BACARDI Superior rum

Global Legacy Cocktail Competition

Global Legacy Cocktail Competition
The BACARDI Superior rum Legacy Cocktail
Competition is a celebration of the very best of
the bartender’s art. To succeed requires a thorough
understanding of cocktail culture, an ability to
analyse how and why certain flavours combine
with others, and an appreciation of the delicate
psychology of the guest’s drinking experience.
A truly great bartender must be an adept
mixologist and possess an intimate knowledge
of the alcohols, juices, syrups, fruits, herbs
and spices at their disposal. They must also
have the performance skills of the consummate
showman, able to create moments of magic
for their guests through their movements,
their words, and the way they use the tools of
their trade. Finally, they must be able to put
themselves at all times in the shoes of their
guest. A true understanding of what the guest
genuinely wants and feels is vital to deliver
memorable experiences that go beyond the
Since its creation in 1862, BACARDI Superior
rum has been a pioneering spirit at the forefront
of cocktail culture. It has been the mixing spirit
of choice for the world’s top bartenders wherever
they have worked and has inspired the creation of
some of the greatest cocktails ever made.
Its association with sophisticated drinking and
legendary parties have made it an iconic brand
for the bartender and guest alike.
The nature of the BACARDI legacy is to respect
and honour the past, but also to learn from it and
take it forward. Just as the Bacardí family and the
Company have grown and spread around the world,
so too has the Legacy Cocktail Competition. This
year there are ten participating countries across
four continents: the US, India, Russia, Mexico,
Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, UK and
our founder Don Facundo’s home country of Spain.
Through rigorous selection one bartender from
each country has been chosen to compete in
the first Global Final, to be held in Barcelona,
Spain, near Don Facundo’s home town of Sitges.
These singular individuals and the wonderful
cocktails they have created are set out on the
following pages. We encourage you to try the
drinks for yourselves, and if you can, to visit
the creators in their own bars, for they are all
truly great bartenders.
British Global Finalist
Angel’s Draft
Matthew Dakers
Bartender
Mahiki
www.makiki.com
INSPIRATION
I am fascinated by the idea of the
‘angels’ share’, that element of a spirit
which evaporates during maturation
and is lost from the barrel to who
knows where.
When rum is matured in the heat of the
Caribbean, as BACARDI Superior rum is,
the rate of evaporation is around three
to four times higher than in a cold
climate like Scotland, so the BACARDI
angels must be that much happier.
Ernest Hemingway used to enjoy
drinking rum to inspire his writing,
and I love the idea that he might have
appreciated my cocktail as a refreshing
draft (especially the notes of grapefruit
and mint inspired by his favourite
rum cocktails, Daiquirí No.3 and the
Mojito) as much as the rum angels
swooping and whirling above his head,
and that it would have moved him
to wonderful flights of fanciful prose,
hence Angels’ Draft.
INGREDIENTS
40ml BACARDI Superior rum
10ml Yellow Chartreuse
20ml lime juice
10ml honey
10ml egg white
1 dash grapefruit bitters
2-3 mint leaves
METHOD
Shake all ingredients with cubed ice
and fine-strain into a chilled coupette
glass, garnish with a grapefruit zest
sprayed around the glass and then
discarded, and a mint leaf to finish.
American Global Finalist
Smuggler’s Fizz
John Lermayer
Head Bartender
The Florida Room, Delano Hotel, Miami
www.delano-hotel.com
INSPIRATION
I am inspired every day not just by
cocktails and spirits, but the people who
make them as well; inspired not only to be
a better bartender, but a better person too.
BACARDI is a brand with close to 150 years
of inspiring bartenders to create legendary
cocktails and drinking experiences. I have
great respect for the BACARDI story and
