The Fernando

Name: The Fernando
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Blended light 3-5yo rum; 15 ml Lime juice; 15 ml Lemon juice; 20 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 15 ml Egg white (pasteurised); 90 ml Soda water; 15 ml Aged Jamaican rum

Difford’s Guide

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Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 1/2 fl oz	Caribbean light rum aged 3-5 years
1/2 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
2/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
1/2 fl oz	Egg white (pasteurised) or Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer
3 fl oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water
1/2 fl oz	Jamaican-style aged blended rum with funk

Garnish: Half orange wheel slice & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Belgium beer glass

Method:

SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. <a href="/g/1150/how-to-make-cocktails/how-to-dry-shake">DRY SHAKE</a> (without ice) and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda and then FLOAT dark rum.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of The Fernando contains 236 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
8.21% alc./vol. (16.42° proof)
18.9 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Egg white (pasteurised) — Eggs

History

The signature cocktail at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, the oldest country club in the USA. The cocktail is an upgrade of the club's previous rum float and was created by Fernando Figueroa, who started work at the bar during Easter week in 1990.

The Fernando cocktail became famous in June 2022 when the club was hosting the U.S. Open thanks to a piece by Paul Sullivan featuring the cocktail and its creator in The New York Times. At the club, this cocktail is made with Mount Gay as the base rum and sour mix rather than freshly squeezed juices.