Name: Cuban Cocktail No. 2
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 5 ml Maraschino liqueur; 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 5 ml Lemon juice; 1 dash Orange bitters; 2.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Cuban Cocktail No. 2
Jump to

Serve in a Nick & Nora glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)
¹⁄₆ oz	Luxardo Maraschino liqueur
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
¹⁄₆ oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura
¹⁄₁₂ oz	Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)

Read about cocktail measures and measuring

How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Nick & Nora glass.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

More cocktails with similar strength and taste profile

Cuban Cocktail No. 2 lifestyle thumbnail

Review:

Faint sweetness balances spirituous rum notes in this delicately fruity, rose-red, bite-sized cocktail.

View readers' comments

History:

Adapted from a recipe in Victor Bergeron's 1972 Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide.

CUAN COCKTAIL–2
1½ ounces light Puerto Rican rum
½ teaspoon maraschino liqueur
½ teaspoon grenadine
1 dash orange bitters
2 drops lemon juice
Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Add a twist of lemon peel.
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vic's Bartender's Guide, 1972

More cocktails by Victor Bergeron A.K.A Trader Vic

Nutrition:

One serving of Cuban Cocktail No. 2 contains 133 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
23.06% alc./vol. (23.06° proof)
14.5 grams of pure alcohol

More Aperitivo/aperitif cocktails
More Classic/vintage cocktails

Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

Join the discussion

Showing 6 comments for Cuban Cocktail No. 2.
See discussion in the Forum

Please log in to make a comment

Florian Ruf

19th March at 14:14

Very good cocktail for a small aperitivo. For a regular cocktail I would suggest to up the measures by a third. Milan's idea to use more grenadine instead of sugar syrup seems very reasonable for me.

Milan Djordjevic

11th July 2024 at 15:46

Although with small proportions of ingredients, a very tasty and delicately complex cocktail. I changed the homemade grenadine syrup to 7.5 ml without sugar syrup. I enjoyed the fact that all the ingredients are recognizable in the taste and are nicely balanced.

Asher Günther

7th June 2023 at 07:33

Just as a matter of interest, is the image used here from an older revision of the drink? I find it hard to believe such a rich red is possible with a scant ½cl grenadine. Mine came out much closer to rose gold/pink (using Havana 3 & homemade grenadine).

As for the drink, I think it might benefit from a zest in the shaker as well as as a garnish. I found it slightly lacking in tartness. Could potentially also just bump up the lemon juice to ¾-1cl, or maybe add ¼-½cl lime.

Shannon Burns

28th April 2023 at 01:11

I made it following the web site recipe (using white rum, not gold) and it was still delicious.

Shannon Burns

26th April 2023 at 22:45

I discovered this cocktail while perusing the Difford's #9 app. The units of measurement for both the Luxardo Maraschino and the Pomegranate syrup were not provided, it just said "shot". And so I added one shot of each. Then I checked the web site and quickly realised the error of my ways. (Mr. Difford, or more specifically, Mr. App, whomever that may be, you might want to fix that glitch.) FORTUNATELY, I have a sweet tooth, so MY version of the Cuban Cocktail is still palatable. Delish!

Simon Difford

27th April 2023 at 08:52

Sadly, the app is stuck at #9 while I've moved on to #17 and counting. We are striving to make the website look and function like an app on your phone.