El Presidente – Muy Rosa

I’m starting to notice a bit of a trend here.  Pink cocktails are delicious.  Now I have no doubt we could whip up something pink that would taste terrible, but for the most part I think my contention holds true.  The El Presidente certainly follows this rule to a tee.  I didn’t make any real alterations to the recipe this week, just tweaked it to my liking.  So, let’s start with the recipe then we’ll talk tweaks.

El Presidente (Cocktail Hacker)

2 oz White Rum
1/2 oz Pineapple Juice
1/2 oz Lime Juice
1/4 oz Grenadine

1) Combine ingredients in a shaker over ice
2) Shake until well chilled
3) Strain into a chilled cocktail glass

Looks almost exactly the same, but it’s different I swear.  The first tweak is I experimented with is the amount of grenadine.  I found anywhere from 1/4 – 1/3 oz of my homemade grenadine to be great.  My personal choice is 1/4 oz as it results in a drier cocktail that I think really works wonderfully in this case.

The only other tweak I’d suggest is pick a rum that you love for this drink.  I tried my house white rum, Flor de Caña, and Rhum Clemént Première Canne.  Both resulted in fantastic cocktails but for this application I prefer the Flor de Caña.  It allows the juices and grenadine to take center stage in the flavor profile which is exactly what I was looking for.

I will definitely be adding this drink to my regular rotation and I highly recommend you give it a try.