Tropical

Queen's Park Hotel Super Cocktail

Name: Queen's Park Hotel Super Cocktail
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Print of this little-known gem is first seen in Owen Rutter's book 'If crab no walk: a traveller in the West Indies' printed in 1932. The book tells of Owen's stop at the Queen's Park Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad. There he marvelled at the food, the ballroom and the drinks! Specifically, the hotel's 'super cocktail' with its spicy and fruity taste.
Ingredients: 45ml Gold Rum or a darker rum works well too; 15ml Sweet Vermouth; 15ml Grenadine; 15ml Lime juice freshly squeezed; 2 dashes Old Fashioned bitters

A gem from Trinidad

Ingredients

45mlGold Rumor a darker rum works well too
15mlSweet Vermouth
15mlGrenadine
15mlLime juicefreshly squeezed
2 dashesOld Fashioned bitters

Make it well

Shake

Directions

1. Add all your ingredients to your shaking tin and add ice 2. Shake for 10-12 seconds 3. Double strain into your glass 4. Garnish with a lime twist or a wheel

Taste

On the nose it's limey and fruity with a little rum spice. Pomegranate comes through straight away, make it a good grenadine! On tasting, our team love it! So spicy from the rum, bitters and cola/chocolate notes from the vermouth. It's a complicated, boozy tropical cocktail. Like a more flavourful Daiquiri - if you love those then you must try this! The Grenadine gives it texture and silkiness.

Origin

Print of this little-known gem is first seen in Owen Rutter's book 'If crab no walk: a traveller in the West Indies' printed in 1932. The book tells of Owen's stop at the Queen's Park Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad. There he marvelled at the food, the ballroom and the drinks! Specifically, the hotel's 'super cocktail' with its spicy and fruity taste.

The bartender’s note

Queen's Park Hotel Super Cocktail

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