The Great Pretender
A Jamaican rum sour with pineapple and lime juices and vanilla and cinnamon syrups, served with a cinnamon-sugar rim. It is lightly tart, sweet, and moderately strong at about 16% ABV.
7
Rim a coupe with cinnamon-sugar. Shake the remaining ingredients with ice, then strain into the coupe. No garnish.
Making on the scale needs Web Bluetooth — use Chrome on desktop or Android. You can still Preview the steps.
Volume206 ml
Strength16 % vol.
Alcohol34 ml (27 g)84 ml de vodka (40 %)3 shots (de 30 ml)
Sugar13 g (6.3%)3.5 sucres en cube
Acidity0.49%
Sweet vs sourSweet
Thomas Waugh (2011)
Similar cocktails
Dolly Dagger
A Jamaican rum and medium sherry swizzle with lime juice and cane and vanilla syrups. It is tart, medium-sweet, and moderately strong at about 13% ABV.
Medium sherry replacing half the Jamaican rum, with more lime and no pineapple or cinnamon, makes it lighter and tarter, nutty with less spice.
- Same: Smith & Cross rum, lime and vanilla syrup.
- Different: 1 oz rum with medium sherry instead of pineapple and cinnamon; cane syrup; swizzled over crushed ice in a pilsner with mint; no rim.
Autumn Daiquiri
An amber rum daiquiri with lime and pineapple juices, demerara and cinnamon syrups, and Angostura bitters. It is lightly tart, sweet, and moderately strong at about 14% ABV.
Amber rum with demerara instead of funky Jamaican rum, vanilla and the cinnamon rim makes it softer and less funky, simpler cinnamon-pineapple.
- Same: 2 oz rum, .5 oz lime, .5 oz pineapple and cinnamon syrup, shaken into a coupe.
- Different: Amber rum instead of Smith & Cross; demerara instead of vanilla syrup; Angostura; no cinnamon-sugar rim.
Gilda Cocktail
A blanco tequila sour with pineapple and lime juices and cinnamon syrup. It is lightly tart, off-dry, and moderately strong at about 14% ABV.
Blanco tequila instead of funky Jamaican rum and vanilla makes it lighter and agave-led, less sweet and vanilla-rich.
- Same: 2 oz spirit, .5 oz pineapple, .5 oz lime and cinnamon syrup, shaken into a coupe.
- Different: Blanco tequila instead of Jamaican rum; .5 oz cinnamon syrup and no vanilla; lime wheel instead of cinnamon-sugar rim.
Daiquiri
A classic rum sour of white rum, lime juice, and cane syrup. It is tart, medium-sweet, and moderately strong at about 14% ABV.
Dry white rum with twice the lime instead of funky Jamaican rum, pineapple, vanilla and cinnamon makes it tarter and cleaner, a classic daiquiri.
- Same: 2 oz rum and lime, shaken into a coupe.
- Different: White rum; 1 oz lime with cane syrup instead of pineapple, vanilla and cinnamon; lime wedge, no rim.
Honeysuckle
A white rum sour with lime juice and honey syrup. It is tart, sweet, and moderately strong at about 14% ABV.
White rum with honey syrup instead of Jamaican rum, pineapple, vanilla and cinnamon makes it tarter and floral-honeyed, less funky.
- Same: 2 oz rum and lime, shaken into a coupe.
- Different: White rum; .75 oz lime with honey syrup instead of pineapple, vanilla and cinnamon; lime wedge, no rim.
Ti Punch
A rhum agricole drink built over a little lime juice and cane syrup. It is tart, off-dry, and strong at about 26% ABV.
Neat agricole with just lime and a little sugar makes it far stronger, drier and grassy, without tropical vanilla-cinnamon sweetness.
- Same: 2 oz rum, lime and syrup.
- Different: Rhum agricole; .5 oz lime and 1 tsp cane syrup, no pineapple, vanilla or cinnamon; muddled and stirred in a rocks glass.
The Great Pretender