Rum Cocktails: White Rum

Mary Pickford Cocktail

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Ingredients

2 oz. Brugal Especial Extra Dry

1 oz. Fresh pineapple juice

0.25 oz. Lazzaroni Liquore Maraschino

0.25 oz. Grenadine

Garnish

Pineapple wedge

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a shaker and add ice. Shake hard. Fine strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with a pineapple wedge.


Cocktail Story

Named after the pioneering American film icon, the Mary Pickford Cocktail was likely created in 1922 when America’s sweetheart visited Cuba with her husband Douglas Fairbanks. Basil Woon’s 1928 publication When it’s Cocktail Time in Cuba credits the drink to Fred Kaufman, bartender at the Sevilla-Biltmore hotel in Havana. According to Woon, the Mary Pickford was as popular in its day as the El Presidente cocktail. Though many others claim credit for the drink, might it be possible that El Presidente creator Eddie Woelke crafted not one, but two original rum and grenadine cocktails?