Bacardi Special
  • Medium strength
  • Lightly sweet
  • (2.9)

Bacardi Special

Ingredient

  • 1 1⁄2 oz Bacardi Carta Blanca Superior White Rum
  • 3⁄4 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
  • 1⁄2 oz Lime juice
  • 1⁄4 oz Monin Grenadine Syrup
  • 1⁄6 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup
  • 1⁄6 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
  • 1⁄3 oz water
  • 1⁄6 oz Chilled water omit if using wet ice

Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

How to make:

  1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  2. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with skewered cherry.

Review:

Hit the perfect proportions and you will strike a wondrous balance of flavoursome rum, gin botanicals, limey sourness and fruity sweetness.

Variant:

Bacardi Cocktail

History:

This vintage adaptation of the Bacardi Cocktail was first published in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book, were he says it was "Made famous by Karl K. Kitchen, the well-known New York Newspaper Columnist."

Nutrition:

One serving of Bacardi Special contains 186 calories

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Adios Amigos #2

We have added a dash of sugar to what was originally a bone dry recipe

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