RECIPE

Añejo Highball

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"Curaçao, lime and rum are the Holy Trinity of the island rum drink," says world-famous mixologist Dale DeGroff. His añejo (aged) highball is a tribute to great Cuban bartenders like Constantine Ribalaigua, who created the Papa Doble daiquiri for Hemingway. The Grand Marnier here replaces the curaçao.

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Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. Ice
    2. 1 1/2 ounces aged amber rum
    3. 3/4 ounce Grand Marnier
    4. 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice
    5. 2 dashes of Angostura bitters
    6. 1 ounce chilled ginger beer
    7. 1 lime wheel
    8. 1/2 orange wheel

Directions

  1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add the rum, Grand Marnier, lime juice and bitters and shake well. Strain into an ice-filled highball glass and stir in the ginger beer. Garnish with the lime wheel and orange wheel half.