Name: Bacardi Special
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Light white rum; 22.5 ml Gin; 15 ml Lime juice; 5 ml Grenadine syrup; 5 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2:1); 5 ml Chilled water

John Hinojos Premium Member 39w

Made this again using Clement Rhum Agricole white and homemade grenadine only. No sugar syrup. It was still slightly sweet, but not overly.
If you are concern about the sweetness, drop off the sugar syrup and use a rum which is not adulterated with additional sugar.

Donald S 1y

Love this. I like that the sweetness is tampered by the lime so it doesn't come across as a sweet but not tart either. Great refreshing drink to sip on. Going to be one of my regulars I'm sure.

Terry Wattley 1y

It's on the sweeter side, but that shouldn't be a surprise with the strength and taste guide and the ingredients.

I loved it though, an easy drink that at first seems simple and fruity but actually has quite a bit going on.

Ruth Harvey 1y

So true about tasting, sweetness, botanicals, sour & fruit. Ingredients were standard so a will become a classic go to for me.

Shannon Brown 1y

Too sweet for my liking. The grenadine over powers everything. I added 1/2 oz of grapefruit juice and it was still too sweet. I would have chosen lemon juice, but I didn’t want to squeeze a lemon just to try to make it drinkable. It definitely needs some tartness to balance it out.

Florian Ruf Premium Member 2y

Maybe I had a weak grenadine, but 2 drops each of saline solution and Chartreuse Elixir gave this cocktail a backbone.

Charlie Forbes Premium Member 2y

When I saw that the recipe called for both Grendine AND simple syrup, I thought, "Let's just go w/ more Grenadine" as a plus up. In fact, it was a plus down. The recipe as stated is better and will be my way to make a BS from this point forward. :)

Susie Bright Premium Member 2y

Absolutely right. This recipe is perfect to the drop. I, too, was tempted to skimp on the sugar syrup, but disciplined myself just in time!

Calvin Grant Premium Member 2y

Was just as good with Bacardi Black.

Hunter Newsome 3y

The review is true. Made with homemade grenadine and a more robust, fruity Plantation 3 Star white rum. This was delicious. The floral and fruity notes of the ingredients were very pronounced, but ultimately no one ingredient distinctly stands out on its own. My formulation was a little on the boozy side, so I'll try adding an extra 2.5ml of sugar syrup to balance it.

Chris Dimal 3y

More like a Havana Club Special, where I used Havana Club 3. It was delicious, nevertheless, with generous fruity sweetness, esters of the rum (which is why I don't feel so bad using Bacardi Carta Blanca anyway), and botanicals of the gin. The lime's citrus sourness balances everything.

Helge Syversen 1y

I totally agree. In my cocktail I used Tanquerey Rangpur Lime Gin and skipped all sugar sirup.

Chris Dimal 44w

Now that's a tart cocktail for sure! I feel the little bit of syrup is needed for balance.

1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old)
³⁄₄ fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Monin Grenadine Syrup
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water) 65.0°Brix
¹⁄₆ fl oz	Chilled water/mineral water (omit if using wet ice)

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