Old Cuban

The Old Cuban is a cocktail created by Audrey Sanders in 2001 while at Bemelmans bar at the Carlyle Hotel. It is considered a Modern Classic.

Recipe

Old Cuban

• 6 mint leaves
• 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1 ounce simple syrup (1:1)
• 1 1/2 ounces Bacardi 8 añejo rum
• 1 hard dash Angostura bitters
• 2 ounces high quality Champagne
• lime wheel and mint sprig or sugar coated vanilla bean

In a cocktail shaker, muddle mint with lime juice and simple syrup. Add rum, bitters, and ice and shake well. Strain through fine-mesh sieve into a large chilled Champagne coupe and top with Champagne. Garnish with lime and mint or vanilla bean.

(Source: Audrey Saunders)

External Links

• Old Cuban Cocktail Recipe (Imbibe Magazine, May 16, 2016)
• Old Cuban Recipe (Serious Eats)
• Old Cuban (Diffords Guide)
• Old Cuban (PUNCH)
• Old Cuban (Liquor.com)
• Old Cuban (Star Chefs)
• An Old Cuban Is the Cocktail You Need for Sad, Dark Winter Times (GQ Magazine)
• Old Cuban (Bacardi)
• Old Cuban: The Only Champagne Cocktail Worth Drinking on New Year's Eve (Playboy Magazine, 12/27/13)