45 ml Aged Rum
22.5 ml Fresh Lime Juice
30 ml Simple Syrup
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
60 ml Brut Champagne or Prosecco
6-8 pcs Mint Leaves
Shake
Elegant cocktail glass
Mint Leaves
Pour all ingredients into cocktail shaker except the wine, shake well with ice, strain into chilled elegant cocktail glass. Top up with the sparkling wine…
Bartender Audrey Saunders was a master of taking old classics and giving them inventive new life – in this case a Mojito, which she tops with Champagne. She began work on the drink while working at Beacon and completed it when at Tonic:
“The working title was El Cubano.” As with the Gin-Gin Mule, she was tinkering with the Mojito model. Instead of white rum, she put in aged rum. “So, OK, Old Cuban. There. Then, let’s make it festive and top it with Champagne.”
Call it a Mojito Royale. The drink is probably seen on more menus worldwide than any other Audrey Saunders creation, particularly in London.
The Old Cuban included in the list of IBA official cocktails and classed as an Sparkling cocktail.
