Herencia Cocktail Recipe

Herencia
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Ingredients:
1 ²⁄₃ oz	Bacardi 8 year old rum
¹⁄₆ oz	Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry
¹⁄₃ oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
¹⁄₆ oz	Monin Cinnamon Syrup
1 dash	Chocolate bitters

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Garnish: Orange zest twist

How to make:

STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. (Henri's original recipe calls for 10 ml Cinnamon syrup which he makes with 1 kg sugar, 1 litre water and 8 cinnamon sticks heated until sugar is dissolved then rested and strained.)

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pedro Ximénez sherry, Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

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History:

Finnish Bacardí Legacy 2018 winning cocktail by Henri Halonen at Goldfish in Helsinki, Finland.

Herencia is Spanish for 'tradition' or 'legacy' and this cocktail represents who I am, where I have come from and where I am going.

"My childhood was very rough; I came from a poor family and ended up on the streets with the wrong crowd, going down the path of drugs and crime. After a long road, saying goodbye to the streets and my old lifestyle, I found salvation in bartending and began chasing my dream to become one of the best. Like my drink, life is a mix of bitter, sweet and a solid base that makes you the person you are. You are your legacy, wherever in the future you may stand. Bartending literally saved my life; that is what Herencia is all about.
Henri Halonen, 2018

Nutrition:

One serving of Herencia contains 171 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
25.04% alc./vol. (25.04° proof)
17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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G. M. Genovese

6th January 2024 at 13:23

I made this with what I had and, I must say, it's quite a nice drink... El Dorado 8 (Bacardi), Amontillado (Fino), Angostura Cocoa Bitters... My cinnamon syrup is 2:1 ratio, made with cane sugar. (6 Jan 2024, 8:23a)

Mark Shah

23rd June 2021 at 22:27

The category that Bacardi 8 Year Rum is in is ambiguous. As far as the "You Can Make" goes, it's a Bacardi Ocho Anos, but when you look at the actual spirit page for this bottle, it's in the category of Caribbean blended rum aged 6-10 years. Is this because this recipe calls specifically for an 8 year rum or should these categories be merged?

Simon Difford

24th June 2021 at 07:25

This is a Bacardi Legacy cocktail and so I had to create a category specifically for Bacardi rums in such cocktails. Hence the anomaly.

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