the barriers the company overcame to
continue the legacy of great cocktails like
the Mojito and the Nacional.
With Smuggler’s Fizz, I was inspired by
the versatility of BACARDI Superior rum.
I used a classic gin recipe and brought
it to the tropics. To keep it honest, I
modified it with a touch of spiced rum.
The cocktail’s name speaks to the history
of rum during Prohibition in the United
States when Cuba became the destination
for American bartenders and Cuban rum the
main attraction.
INGREDIENTS
45ml BACARDI Superior rum
60ml club soda
15ml St. Germain
15ml lemon juice
15ml Monin Lavender Syrup
7.5ml Seven Tiki spiced rum
1 small egg white
3 dashes Scrappy’s Lavender Bitters
METHOD
In a shaker add the following
ingredients in order: egg white,
bitters, lemon juice, lavender syrup,
St. Germain, Seven Tiki and BACARDI
Superior rum. Dry shake without ice
for 5 seconds. Shake over ice for 5
seconds. Strain half the cocktail over
2-3 large ice cubes in a collins glass,
pour club soda into the shaker, then
strain the remainder into the glass.
Garnish with lemon zest and peel.
Belgian Global Finalist
Superiocho
Piotr Kuzmicki
Bar Manager
Cocktails at Nine, Antwerp
www.cocktailsatnine.be
INSPIRATION
The opportunity to become part of the
unique legacy of BACARDI Superior
rum was a big source of inspiration for
creating this drink. Using the Original
Daiquirí as a base I wanted to unite
multiple flavours and diverse cultures
throughout the world to create the
future classic cocktail.
The main ingredient in rum is the sugar
cane, a plant originating in the South-
East of Asia but now grown throughout
the tropics, especially in the Caribbean.
Combining Caribbean rum with Asian
spices of lemongrass and ginger allows
me to bring these two worlds together
once again. The perfect balance of
the BACARDI rums combined with the
freshness of lime juice and aromatic
lemongrass, the spicy touch of ginger
and the generous sweet flavour of
vanilla offers you a complex but
delightfully refreshing cocktail with
a whole world of flavour contained in
one simple glass. Salud!
INGREDIENTS
30ml BACARDI Superior rum
30ml BACARDI 8 Year Old rum
30ml lime juice
10ml sugar syrup
10ml vanilla syrup
4 drops The Bitter Truth Peach Bitters
4 slices ginger
1 slice lemongrass
METHOD
Muddle the ginger and lemongrass in a
mixing glass with the syrups. Fill with
cubed ice, add remaining ingredients,
shake vigorously and fine strain into
a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a
lemongrass straw.
French Global Finalist
Marco’s BACARDI Fizz
Marc Bonneton
Bar Manager
L’Antiquaire, Lyon
www.theantiquaryroom.com
INSPIRATION INGREDIENTS
The inspiration to create this cocktail 50ml BACARDI Superior rum
came when I was looking for a signature 40ml cream
drink for my new bar in Lyon. We have 15ml Green Chartreuse
a classical approach to cocktails and are 15ml lemon juice
inspired by recipes that have been passed 15ml lime juice
down through the years. With my legacy 15ml sugar syrup
cocktail I pay tribute to Henrico C. Ramos, 1 egg white
who created his own cocktail (Twist on a Top with soda water
Gin Fizz) for the opening of the Imperial
Cabinet in New Orleans, 1888.
METHOD
Dry-shake the egg white in a shaker
By switching the gin for BACARDI
with no ice, then add all the other
Superior rum and the orange blossom
ingredients and shake for a long time
water for Green Chartreuse (a product
local to Lyon) I obtained a very different to emulsify to egg white and the
cocktail but with a similar aromatic cream. Fine-strain into a tall glass and
structure and distinct texture. Following top with soda water.
the example of the Cosmopolitan (which
is a twist on a rum cocktail from the Garnish with a sprig of mint.
‘30s), I hope the Marco’s BACARDI Fizz
will thrill and stimulate people around
the world, making it a new classic.
German Global Finalist
Thyme After Thyme
Alexander Wimmer
My drink is inspired by that most
classic of BACARDI cocktails, the
Daiquirí. In homage to the inspirational
journey of the Bacardí family and their
