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Name: Alex Straus City: Los Angeles, CA Bar: Hemingway's Lounge Hometown: Spring Valley, NY Most memorable experience behind the bar: My first time behind one. I was 7 and a bartender in Jamaica named Lenworth would let me grab the drinks he made and take them out to his customers. Then on New Years in 1988 I had my first shot behind the bar. Needless to say I was hooked (on bartending). Favorite vacation spot?: Jamaica. My family meets down there every year. Its like Christmas, Thanksgiving and birthdays rolled into one...in paradise! Signature Atlantico Cocktail: Hemingway's Nog (featured in Mr. Boston's 75th edition bartender's guide) |
1.5 oz Atlantico (Reserva or Private Cask)
.75 oz vanilla liqueur
.25 oz simple syrup
1 oz creme fraische
3 dashes tiki bitters
* Add all ingredients to a shaker filled with ice. Shake and serve in a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with grated nutmeg.
* Definition: a spirit distilled from the fermented juice of sugarcane, sugarcane syrup or sugarcane molasses.
* Sugarcane is a member of the grass family and grows in tropical climates around the world.
* Oldest rum distillery dates back to 1703, making rum older than whiskey.
* In the early 1700s rum was colonial America’s greatest export and most profitable industry.