This week we talk to Lou Bustamante. He is the author of The Complete Cocktail Manual: 285 Tips, Tricks, and Recipes. This is a great book and is sanctioned by the United States Bartenders' Guild (USBG)*.
The USBG is the largest bartender association worldwide dedicated to helping bartenders take charge of their careers.

This book has great information for the Professional Bartender and Home Enthusiast alike. It covers everything from stocking your bar, to tools, recipes and techniques and even specifics on different types of spirits and hospitality.
It is Bartender Journey Podcast # 206!
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Cocktail of the Week – El Presidente
1½ oz. rich white rum
1½ oz. Dolin Vermouth Blanc
1 barspoon orange Curaçao or Grand Marnier
½ barspoon real grenadine *
Stir ingredients well with cracked ice and strain into a chilled glass. Express oils from an orange twist over the top and drop in or discard. Garnish, if desired, with a cherry.
*Real Grenadine :
2 cups fresh pomegranate juice or POM Wonderful 100% pomegranate juice
2 cups unbleached sugar
2 oz pomegranate molasses
1 tsp orange blossom water

Warm juice just enough to dissolve sugar. Add pomegranate molasses and orange blossom water. Keep chilled.

Morgenthaler Article on grenadine.
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The El Presidente cocktail was named in honor of Mario García Menocal, president of Cuba from 1913 to 1921. Beginning in 1920 when Prohibition took effect in the US, many Americans would fly to Cuba for the weekend to get some legal booze and nightlife. The cocktail became popular and was soon found in some of the illegal US Speakeasies during Prohibition.
*The Bartender Journey team members are current members of the USBG NY Chapter.