Rum Cocktails: Aged Rum
Old Cuban Cocktail
Old Cuban Cocktail Ingredients
1.25 oz. Bacardí Gran Reserva 8 Year
0.5 oz. Fresh lime juice
2 dashes Angostura Aromatic Bitters
6-8 Loose mint leaves
Champagne
Garnish
Fresh mint
Old Cuban Cocktail Preparation
Combine all ingredients except Champaign in a shaker and add ice. Shake hard. Fine strain into a coupe glass or flute. Top with Champagne. Garnish with fresh mint.
Old Cuban Cocktail Story
One of Audrey Saunders’ most celebrated cocktails to come out of her Pegu Club in the mid-2000s, the Old Cuban, like the same sort you’d find playing dominoes in Little Havana, quietly evokes ages of stories and tradition. Harnessing the refreshing bliss of a Mojito and the elegance of an Airmail, the Old Cuban could be easily mistaken for one of the rum-driven classics to come right out of the best hotels in Havana during the 1930s.