rum across the world over the last 150
years, I wanted to take my guests on
a liquid journey of taste combining
the flavours of different cultures and
countries. The aromatic top notes
of lemongrass and lemon thyme
enhance the fresh citrus juice with the
delightful scents of South East Asia and
the Mediterranean.
Flaming the lemon thyme gives a
delicious hint of savoury smokiness
recalling the fine latin partnership
between good rum and tobacco. This
is a drink to awaken the senses and to
savour on the palate.
INGREDIENTS
60ml BACARDI Superior rum
25ml lemon thyme - lemongrass syrup
20ml fresh lime juice
½ egg white
Approx. 20 sprigs lemon thyme (5cm long)
8-10 mint leaves
2 dashes The Bitter Truth Grapefruit Bitters
METHOD
Flame12 sprigs of lemon thyme with BACARDI
Superior rum in a carbon steel cup. Extinguish
and muddle briefly.
Pour the contents into a shaker with the remaining
ingredients and shake long and hard. Double strain into
a cocktail glass and garnish with smoked lemon thyme.
Lemon thyme - lemongrass syrup:
Add 1.25 litres water to 2kg white cane sugar in a
pan. Hammer 15 stalks of lemongrass, cut into small
pieces and add to pan. Infuse on hot stove for 2
hours with approx. 20 sprigs of lemon thyme, stirring
occasionally. Avoid boiling. Strain and allow to cool.
Store at room temperature.
Indian Global Finalist
Amalia Redifinido
Harinath Shankar
Bar Manager
Havana, The Raintree Hotel, Chennai
www.raintreehotels.com/html/chennai-st-marys-road-hotel.asp
INSPIRATION
Pioneered by Don Facundo BacardÍ Massó,
BACARDI Superior rum was the first of its
kind. It has inspired bartenders through
the ages to create well-balanced cocktails
which have become immortal.
When it was first launched in Cuba it was
referred to as ‘El Ron Del Murcielago’,
because of the instantly recognisable bat
logo chosen by Don Facundo’s wife Doña
Amalia. It is the bat which inspires me.
Doña Amalia recognized the significance of
the bat as a symbol of good health, good
fortune and family unity. As a bartender from
India these values are very important to me
also, and so my drink is a homage to Doña
Amalia and to the lasting influence she had
on one of the world’s truly iconic brands.
To create Amalia Redifinido I have taken the
essence of a great Latin drink and infused it
with the aromas and flavours of my country.
INGREDIENTS
50ml BACARDI Superior rum
50g sweet watermelon
7.5ml Martini Extra Dry
7.5ml orchid-infused Grey Goose vodka
5ml lime juice
1 barspoon caster sugar
1 basil leaf
METHOD
Add the watermelon, caster sugar and
lime into the shaker glass and muddle
gently. Slap the basil in your hand, tear
into two and drop into the shaker, add
the spirits and fill with ice. Shake hard
and fine strain into a chilled cocktail
glass. Garnish with a white orchid flower.
Orchid-infused Grey Goose vodka:
Immerse 15 purple orchids in 750ml of Grey
Goose vodka in an airtight container for
seven days and fine strain before using.
Mexican Global Finalist
Phuket
Alberto Riesler Morales Pérez
Bar Manager
Thai Gardens, Mexico City
www.thaigardensgroup.com
INSPIRATION
My inspiration comes from the Thai
restaurant where I work, and from the
stories told by my Thai colleagues.
One such recounts how in 1785 the
island of Phuket was saved from a
Burmese invasion by the heroism of
the widow and daughter of the recently
dead Governor.
These two admirable women were
awarded the honorary title ‘Thao’ or
empress. I wanted to create a cocktail
that would similarly honour their
vitality, and also the many inspirational
women of our century.
With oriental cuisine at the heart of
my inspiration, I wanted ingredients
that reflect the philosophy that “you
are what you eat”. So I chose fruits of
pineapple, lychee and grape, which are
rich in vitamins and boast many healthy
properties. For the final garnish I chose
the fruit of the coconut palm, as the icon
of BACARDI and its origins in Cuba.
INGREDIENTS
45ml BACARDI Superior rum
45ml pineapple juice
15ml grape juice
15ml sugar syrup
5 red grapes
3 tinned lychees
METHOD
