ice chills and dilutes the drink as it is swizzled, then continues to soften the rum cooler gradually as it is served.
How much Angostura should I float?
The house spec calls for a float rather than a fixed dash count. Use enough to create an aromatic top layer without saturating the entire drink.
Keep exploring the bottle.
Move from a crushed-ice rum cooler to a short cucumber-mint cocktail, a tall vodka highball, or the flagship margarita.
A tall rum drink should get colder as you build it.
Queen’s Park Remix uses the swizzle itself to bring the rum, cordial, mint, ice, and dilution into place. Keep the mint intact, work the glass until it frosts, and leave the bitters where their aroma can lead.