Comments on: El Presidente

By: Drink of the Week: El Presidente | xalyzax

Drink of the Week: El Presidente | xalyzax — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:16:30 +0000

[...] therefore followed the lead of booze blogger Matt Robold and halved one sweet ingredient, orange curacao, at his suggestion. I liked that version better but [...]

By: Drink of the Week: El Presidente

Drink of the Week: El Presidente — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:00:23 +0000

[...] therefore followed the lead of booze blogger Matt Robold and halved one sweet ingredient, orange curacao, at his suggestion. I liked that version better but [...]

By: Barrel-Aged Cocktails? | Metropolitan Bartending Blog

Barrel-Aged Cocktails? | Metropolitan Bartending Blog — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:00:35 +0000

[...] Robert Hess’ ubiquitousTrident cocktail is currently resting inside single-malt barrels. The El Presidente (à la Matt Robold), Deshlers,Remember the Maines, they’re all receiving the oaked treatment in a [...]

By: Rum Review: Santa Teresa Claro

Rum Review: Santa Teresa Claro — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:23:35 +0000

[...] amazing with great aplomb. As a sipper, it’s a 1 out of 5. As a mixer in something like an El Presidente it isn’t much better. As a mixer in the classic cocktails of Cuba? It’s an easy 5 out [...]

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:55:06 +0000

I like sound of your recipe and will have to mix one up. The recipe I have been using is a bit different and comes from The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks:

1.5 aged rum (I use Flor de Cana 7 year)
0.5 lemon juice
0.5 french vermouth
A dash of grenadine or curacao
Garnished with an orange peel and/or a cocktail cherry.

The result is a pleasant, dry, refreshing drink. I would say it’s worth a try.

By: Don’t cry. Dry your eye. « twinfountain

Don’t cry. Dry your eye. « twinfountain — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:21:07 +0000

[...] been toying with a cocktail that was somewhere between the El Presidente and a Sazerac. It wasn’t coming out right. The Missus and I concluded that the problem was [...]

By: Rum cocktails are DEFINITELY in my future « Psssst! Over Here!

Rum cocktails are DEFINITELY in my future « Psssst! Over Here! — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:35:36 +0000

[...] El Presidente [...]

By: How to Make Your Own Grenadine

How to Make Your Own Grenadine — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:04:30 +0000

[...] wrong. Grenadine isn’t brown, and the good stuff, the real grenadine won’t make your El Presidente look like mud. Grenadine also isn’t pale pink, and it shouldn’t turn your Jack Rose [...]

By: Barrel Aged Cocktails

Barrel Aged Cocktails — Mon, 30 May 2011 20:01:56 +0000

[...] Robert Hess’ ubiquitous Trident cocktail is currently resting inside single-malt barrels. The El Presidente (à la Matt Robold), Deshlers, Remember the Maines, they’re all receiving the oaked treatment [...]

By: Matt Robold

Matt Robold — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:08:14 +0000

You make a very good point. I know that at Death & Co. and at several of the bars in LA they are making their El Presidentes with reduced curacao but added simple syrup, which is probably a more accurate recreation of the original drink. I’ve had that style of ElPres and it’s very, very good.

A recent conversation with Marcos Tello has me thinking that another post about the El Presidente may be in order.