Muddle the grapes and lychees in a
Boston glass, add pineapple juice and
grape juice and stir to mix. Fill the
shaker glass with ice, add simple syrup
BACARDI Superior Rum. Shake all the
ingredients well and strain into a 10
oz. cocktail glass. Garnish with sliced
coconut and 3 grapes.
Dutch Global Finalist
El pequeno Almirante
Timo Janse
Head Bartender
Door 74
www.door74.nl
INSPIRATION
Over the last few years I have spent a
lot of time visiting different countries
around the world to experience the
growing global bar scene, and I
have seen different traditions, new
ingredients, and bartending styles
wherever I have been.
The great thing about travelling is that
you get to meet a lot of new people,
each of whom has their own story and
their own ways.
My concept for this cocktail was to bring
to life the fictional story (or is it?) of
a little Admiral, who journeys with the
Bacardí family all over the seven seas.
Conquering the world not by force, but
through the beauty and mutual love of
rum, and adapting the local ingredients
they find into a smooth but enlivening
cocktail which embraces the whole world
and is worth traveling the whole world for.
INGREDIENTS
50ml BACARDI Superior rum
20ml dry sherry
15ml fresh lemon juice
10ml raspberry cardamom syrup
2 dashes The Bitter Truth Creole Bitters
METHOD
Shake all ingredients and fine strain
into a classic coupette. Garnish with a
raspberry and cardamom.
Raspberry and cardamom syrup:
Heat 500g fresh raspberries with
2kg sugar, 1 litre water and 100g of
cardamom pods. Stir and crush the
berries with a wooden spoon while
heating. Do not boil!
Allow to cool and fine strai
Russian Global Finalist
Evolution
Dmitry Sokolov
Bar manager
Help Bar, Tema Bar, Dream Bar,
All-Time Bar, Free Bar, Moscow
INSPIRATION
Bacardi Superior Rum is closely
connected with the development of
the world cocktail culture and had
great influence on it. Everybody knows
the Cuban roots of Bacardi and classic
rum cocktails, many of which have
been created by the Los Cantineros
society! The idea of the cocktail – is
the bond of generations! In the base
of the cocktail are the components
of the classic cocktails to which new
ingredients are added! Very bright
palette of tastes and aromas: starting
with astringent and spicy basil and
rhubarb and continuing with the soft
vanilla and floral, almost velvety
sensation. Hope this cocktail will be
liked by the older generation, that
prefers stronger classic taste and by the
younger ones, who experiment eagerly!
Spanish Global Finalist
Cubajito
Jordi Otero
Beverage Manager
Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Barcelona
www.mandarinoriental.com/barcelona
INGREDIENTS INSPIRATION INGREDIENTS
40ml Bacardi Superior rum The Cubajito is a tribute to a people 60ml BACARDI Superior rum
5 red basil leaves and a family: the people of Cuba and 60ml lime juice
15ml Bebedectine DOM the Bacardí family. More than a century 30ml mint syrup
15ml white akacia honey syrup ago, the world witnessed the birth of Coca-Cola foam
20ml lime juice three fabulous cocktails: the Mojito, the
2 drops of rhubarb bitter Daiquirí and the Cuba Libre, created at
almost the same time in three different METHOD
1,3 egg white
locations on the island of Cuba. As Pour all ingredients into a shaker,
time has passed these three fantastic squeeze and fine-strain into a cocktail
METHOD cocktails have grown and travelled the glass. Top with a Coca- Cola foam and
Put 5 basil leaves into the shaker, add world just as BACARDI rum has. Each garnish with a mint leaf.
bitter, pour the rest of the ingredients has maintained their essence and their
and shake. character over the passing years: the
essence of BACARDI Superior rum. Today
Garnish with a lime peel and red basil leaf. they are the three best-known cocktails
across the world and BACARDI Superior
rum is the rum par excellence.
Cubajito brings together the main ingredients
of these three cocktails in a single drink, to
enable us to continue toasting our friends
and family for years to come.
TASTE THE FUTURE

