Name: Cuban Liberal
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml Light gold rum 1-3yo; 30 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 2.5 ml Amer Picon

Ingredients

1 ²⁄₃ fl oz

Light gold rum (1-3 year old molasses column)

1 fl oz

Strucchi Rosso Vermouth

¹⁄₁₂ fl oz

Amer Picon

How to make

Glassware

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.

Prepare garnish of orange zest twist.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.

STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

EXPRESS orange zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Cuban Liberal contains 162 calories

Alcohol content:

1.4 standard drinks
24.17% alc./vol. (48.34° proof)
20 grams of pure alcohol

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) — Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Comments & Discussion

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Dan Casselman 1d

Lovely choice for drink of the today. I had made up a bottle of "Truffles on the Rocks" recipe for Amer Picon a while back so gave this drink a go. I did double the Amer Picon to increase the Orange, and had a very zesty Orange peel. I do like Cuban Rum. (the Orange bitters had not yet been added to the recipe)

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 1d

I’ve updated and hopefully improved this recipe. For those looking for the previous version:
45ml (1½oz) Light gold rum
30ml (1oz) Rosso vermouth
2.5ml (½ barspoon) Amer Picon
2 dash Orange Bitters by Angostura

David Orme Premium Member 1d

Not for us which is unusual hard no amer picon so I used cointreau and Aveze as an alternative (half and half) as advised en ligne. Ended up mixing lemon juice and sugar syrup but still not for us

Chris Brislawn 2d

If this was featured in "La Florida (El Floridita) Cocktails" then it should be called the Cuban Conservative; not exactly a Che Guevara tribute drink! Used Barcelo Gran Anejo Dominican rum with a bit of Trinidadian Scarlet Ibis. Cocchi Storico vermouth. No French Amer Picon so used American Picon (Golden Moon's Amer Dit Picon, Colorado's finest), and, following other comments, doubled it to a full teaspoon for some added bitterness. That made for a bracing, distinctive rum drink somewhere between a Rum Manhattan and a Kingston Negroni. Will NOT be confused with a Cuba Libre, which is what my wife was afraid I was making!

Tuber Magnatum Premium Member 44w

So I tried for a second time tonight, but as suggested by Bill Lennox below, increased the Amer Picon . I stuck with the orange bitters rather than Angostura bitters though. For me, as a fan of Amer Picon and orange, using 7.5 Amer Picon was very tasty. Others may find it too orange forward, but it worked for me; in short a lovely apertivo!

Mel McMahon 1y

Looking forward to trying this. Interested to know why the recipe says to fine strain the stirred mix, as I thought this was reserved for shaken drinks.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 2d

Indeed, it was an error, and it has now been fixed. Many thanks for bringing to my attention.

John Hinojos Premium Member 2y

Delightful aperitif. Perfectly balanced. Not as sweet as I was expecting. Used a good Barbados gold rum.

Christina Bickley 4y

Nicely balanced. Did have Amir Picon. Substituted 1/4 oz Campari and 1/4 oz of a orange liquor we had.

James Pratt Premium Member 4y

This is pretty similar to the Liberal Cocktail in Jacques Straub’s Manual of Mixed Drinks (1913), albeit that is made with rye whiskey rather than rum.

Simon Difford Verified User Premium Member 4y

Many thanks for the heads-up, James. I've added the Liberal to Difford's Guide with a link to the page in "variant" above.

Bill Lennox 4y

A fairly simple tasting drink. Rum and orange dominate. I would increase the Amer Picon to add a bit more interest and use classic Angostura bitters to temper the orange. Very easy to drink though!