Name: Castro
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aged rum (6-10yr); 22.5 ml Calvados apple brandy; 7.5 ml Orange juice; 15 ml Lime juice; 7.5 ml Lime cordial; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1)

Castro
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Glass:

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ fl oz	Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years
³⁄₄ fl oz	Calvados / apple brandy / straight applejack
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Orange juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₂ fl oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Lime cordial (sweetened lime juice)
¹⁄₄ fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lime wedge .
SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Review:

Tangy and fruity.

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History:

Named after the Cuban.

Nutrition:

One serving of Castro contains 216 calories

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
18.91% alc./vol. (37.82° proof)
21.3 grams of pure alcohol

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