How to Make a Winter Classic Cocktail

Hot Buttered Rum is something that your body understands before your brain does. 

It’s actually kind of fun to see—say there’s a guest who just walked in, coat off but nose still stinging from the cold, who’s reading a menu and comes across the words “Hot Buttered Rum:” You see first excitement, and then a slow look of puzzlement as the frontal cortex gets involved. The world is full of drinks that seem like they don’t make sense but they’re great anyway, like wine…