Garnish:
Skewered Luxardo Maraschino cherry
How to make:
SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.
| 1 1/2 fl oz | Light white rum (charcoal-filtered 1-4 years old) |
| 3/4 fl oz | Rutte Dry Gin |
| 1/2 fl oz | Lime juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1/4 fl oz | Grenadine/pomegranate syrup (2:1) |
| 1/6 fl oz | Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°brix) |
| 1/3 fl oz | Chilled water (omit if wet ice) |
Review:
Hit the perfect proportions and you will strike a wondrous balance of flavoursome rum, gin botanicals, limey sourness and fruity sweetness.
History:
This vintage adaptation of the Bacardi Cocktail was first published in Harry Craddock's 1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book were he says it was "Made famous by Karl K. Kitchen, the well-known New York Newspaper Columnist."
BACARDI SPECIAL COCKTAIL*
Harry Craddock, 1930
1 Teaspoon Grenadine.
1/3 Burrough's Beefeater Gin.
2/3 Bacardi Rum.
The Juice of ½ Lime.
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
*Made famous by Karl K. Kitchen, the well-known New York Newspaper Columnist.
Nutrition:
185 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.6 standard drinks
- 21.26% alc./vol. (42.52° proof)
- 22.3 grams of pure alcohol
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.
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