With its unrivalled cocktail pedigree and

unique flavour profile, the spirit of BACARDI
Superior rum is as inspiring today as it was
to the bartenders of the legendary Cantineros
Club de Cuba.

We embrace the current global generation

of talented and creative bar professionals
who share a passion for perfectly balanced
cocktails and evoke the same stylish
conviviality as the past masters of the bar. We
relish their determination to create BACARDI
Superior rum cocktails worthy of taking their
place amongst legendary drinks such as the
Daiquirí and Mojito.

The challenge and promise of the BACARDI

Superior rum Legacy Cocktail Competition
is that it offers all those who take part an
opportunity to write a chapter of their own in
the definitive history of the second Golden Age.
JUDGING PANEL

Séamus McBride David Córdoba José Sánchez Gavito

BACARDI LIMITED BACARDI Global Brand Ambassador Maestro Ronero de BACARDI
Chief Executive Officer
 For a drink to earn the status of a
BACARDI Superior rum Legacy Cocktail it
requires a rare mix of qualities. Similarly,
the panel we have invited to judge this
year’s competition have been specifically
chosen to represent the highest levels
of the BACARDI Company. Throughout
the judging process they will be as
discerning as they are distinguished.
Stanislav Vadrna Agostino Perrone
World Renown Winner of the 2009 UK LCC
Cocktail Consulant
CASA BACARDI
CASA BACARDI is a permanent visitor centre
located in Sitges, the birthplace of Facundo
Bacardí Massó, who founded the world’s most-
consumed rum brand. It has been established
with the aim of becoming an international
visitor centre - the European equivalent of the
BACARDI Museum in Puerto Rico.
The visitor centre is in the historic Mercat Vell
(old market), a modernist building constructed
in 1890 by the architect Gaietà Buigas, in
the old city centre of Sitges next to the City
Council building.
CASA BACARDI offers visitors the experience
of delving inside the history of Sitges and
its relationship with the Americanos and the
Bacardí family as well as learning about the
life of Don Facundo and the revolution that
he brought to the rum-making process nearly
150 years ago. At the end of the tour, visitors
will have the chance to learn how to make
their own Original BACARDI Cocktails, with
professional barmen.
CASA BACARDI has four rooms which take
visitors through the history of BACARDI, the
knowledge of the elaboration process and
finally give the chance to taste this premium
white rum on one of the original recipe
signature cocktails.
The purity and balance of BACARDI Superior
rum revolutionised cocktails at the end of
the 19th century. By neither dominating nor
getting subsumed in the mixed drink, this
innovative rum enabled Original BACARDI
Cocktails to be created - a style of smooth
fresh cocktails, now famous around the world.
Following personal training, visitors are invited
to drink their own Original BACARDI Cocktail
on the CASA’s outdoor terrace - a warm,
enjoyable ambience.
www.casabacardi.es
CASA BACARDI

