Name: Spiced Rum No. 5
Yield: Makes 3 1/3 cups
Ingredients: 1 bottle (750 milliliters) medium-bodied aged rum; 3 allspice berries; 3 cloves; 1 cardamom pod; 1 segment of a star anise pod; 1/2 cinnamon stick; 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg; 4x1" strip of orange peel (no white pith); 1/2 vanilla bean

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Spiced Rum No. 5Levi Brown

Martin Cate, owner of the rum-centric Smuggler's Cove bar in San Francisco, shares his spiced rum recipe below. The secret: Start with good rum, and don't overinfuse the mixture.

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