JFK Harris
Recipe:
- 60ml white rum
- 22.5ml fresh lemon juice
- 22.5ml simple syrup
- 10-12 fresh mint leaves
- a splash of red wine
Activate the mint slapping it between your hands, combine it with the rum, lemon juice and simple syrup in your shaker. Shake on big ice cubes and strain into a prechilled rocks glass on ice. Slowly float the red wine on top.
This fantastic rum sour comes to you from bar legend Sasha Petraske's (R.I.P.) "Regarding Cocktails". In the text for the drink a friend of Sasha's describes how the latter always wished one of his bartenders would invent the "next Mojito". In fact, one at least came close, Sam Ross with arguably one of the top 3 modern classics (in terms of notoriety), the "Penicilin". This drink, in turn, is aptly named "Havannah Sour" by one of my good friends, and that really sums it up.
Red wine is an underrated ingredient in its own right, and as an already big fan of NY and Continental Sours, this one adds another summery, fresh twist to the spectrum.
For the "Splash" I would recommend about 20-25ml, less is more here as the red wine can quickly take over the drink. One to two dashes bitters of your choice (aromatic, nut, cocoa...) help here as with many sours too, to give a little more depth.
Source: “Regarding Cocktails” by Sasha Petraske & Georgette Moger-Petraske, p. 117
