Hotel Nacional Special: Smoke Screen

Name: Hotel Nacional Special: Smoke Screen
Yield: 1 cocktail
Cuisine: Cuba
Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz aged rum; 1/2 oz apricot liqueur; 1 oz pineapple juice; 1/2 oz lime juice; 1 pinch smoked sea salt

Havana, Cuba America/Havana

History

Named for Havana’s grand Hotel Nacional, this 1930s drink captures the glamour of pre-revolutionary Cuban cocktail culture. This is a clearly labeled house field riff rather than a historical classic: Smoked salt sharpens the base spirit while suggesting a distant getaway fire.

Rum · yields one cocktail

Ingredients

11 1/2 oz aged rum
21/2 oz apricot liqueur
31 oz pineapple juice
41/2 oz lime juice
51 pinch smoked sea salt

Method

01Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe.
02Mix in a very small pinch of smoked salt and garnish as directed.

Enjoy responsibly. Recipes are intended for adults of legal drinking age.