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El Presidente

Rum, dry vermouth and orange curaçao, amber with a hint of pomegranate red.

Classic collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Gold Rum
    45 ml / 1.52 US fl oz
  • Dry Vermouth
    22.5 ml / 0.76 US fl oz
  • Orange Curaçao
    7.5 ml / 0.25 US fl oz
  • Grenadine
    2.5 ml / 0.08 US fl oz

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

To garnishOrange twist

Make it

  1. Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass and fill with ice.
  2. Stir with a bar spoon for about 20 seconds.
  3. Strain out the ice into a chilled coupe.
  4. Express an orange peel over the rim to release its oils, then drop it into the glass.

Behind the drink

Originated in Havana in the 1910s; its earliest written record appears in a cocktail handbook published locally in 1915.