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• Method: shake
• Glass: Flute glass
• Ice: Ice
• Garnish: Charcoal rim & grapefruit zest twist (discarded)
• ABV: 17%

Ingredients

• Bacardi Carta Blanca light rum — 1⅔ oz (50 ml)
• Fino sherry — 1 oz (30 ml)
• Lime juice (freshly squeezed) — ½ oz (15 ml)
• Sugar syrup — ⅔ oz (20 ml)
• Peychaud's or other Creole-style bitters — 2 dash

How to make it

1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
2. Fine strain into chilled glass.

A cocktail with rum and sherry.

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