Legendario's Elixir De Cuba is a created using a blend of aged Cuban rum and raisin extracts and brought down to 34% ABV. A light, relaxed punch, perfect for a warm summer evening. Maybe serve it over ice, throw a couple fresh berries in there, perhaps one of those tiny umbrellas if they still make those.
What do you mix with Legendario rum?
- 1 and 2/3 oz. of Ron Legendario Añejo.
- 2 tablespoons of white sugar.
- 4-8 mint leaves.
- 1/2 lemon or lime.
- Crushed ice/li>
- Soda water.
- Some drops of Angostura.
Is Havana rum good?
Havana Club Especial—"Here's one of my favorite rums for cocktail use, period. It's got tremendous body with a taste reminiscent of the Cafe Brulot (a New Orleans Classic) and notes of burnt orange, vanilla, cinnamon, and a lovely woody note. It's a great rum for the iconic Cuba Libre."
Is rum popular in Cuba?
Cuban rum's as well as Cuban tobacco, have been a key to the island's national identity and pumped the blood of its economy for centuries. Rum connoisseurs worldwide agree that the best rums come from sugar-producing countries. Cuban rums, as the country, have as rich history.
Is legendario a good rum?
The so-called Legendario is a very popular rum drink, popular in Spain, Cuba and Czechia. If you like your rum sweet, go for it. This is a rum drink often gleefully labelled as sickly sweet 🙂. A very sweet and delicious tasting drink.
How do you drink Cuban rum?
Blanco rums are well-suited to three of Cuba's classic drinks: the daiquiri (rum, lime, sugar), the mojito (rum, mint, lime, soda) and the Cuba Libre (rum and Coke). Longer-aged rums are more suited to sipping neat, or playing a role similar to whiskey in stiffer stirred drinks like an Old Fashioned.
What is Cuban rum?
Cuban rum is generally created by squishing harvested sugarcane to extract the guarapo (juice) which is boiled to create molasses and sugar. The molasses is combined with water and yeast in tanks to ferment before the resulting liquid (vino de caña) is distilled in copper-lined columns stills.
Who makes Legendario rum?
After a visit to Cuba we instantly fell in love with Ron Legendario and after 3 painstaking years we secured the UK rights. Ron Legendario is the only international Rum brand that is owned by a Cuban company, distilled and bottled in Cuba.
What is the famous rum from Cuba?
Havana Club is the most popular and iconic brand of Cuban rum in the world. Like all companies in Cuba, it is a joint venture between the Cuban government and a private company, in this case the French spirits distributor Pernod Ricard.