Name: Cuban Sarsaparilla
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 40 ml Cacao spiced rum; 15 ml Red bitter liqueur; 15 ml Lemon juice; 8 drop Chocolate bitters; 75 ml Root beer

Cuban Sarsaparilla
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Serve in a Highball (max 10oz/300ml)

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Cacao & coffee spiced rum
¹⁄₂ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
8 drop	Chocolate bitters
2 ¹⁄₂ oz	Root beer

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Garnish: Long lemon zest twist

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with rootbeer.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Root beer - Cereals containing gluten

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Root beer's vanilla, anise or liquorice notes combine with coffee and cacao rum with underlying bitter and citrus.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2019 by Andrew Augustine Lugiman, Barong Bar; Fairmont, Jakarta.

Nutrition:

One serving of Cuban Sarsaparilla contains 158 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
10% alc./vol. (10° proof)
14.5 grams of pure alcohol

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