Hotel Nacional

Aged rum carries a small combination of pineapple, apricot and lime in this short shaken cocktail. The fruit measures are deliberately restrained, leaving more room for the rum than in a tall tropical punch.

Pale golden Hotel Nacional with a thin pineapple foam edge in a coupe, lime wheel, no ice.

Active preparation: 3 minutes

Ingredients

  • 60 ml Aged rum
  • 22.5 ml Pineapple juice, unsweetened
  • 7.5 ml Fresh lime juice
  • 7.5 ml Simple syrup (1:1 sugar to water by weight)
  • 15 ml Apricot brandy liqueur
  • 1 piece Lime slice or wedge, for garnish

Instructions

  1. Chill a coupe and measure the rum, juices, syrup and apricot liqueur into a shaker.
  2. Add cubed ice and shake briskly until the mixture is cold.
  3. Fine-strain into the coupe, leaving the shaking ice behind.
  4. Add a lime wheel and serve immediately.