The Palmetto and (not)Master At Arms - Fri and Sat cocktails

Here's a pair of dark rum cocktails. The Palmetto is quite well known and is in the Savoy cocktail book. Savoy recommends St Croix rum but since they make several it's not clear which. They appear to be quite dark so Myers seems a good alternative. Curiously, although it's a classic French-Italian, Regan doesn't mention it, and neither does Degroff.

I've mentioned the Master At Arms before. It comes from Zetter Townhouse in London. They make it with a Port evaporation and home made Grenadine. Since I have no evaporator and a bottle of Monin Pomegranate syrup, that'll do.

They're both easy drinking and lush. However they do need care with the quantities as there's the danger of ending up with something that tastes like cough mixture. I'm going to try increasing the rum and reducing the other ingredients to try and get nearer what I remember from Zetters.

Palmetto
30ml Myers rum,
30ml Antica Carpano Red Vermouth
2 Dashes Orange Bitters
Stirred, Martini glass, Orange twist or Maraschino cherry

(not)Master At Arms
40ml Myers rum,
15ml Tawny port,
Barspoon(2.5ml) Pomegranate syrup
Stirred, small coupe or small tumbler with one ice cube.