Bacardi Cocktail

[ThinkingBartender]

Okay, so does anyone know when Grenadine Syrup was first put into the Bacardi

Cocktail? and why?

I am working on the theory that the Bacardi Cocktail and the Daiquiri were

originally one and the same drink.

http://wiki.webtender.com/wiki/Bacardi_Cocktail

"THE OLD WALDORF-ASTORIA BAR BOOK" By Albert Stevens Crockett (1935)

Giving the Correct Recipes for FIVE HUNDRED COCKTAILS AND MIXED DRINKS... The

Whole Flavored with Dashes of History Mixed in a Shaker of Anecdote and Served

with a Chaser of Iluminative Information.

Pg. 126

"CUBAN CONCOCTIONS...From Will P. Taylor, manager of the Hotel National, in

Havana, who stuck at his post all through the recent local disturbances, which

included a bombardment of his hotel, I have obtained the choicest Cuban Rum

recipes. Out of compliment to Mr. Taylor, who was last resident manager of the

Old Waldorf-Astoria, is placed at the head of this list the distinctive

cocktail which at his hotel is also called a Daiquiri, or a Bacardi."

PORTS OF THE SUN: A GUIDE TO THE CARIBBEAN, BERMUDA, NASSAU, HAVANA AND PANAMA

(1937)

by Eleanor Early

Pg. 304 (HAVANA): "Hardly anyone knows how to mix a proper Bacardi cocktail,

so I asked Senor Rafael Valiente, who is host at the famous bar, and he told

me that you should take the juice of half a lime, half a teaspoon of

granulated sugar, one and a half ounces of white Bacardi, mix thoroughly, and

shake well with ice."

CATERER AND LIQUOR RETAILER, September 1941, pg. 19, col. 2 (Bacardi ad)

YES...BACARDI COCKTAILS MUST BE MADE WITH BACARDI

Ruling of the N. Y. Supreme Court, April 28, 1936

The Recipe in Rhyme!

* A LITTLE SOUR, (Juice of half a lime)

* A LITTLE SWEET, (1/2 teaspoonful of sugar)

* THE TROPIC SUN, (A jigger of BACARDI, White or Silver Label)

* WITHOUT THE HEAT! (Ice and shake well)

Cheers!

George