Bacardi Cocktail

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Historical References

"WHEN IT'S COCKTAIL TIME IN CUBA" by Basil Woon, (1928)

"The "bacardi cocktail" and pronounced "bacARdi," common in New York and Europe, is unknown in Cuba. The proper pronunciation of the name "Bacardi" stressed the last syllable."

"THE OLD WALDORF-ASTORIA BAR BOOK" By Albert Stevens Crockett (1935)

Giving the Correct Recipes for FIVE HUNDRED COCKTAILS AND MIXED DRINKS... The Whole Flavored with Dashes of History Mixed in a Shaker of Anecdote and Served with a Chaser of Iluminative Information.

Pg. 126

"CUBAN CONCOCTIONS...From Will P. Taylor, manager of the Hotel National, in Havana, who stuck at his post all through the recent local disturbances, which included a bombardment of his hotel, I have obtained the choicest Cuban Rum recipes. Out of compliment to Mr. Taylor, who was last resident manager of the Old Waldorf-Astoria, is placed at the head of this list the distinctive cocktail which at his hotel is also called a Daiquiri, or a Bacardi."

COCKTAILS MUST LIVE UP TO NAME

Court Decides Bacardi Drink Should Contain Product Implied by Label. GRANTS AN INJUNCTION Bartenders Give Their Views -- Counsel in Clash Over the Make-Up of Beef Stew. New York Times. New York, N.Y.: Apr 29, 1936. pg. 23, 1 pgs:

"An injunction prohibiting the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel and the Wivel Restaurant in West Fifty-fourth Street, from serving Bacardi coctails containing other than the rum manufactured by the Compania Ron Bacardi was issued yesterday by Supreme Court Justice John L. Walsh."

"Bacardi Decision Affirmed New York Times", New York, N.Y.: Apr 3, 1937.

"If it lacks Bacardi rum, no bartender's concoction can be called a Bacardi cocktail, the Appellate Division ruled yesterday, affirming a similar decision of the late Supreme Court Justice John L. Walsh."

Historical Recipes, without Grenadine Syrup

"Recipes for Mixed Drinks", by Hugo Ensslin, (1916 edition)

Cuban Cocktail

1 jigger Bacardi Rum
2 dashes Gum Syrup
Juice of 1/2 Lime

Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.

"Recipes for Mixed Drinks" by Hugo Ensslin, (1917 edition)

Bacardi Cocktail

1 drink Bacardi Rum
Juice of 1/2 lime
2 dashes Gum Syrup

Shake well in a mixing glass with cracked ice, strain and serve.

"Bacardi and Its Many Uses" (circa 1937)

Bacardi Cocktail

Correct recipe:

The juice of half a lime.
Half teaspoonful granulated sugar.
1 1/2 oz. of BACARDI White.

Mix thoroughly, then shake well in cracked ice. May be served strained or unstrained. Important: Do not alter order ingredients [sic].

PORTS OF THE SUN: A GUIDE TO THE CARIBBEAN, BERMUDA, NASSAU, HAVANA AND PANAMA (1937)

by Eleanor Early

Pg. 304 (HAVANA): "Hardly anyone knows how to mix a proper Bacardi cocktail, so I asked Senor Rafael Valiente, who is host at the famous bar, and he told me that you should take the juice of half a lime, half a teaspoon of granulated sugar, one and a half ounces of white Bacardi, mix thoroughly, and shake well with ice."

CATERER AND LIQUOR RETAILER, September 1941, pg. 19, col. 2 (Bacardi ad)

YES...BACARDI COCKTAILS MUST BE MADE WITH BACARDI

Ruling of the N. Y. Supreme Court, April 28, 1936

The Recipe in Rhyme!

A LITTLE SOUR, (Juice of half a lime)
A LITTLE SWEET, (1/2 teaspoonful of sugar)
THE TROPIC SUN, (A jigger of BACARDI, White or Silver Label)
WITHOUT THE HEAT! (Ice and shake well)

Question: Does Grenadine belong in a Bacardi Cocktail?

Where did the Grenadine Syrup, used in todays Bacardi Cocktail come from? Is it meant to be in the drink or not?

Quote from a postee (StorkClub) on the Drinkboy Forum

"The 1914 reference is a good one! But grenadine seems to have come and gone after then. The 1935 "cocktail column" in the Middletown NY paper cited the Bacardi cocktail as "one of the outstanding favorites" of the New York cocktail clubs, with the recipe calling for lemon, gum syrup, and Bacardi, shaken and strained, but no mention of grenadine.

A 1936 United Press story about the lawsuit over using actual Bacardi quotes bartenders saying they made it of lemon, grenadine, and "any rum." (The Bacardi lawyers then asked what meat they used in chicken sandwiches and in beef stew. During this line of inquiry, according to the account, the judge said "Ah." An injunction was soon handed down that a Bacardi cocktail was to be made with Bacardi rum.)

Bacardi trumpeted its success with ads that claimed that "Even the law says.... Nothing can replace Bacardi." The grenadine evidently was not as important. Bacardi ads in 1945 encouraged bar patrons to get unruly if served a non-Bacardi Bacardi cocktail ("It's your right to bawl out the umpire") and goes on: "Try one. It may be made dry without grenadine or sweet with grenadine.""