{
  "id": "el_presidente",
  "version": "1.0",
  "source": {
    "front_image": "20260111_094745504_iOS.jpg",
    "back_image": "20260111_094749750_iOS.jpg"
  },
  "title": {
    "key": "cocktail.el_presidente.title",
    "default": "El Presidente"
  },
  "ingredients": [
    {
      "key": "cocktail.el_presidente.ingredient.1",
      "item": {
        "key": "ingredient.aged_blended_rum",
        "default": "Aged Blended Rum"
      },
      "amount": 1.5,
      "unit": "fl_oz",
      "metric": {
        "amount": 50,
        "unit": "ml"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "cocktail.el_presidente.ingredient.2",
      "item": {
        "key": "ingredient.dolin_blanc_vermouth_de_chambery",
        "default": "Dolin Blanc Vermouth de Chambery"
      },
      "amount": 1.25,
      "unit": "fl_oz",
      "metric": {
        "amount": 35,
        "unit": "ml"
      }
    },
    {
      "key": "cocktail.el_presidente.ingredient.3",
      "item": {
        "key": "ingredient.pierre_ferrand_dry_orange_curacao",
        "default": "Pierre Ferrand Dry Orange Curacao"
      },
      "amount": 1,
      "unit": "tsp",
      "metric": {
        "amount": 5,
        "unit": "ml"
      }
    }
  ],
  "instructions": {
    "key": "cocktail.el_presidente.instructions",
    "default": "Use a barspoon to stir the ingredients together in a mixing beaker over cubed ice. Strain into a chilled coupe."
  },
  "history": {
    "key": "cocktail.el_presidente.history",
    "default": "An altogether under-recognized and under-ordered cocktail, El Presidente is a lost treasure from the golden age of the Cuban Club de Cantineros. It was invented in Havana at some point during American Prohibition and probably named for Gerardo Machado, who served as president from 1925 to 1933. The drink later became the house serve at Club El Chico in New York's Greenwich village, which was run by Spanish immigrant Benito Collada. For many, this cocktail is rum's answer to a Manhattan or Rob Roy (whisky, vermouth, and bitters) but once you know the drink intimately, you come to realize that it sits in a family of cocktails all of it's own—there are no bitters for a start. Later versions of the drink increased the quantity of curaçao and threw in some grenadine, which might have been an effort to combat the less sweet \"dry\" vermouths popular in the mid-20th century. It just so happens that the original recipe (very nearly) got it right, and assuming you can get your hands on a blanc vermouth de chambery, you needn't worry about grenadine at all. For my tastes, I prefer to drop the ratio of vermouth ever-so-slightly."
  },
  "tasting_note": {
    "key": "cocktail.el_presidente.tasting_note",
    "default": "A sophisticated, spirit-forward cocktail with the richness of aged rum balanced by the floral sweetness of blanc vermouth and a subtle citrus note from the dry curaçao."
  }
}