Homemade Allspice Dram Recipe (2024)

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What is allspice dram made of? ›

Combine the rum and crushed allspice berries in a quart-sized glass jar, seal the lid tightly and give it a good shake. Steep for 10 days. Strain the allspice-infused rum through a fine-mesh sieve into a small saucepan and add the sugar.

Allspice dram substitute

You can make a quick substitute for allspice dram with rum, Angostura bitters, and simple syrup (equal parts sugar and water). Combine 1 oz of white rum, 3/4 oz of simple syrup and 5 dashes of Angostura bitters. Use this in place of the allspice dram in your drink recipe.

Note that the dram is quite intense, so a little will go a long way in a co*cktail. Store in bitter bottle. Your allspice dram will keep for six months and look fabulous on your bar in a bitter bottle. The taste may change over time, but will not spoil.

Allspice is the dried, unripened berry of the myrtle pepper tree, or pimento, which is native to Jamaica and much of Central America. The berries are briefly fermented, then sun-dried until brown. Often mistaken for a blend of spices, allspice is a single-ingredient seasoning with loads of unique flavor.

If you thought a Pimento Dram was a shot of vodka with a piece of roasted red pepper thrown in as a garnish, think again. The pimento in question is actually an allspice berry. Granted, Allspice Liqueur sounds more palatable, but really both nomenclatures are interchangeable.

This spicy liqueur is made by steeping pimento berries in Jamaican pot still rum. The Pimento Dram is a dried, unripened berry from a West Indian tree called Pimenta dioica, which is related to the eucalyptus.

The brand also recommends using a trio of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to make a substitute but prefers these ratios: ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon of ground nutmeg, and ¼ teaspoon of ground cloves. Use as a 1:1 substitute in a recipe that calls for one teaspoon of allspice.

While allspice is a spice on its own, not a blend, it's very easy to create a similar-tasting mixture with spices you already have in your kitchen. Whisk 3½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, 1¼ teaspoons ground nutmeg and a pinch of ground cloves, then use as a 1:1 replacement for ground allspice in a recipe.

Allspice dram is a simple liqueur flavored with allspice berries. It's also known as pimento dram, because allspice is a berry from the pimento tree. (But pimento makes most people think of olives, so I don't like to call it that.)

Dried herbs and spices may last 1–4 years, but it depends on the type of spice and how it's processed and stored. Generally, spices will lose their aroma and flavor potency over time.

Do you refrigerate allspice dram? ›

Today, allspice dram is made in relatively the same manner. The flavor is best described as a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. The amber-colored liqueur can be stored like other liqueurs (no need to refrigerate open bottles).

Spices do not expire in a way that would make you sick to consume them, however they do expire in the sense that they lose their flavor potency as they pass their peak freshness.

Allspice dram is a simple liqueur flavored with allspice berries. It's also known as pimento dram, because allspice is a berry from the pimento tree. (But pimento makes most people think of olives, so I don't like to call it that.)

Allspice is one spice that is the dried berry of a Jamaican Bayberry tree that is native to the Caribbean.

This allspice dram tastes like the holidays all bottled up. Sweet, and toasty baking spices, like cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and obviously allspice all melded together. Use this dram in all of your favorite tiki co*cktails!

The short answer is no. Allspice is a combination of flavors similar to cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. It's just one of the spices that make up the Lebanese seven spices. However, some recipes will state to use ground allspice instead of this blend if you can't get your hands on it.