The Fernando
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The Fernando
Serve in a Belgium beer glass
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Caribbean blended rum aged 3-5 years |
| 1⁄2 oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄2 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 2⁄3 oz | Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup) |
| 1⁄2 oz | Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba or Vegan egg white alternative |
| 3 oz | Thomas Henry Soda Water |
| 1⁄2 oz | Jamaican aged blended rum with funk |
Garnish: Half orange wheel slice & Luxardo Maraschino Cherry
How to make:
SHAKE first 5 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE (without ice) and fine strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda and then FLOAT dark rum.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
The dark rum float atop this elongated rum sour makes the first few sips so good that you'll want another to experience the best bit again.
Variant:
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.
Nutrition:
One serving of The Fernando contains 209 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 8.21% alc./vol. (8.21° proof)
- 17.6 grams of pure alcohol
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