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The Piña Colada Turns 70

Cheers

15, 1954 that Ron Monchito Marrer, the head bartender at the Caribe Hilton hotel in San Juan, created the first Piña Colada using Don Q Gold rum. What’s more, Don Q — made in Ponce, Puerto Rico, at Destilería Serrallés — has a document signed by Monchito confirming that he used the rum brand in his creation. Strain into a coupe glass.

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The Sazerac: The mysterious (and confusing) history of this iconic classic

Australian Bartender

I expected that its story would be quite well documented, with perhaps a squabble over which exact bar in New Orleans had first mixed one, but instead, I opened a can of worms. When absinthe was banned in the US, bartenders also turned to Herbsaint as a replacement for the herbal element. How hard could it be?

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