Cuban Sunset Cuba, many recipes call for the use of Bacardi White Rum. Cuban Sunset The Cuban Sunset is cocktail made from rum and a mixture of lemonade, lime soda, guava nectar, and grenadine syrup. The drink is made from rum and a mixture of lime soda, lemonade, guava nectar, and grenadine syrup. It originated in either Havana or Varadero as a variety of a traditional Cuban guava-based drink. In Cuba, the drink is commonly served (along with either a Cubata or Mojito) as a pre-dinner "coctel". The Cuban variety of the cocktail commonly uses extra guava nectar in place of grenadine
Sour (cocktail) Sour (cocktail) A sour is a traditional family of mixed drinks. Common examples of sours are the margarita and the sidecar. "Sours" belong to one of the old families of original cocktails and are described by Jerry Thomas in his 1862 book "How to Mix Drinks". Sours are mixed drinks containing a base liquor, lemon or lime juice, and a sweetener (triple sec, simple syrup, grenadine, or pineapple juice are common). Egg whites are also included in some sours. The gin sour is a traditional mixed cocktail that predates prohibition in the United States. It is a simple combination of