CLASSIC · WHITE RUM

Bacardi Cocktail

Name: Bacardi Cocktail
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1 drink
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml White Rum; 20 ml Fresh Lime Juice; 10 ml Grenadine

A daiquiri in a red dress — white rum, lime and grenadine — and the only cocktail in history a court ruled must be made with a specific brand.

Ingredients

White Rum60 ml

Fresh Lime Juice20 ml

Grenadine10 ml

Glassware

Coupe glass

Chilled.

Coupe glasses, set of 4Ad

Flavor

Lime · Cherry · Raspberry · Burnt sugar

Estimated profile

A cigar alongside More like this

Method

1
Chill a coupe glass.
2
Combine the white rum, lime juice and grenadine in a shaker.
3
Add ice and shake hard for 10–12 seconds until well chilled.
4
Fine-strain into the chilled coupe.
5
Serve without garnish.

The kit for this drink

Glassware Shake and strain Prep and serve

From the Bartender

In 1936 the New York Supreme Court ruled that a Bacardi Cocktail served in New York had to be made with Bacardi rum — a decision bartenders have quietly ignored ever since. Use a real pomegranate grenadine; the artificial stuff makes this taste like cough syrup.

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