Name: El Presidente (Sloppy Joe's)
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 22.5 ml Bianco/blanco vermouth; 7.5 ml Orange Curaçao; 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 10 ml Lime juice

Ingredients

1 1/2 fl oz

Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)

3/4 fl oz

Strucchi Bianco Vermouth

1/4 fl oz

Ferrand Dry Curaçao liqueur

1/6 fl oz

Monin Grenadine Syrup

1/3 fl oz

Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

How to make

Glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of lime zest twist and Luxardo Maraschino Cherry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Express lime zest twist over cocktail and discard.

Garnish with skewered maraschino cherry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of El Presidente (Sloppy Joe's) contains 169 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
21.53% alc./vol. (43.05° proof)
19.4 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Bianco/blanc/blanco vermouth — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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."

CUBAN PRESIDENT
1 Part of Rum.
1 Part of Noilly.
Prat Vermouth.
Drops of Grenadine
Drops of Curaçao.
Stir up, put in a cherry, a slice of Orange, and serve in a Manhattan glass.

AMERICAN PRESIDENT
1 Part of Rum.
1 Part of Noilly.
Prat Vermouth.
The juice of a Lemon
Drops of Grenadine
Drops of Curaçao.
Shake with cracked ice, put in a cherry and serve in a Manhattan glass.

Sloppy Joe's menu Season 1931-31, 1941

Comments & Discussion

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Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 36w

Because of the XMAS season, I have been choosing pomegranate / grenadine cocktails. I really enjoyed this one but like Ignaciop Seligra's comment below, I was curious that with citrus this is stirred rather than shaken. Following directions as given I stirred, but thought were it to be shaken it would be diluted more so I gave it a long stir to "replicate" a shaken drink. I think though that it diluted too much; I should have trusted Mr. Difford! As I used homemade grenadine though, I think next time I would increase it a bit because that is a flavour I really enjoy although this may sweeten it too much for some.

G. M. Genovese Premium Member 37w

Hamilton Demerara 86, Luxardo Biter Bianco, Pierre Ferrand Dry Curacao. The rum was clearly the x-factor... Tried again with Rhum J.M VSOP and it was timidly transcendent.

Ian Fenton 2y

My wife finished it so quickly I didn’t even get a taste… I can only presume it was good.

William Smith 2y

Made this as written. Light but not bland, not too sweet. Will make again.

Giulio Motta 2y

Excellent drink made with Bianco semi-sweet vermouth. When made with dry vermouth, it needs some not-straightforward rebalancing that the El Presidente (Rhum agricole)-version does not.