Queen's Park Hotel Super Cocktail
A gem from Trinidad
- Method
- Shaken
- Style
- Tropical
- Glass
- Nick and Nora
- Time
- 5 min
Ingredients
- 45mlGold Rumor a darker rum works well too
No Gold Rum? Light Rum — cleaner and sharper — the drink loses some body and colour
- 15mlSweet Vermouth
No Sweet Vermouth? Sherry — the fancy alternative — much richer, so it pairs nicely with spicy spirits like rye whiskey. Not cream sherry.
- 15mlGrenadine
- 15mlLime Juicefreshly squeezed
- 2 dashesAngostura
No Angostura? Old Fashioned Bitters — close to Ango, with the same spicy notes — just not the standard bottle
- Garnish
- Lime twist
Make it well
Shaken, properly.
Add all your ingredients to your and add ice
for 10-12 seconds
into your glass
Garnish with a lime or a
On the palate
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.
Where it came from
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 1933. 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.
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The bartender’s note
One drink, one story, one bottle worth buying.
Thursday evening, so you have time to shop. No more than that.