Name: El Presidente (Sloppy Joe's)
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Rum - White/gold 1-3 year old mellow light; 22.5 ml Vermouth - Bianco; 7.5 ml Orange Curaçao liqueur; 5 ml Grenadine/pomegranate syrup; 10 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

Serve in a

Coupe glass

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Speakeasy Coupe 8.5oz

Garnish:

Lime zest twist (discarded) & Luxardo maraschino cherry

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into chilled glass.

1 1/2 fl oz	Bacardi Gold rum
3/4 fl oz	Martini Bianco vermouth
1/4 fl oz	Orange Curaçao liqueur
1/6 fl oz	Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1)
1/3 fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
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Review:

A splash of lime adds zesty citrus balance to this delicate rose-pink tinted rum and vermouth cocktail with a touch of pomegranate contributing fruity sweetness.

Variant:

El Presidente; El Presidente (with rhum agricole); El Presidente (sans grenadine; El Presidente Menocal Special

History:

El Presidente is one of the best-known classic Cuban cocktails to enter the world's drinking lexicon and during Cuba's 1930s heyday, Sloppy Joe's was one of Havana's most famous bars. In his 1939 The Gentleman's Companion, Charles H. Baker says (page 99) "Sloppy Joe's own Special is merely the Presidente with the juice of a small lime added, and the twist of lime peel."

Nutrition:

One serving of El Presidente (Sloppy Joe's) contains 167 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
22.95% alc./vol. (45.9° proof)
20.7 grams of pure alcohol

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