For further information: www.casabacardi.es

Recipes for Original BACARDI Cocktails
BACARDI Superior rum is the original white aged rum, the ideal drink
for mixing and making cocktails. Its transparent colour, purity and
MOJITO BACARDI - THE ORIGINAL
INGREDIENTS
6cl of BACARDI Superior rum
Half a lime cut into four
Crushed ice
2 heaped tablespoons of white sugar (10g)
8 fresh mint leaves
9cl of soda
PREPARATION
1. Put the four lime segments into a Collins glass.
2. Add the fresh mint and the sugar and crush while
using a pestle without breaking the leaves.
3. Three-quarter fill the glass with crushed ice.
4. Add the BACARDI Superior rum and mix well
using a mixing spoon.
5. Add more crushed ice and fill glass to the top
with soda water.
6. You can decorate the cocktail with two straws on
the edge of the glass and a sprig of mint.
1862. A balmy night. The music is swinging
and... everything starts to come together: the
spearmint, the lime, the crushed ice and the
BACARDI Superior rum. Suddenly... magic! Mojo!
MOJITO! Fresh and smooth, the ORIGINAL MOJITO
was born! A touch of magic that has been casting
its spell for nearly 150 years.
extraordinary balance mean that all the ingredients are kept in harmony
and maintain their own personality when they are mixed.
CUBA LIBRE BACARDI - THE ORIGINAL
INGREDIENTS
6cl of BACARDI Superior rum
20cl of Coca-Cola
1 lime
Crushed ice
PREPARATION
1. Wipe a slice of lime around the edge of a
Collins glass and discard this slice.
2. Three-quarter fill the glass with crushed ice.
3. Add the BACARDI Superior rum.
4. Squeeze half a lime using the juicer and stir.
5. Add a small bottle of Coca-Cola stirring with
the spoon to keep as much of the fizz as possible.
6. Add one or two slices of lime to the glass as
decoration.
7. Stir and serve nice and cold.
1900. In the American Bar in Havana there was freedom
in the air. The war had just ended and some soldiers
cheered “VIVA CUBA LIBRE!” (Long live free Cuba). They
toasted with Coca-Cola and BACARDI Superior rum,
with ice and a twist of lime. The ORIGINAL CUBA LIBRE.
That’s the way it’s been known and made ever since -
only using BACARDI Superior rum.
This is a rum that is, in short, simply extraordinary. Light in the mouth, dry
with a subtle aroma. Capable of combining the character of aguardiente
with the refined re-distillate in a harmonious coexistence of opposites.
DAIQUIRI BACARDI - THE ORIGINAL
1898. In Bar Venus in Santiago de Cuba a secret is
about to be revealed. “Shake lime, sugar, crushed
ice and BACARDI Superior rum”, whispered J.S.
Cox, an engineer at the Daiquirí Mines, to the
barman. That ORIGINAL DAIQUIRI was like a love
potion; whoever tried it fell under the spell of its
sophisticated taste. It has been seducing the world
ever since.
INGREDIENTS
5cl of BACARDI Superior rum
2 heaped tablespoons of white sugar (10g)
1 lime
Ice cubes and crushed ice
PREPARATION
1. Mix the sugar, juice of half a squeezed lime,
BACARDI Superior rum and the ice cubes and
crushed ice in a Boston cocktail shaker.
2. Close the cocktail shaker with the glass, gently
tapping on the upper part.
3. Shake vigorously until the cocktail shaker
is cold.
4. Tap on the side of the shaker and pour the
cocktail into the glass using the strainer.
5. You can decorate the cocktail with a slice of
lime on the rim of the cup.
This is exclusive to BACARDI Superior rum, thanks to its purity and
extraordinary balance, which means that it can complement rather than
dominate or get lost in a drink. The ideal companion for a mixed drink or
in a luxurious solo.
PIÑA COLADA BACARDI-THE ORIGINAL
1922. Warm Caribbean evenings under the palm
trees. The creole women used to prepare a
tradicional drink by shaking ripe pineapple with
ice, sugar and lime, until one day someone added
BACARDI Superior rum to the mix. That was the
birth of the ORIGINAL PIÑA COLADA. In 1937
somebody in Puerto Rico added coconut cream to
the mix and created a cocktail that today remains.
INGREDIENTS
5cl of BACARDI Superior rum
3.75cl of fresh coconut cream
2.5cl of pineapple juice
3 or 4 slices of fresh pineapple
3 heaped tablespoons of white sugar
Crushed ice
PREPARATION
1. Add all the ingredients to a cocktail shaker:
BACARDI Superior rum, fresh coconut cream,
pineapple juice, slices of pineapple and sugar.
2. Half-fill a Collins class with crushed ice and
add to the cocktail shaker.
3. Shake vigorously until the cocktail shaker
is cold.
4. Strain the drink twice and pour into a glass.
5. You can decorate the cocktail with a slice of
fresh pineapple and pineapple leaves.
About BACARDI LIMITED

BACARDI LIMITED is the largest privately held spirits company

in the world and produces and markets a variety of
internationally-recognized spirits and wines. The BACARDI
LIMITED brand portfolio consists of more than 200 brands and
labels, including some of the world’s favorite and best-known
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premium rum as well as the world’s most awarded rum; GREY
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and sells in more than 100 markets globally.
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